英语听力：2013-12-22 地平线：什么害死了我们的蜜蜂—14

 -You catch it the moment I see it, put it into a container like this, which contains 15 milligram of so-called solution.The bees are fed one of two different solutions.

-We have c** which are fed with pesticide¹. We develop it in the circle solution and other creatures are not fed with pesticide. We compare them.

The bees have made many trips to the feeding station and that means they know how to fly in a straight line between here and the hive. They do this on autopilot, using what's known as their vitual memory.

-So when she is ready to take off, she will just fly back to the hive, using her victual memory. That's all what she will do, and she expects the hive in 500 meters in the northwest.

But today, Randolf is setting out to confuse the bees a bit. He's going to take them several hundred meters away from the place where they normally feed and then track their tents to get back to the hive.

-OK, we are at the release site now. So let's say this is the release site. The feeding station of us over there and this is the hive, in this direction. So let's say, this is the feeding station, this is the hive and they have learend to fly along this direction over 500 meters. Now, we release them here, which means they use their memory for the victual, and that means they fly along this hood². But if they arrive there, there is no hive. So the question is if the animal is released here, how do they find home and what is the effect of pesticides³ on this behavior.

First, he releases a controlled bee that hasn't been affected⁴ by the pesticide.

 

1 pesticide   

n.杀虫剂，农药

参考例句：

• The pesticide was spread over the vegetable plot.菜田里撒上了农药。
• This pesticide is diluted with water and applied directly to the fields.这种杀虫剂用水稀释后直接施用在田里。

2 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

3 pesticides   

n.杀虫剂( pesticide的名词复数 )；除害药物

参考例句：

• vegetables grown without the use of pesticides 未用杀虫剂种植的蔬菜
• There is a lot of concern over the amount of herbicides and pesticides used in farming. 人们对农业上灭草剂和杀虫剂的用量非常担忧。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。