Honey Bees剑桥雅思8-听力原文翻译及答案解析

一、Honey Bees听力原文：

PROFESSOR:Good morning everyone.

In today's seminar.

Grant Freeman,a biologist who specialises in identifying insects,and who works for the AustralianQuarantine Service,has come to talk to us about his current research work.

Right,well,over to you.

Grant.

GRANT:Good morning,everyone.

I'm sure that you know that the quarantine service regulates all food brought into Australia.

Well,obviously they want to protect Australia from diseases that might come in with imported goods,but they also want to prevent insect pests from being introduced into the country,and that’s where I have a part to play.

Anyway,my current research involves trying to find a particular type of bee,the Asian Honey Bee,and finding out whether there are any of them around in various states of Australia.

We discovered a few of them in Queensland once and eradicated them.

Now,we're pretty keen to make sure that there aren't any more getting in,particularly to New South Wales and other states.

STUDENT 1:What's wrong with Asian Honey Bees?

Are they so different from Australian bees?

GRANT:Well,in fact,they look almost the same,but they are infested with mites-microscopic creatures which live on them,and which can seriously damage our own home-grown bees,or could even wipe them out.

PROFESSOR:Well,what would happen if Australian bees died out?

GRANT:Well,the honey from Australian bees is of excellent quality,much better than the stuff the Asian bees produce.

In fact,Australia exports native Queen Bees to a large number of countries because of this.

When the European Honey Bee was first discovered out in the bush,we found they made really unpleasant honey and they were also too big to pollinate many of our native flowers here in Australia.

STUDENT 2:That must have had a devastating effect on the natural flora.

Did you lose any species?

GRANT:No,we managed to get them under control before that happened but if Asian bees got in there could be other consequences.

We could lose a lot of money because you might not be aware,but it’s estimated that native bees'pollination of flower and vegetable crops is worth 1.2 billion dollars a year.

So in a way they're the farmers'friend.

Oh,and another thing is,if you’re stung by an Asian Honey Bee,it can produce an allergic reaction in some people;

so they’re much more dangerous than native bees.

PROFESSOR:How will you know if Asian bees have entered Australia?

GRANT:We're looking at the diet of the bird called the Rainbow Bee Eater.

The Bee Eater doesn't care what it eats,as long as they’ve insects.

But the interesting thing about this bird is that we are able to analyse exactly what it eats and that’s really helpful if we’re looking for introduced insects.

PROFESSOR:How come?

GRANT:Because insects have their skeletons outside their bodies,so the Bee Eaters digest the meat from the inside.

Then they bring up all the indigestible bits of skeleton and,of course,the wings in a pellet-a small ball of waste material which they cough up.

PROFESSOR:That sounds a bit unpleasant.

So,how do you go about it?

GRANT:In the field we track down the Bee Eaters and find their favourite feeding spots,you know,the places where the birds usually feed.

It's here that we can find the pellets.

We collect them up and take them back to the laboratory to examine the contents.

PROFESSOR:How do you do that?

GRANT:The pellets are really hard,especially if they have been out in the sun for a few days so,first of all,we treat them by adding water to moisten them and make them softer.

Then we pull them apart under the microscope.

Everything's all scrunched up but we’re looking for wings so we just pull them all out and straighten them.

Then we identify them to see if we can find any Asian bee wings.

PROFESSOR:And how many have you found?

GRANT:So far our research shows that Asian bees have not entered Australia in any number-it's a good result and much more reliable than trying to find live ones as evidence of introduced insects.

PROFESSOR:Well,that's fascinating!

Thank you,Grant,for those insights.

I hope that you might inspire some of our students here to conduct some similar experiments.

二、Honey Bees听力中文翻译：

教授：大家早上好。

在今天的研讨会上。

格兰特·弗里曼（GrantFreeman）是一位专门鉴定昆虫的生物学家，他为澳大利亚检疫局工作，他来向我们介绍他目前的研究工作。

好吧，好吧，交给你吧。

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格兰特：大家早上好。

我相信你知道检疫局监管所有带入澳大利亚的食品。

很明显，他们想保护澳大利亚免受进口商品带来的疾病，但他们也想防止害虫传入澳大利亚，这就是我要发挥的作用。

无论如何，我目前的研究涉及到寻找一种特殊类型的蜜蜂，亚洲蜜蜂，并找出澳大利亚各州是否有这种蜜蜂。

我们曾经在昆士兰发现了一些，并根除了它们。

现在，我们非常渴望确保不再有人进入，特别是新南威尔士州和其他州。

学生1：亚洲蜜蜂怎么了？

它们和澳大利亚蜜蜂有这么大的不同吗？

格兰特：嗯，事实上，它们看起来几乎一样，但它们布满了螨虫——寄生在它们身上的微小生物，可能会严重损害我们自己的本土蜜蜂，甚至可能将它们消灭。

教授：如果澳大利亚蜜蜂灭绝了会发生什么？

格兰特：嗯，澳大利亚蜜蜂产的蜂蜜质量很好，比亚洲蜜蜂产的蜂蜜好得多。

事实上，澳大利亚因此向许多国家出口本土蜂王。

当欧洲蜜蜂第一次在灌木丛中被发现时，我们发现它们产的蜂蜜非常难闻，而且它们太大了，无法为澳大利亚的许多本土花朵授粉。

学生2：那一定对自然植物群产生了毁灭性的影响。

你失去过什么物种吗？

格兰特：不，在那之前我们设法控制住了它们，但如果亚洲蜜蜂进入，可能会有其他后果。

我们可能会损失很多钱，因为你可能不知道，但据估计，本土蜜蜂为花卉和蔬菜作物授粉每年价值12亿美元。

所以在某种程度上，他们是农民的朋友。

哦，还有一件事，如果你被亚洲蜜蜂蜇了，它会对一些人产生过敏反应；

所以它们比本地蜜蜂更危险。

教授：你怎么知道亚洲蜜蜂是否已经进入澳大利亚？

格兰特：我们正在研究彩虹食蜂鸟的饮食。

吃蜜蜂的人不在乎吃什么，只要他们有昆虫就行。

但这种鸟的有趣之处在于，我们能够准确地分析它吃什么，如果我们在寻找引入的昆虫，这真的很有帮助。

教授：怎么会呢？

格兰特：因为昆虫的骨架在体外，所以食蜂人从体内消化肉。

然后他们拿出所有无法消化的骨骼碎片，当然还有一个小球中的翅膀——一个他们咳出的废料小球。

教授：听起来有点不舒服。

那么，你是怎么做的？

格兰特：在野外，我们追踪食蜂人，找到他们最喜欢的觅食点，你知道，就是鸟类通常觅食的地方。

我们可以在这里找到小球。

我们把它们收集起来，带回实验室检查内容物。

教授：你是怎么做到的？

格兰特：这些小球真的很硬，特别是如果它们已经在阳光下晒了几天的话，所以，首先，我们给它们加水湿润，让它们更柔软。

然后我们在显微镜下把它们分开。

所有的东西都蜷缩起来了，但我们正在寻找翅膀，所以我们只是把它们全部拉出来，然后把它们拉直。

然后我们识别它们，看看是否能找到亚洲蜜蜂的翅膀。

教授：你找到了多少？

格兰特：到目前为止，我们的研究表明，亚洲蜜蜂还没有进入澳大利亚，这是一个很好的结果，比试图寻找活蜜蜂作为引入昆虫的证据要可靠得多。

教授：好吧，那太迷人了！

格兰特，谢谢你的见解。

我希望你能启发我们这里的一些学生进行一些类似的实验。

三、Honey Bees听力问题：

Question 21-24

Choose the correct letter,A,B or C.

21.Where in Australia have Asian honey bees been found in the past?

A.Queensland

B.New South Wales

C.several states

22.A problem with Asian honey bees is that they

A.attack native bees.

B.carry parasites.

C.damage crops.

23.What point is made about Australian bees?

A.Their honey varies in quality.

B.Their size stops them from pollinating some flowers.

C.They are sold to customers abroad.

24.Grant Freeman says that if Asian honey bees got into Australia.

A.the country's economy would be affected.

B.they could be used in the study of allergies.

C.certain areas of agriculture would benefit.

Question 25-30

Complete the summary below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.Looking for Asian honey bees

Birds called Rainbow Bee Eaters eat only and cough up small bits of skeleton and other products in a pellet.

Researchers go to the locations the bee eaters like to use for.

They collect the pellets and take them to a for analysis.

Hereis used to soften them,and the researchers look for the of Asian bees in the pellets.

The benefit of this research is that the result is more than searching for live Asian bees.

四、Honey Bees听力答案：

21.A

22.B

23.C

24.A

25.insects

26.feeding/eating

27.laboratory

28.water

29.wings

30.reliable/accurate

五、Honey Bees听力答案解析

21.A原文中提到We discovered a few of them in Queensland once and eradicated them.的意思是我们曾在昆士兰发现过亚洲蜜蜂，并且已经完全消灭了它们。

22.B...but they are infested with mites...and which can seriously damage our home-grown bees...的意思是但是这些亚洲蜜蜂被大量的小虫包围，这些小虫可以严重影响我们本土蜜蜂。而题干中的parasites的意思是寄生虫，因而答案应该选择B。

23.C在in fact,as a matter of fact,actually等强烈转折词之后出现的词组和句子是正确答案。

24.A原文We could lose a lot of money...的意思是我们会损失很多钱，和选项A the country’s economy would be affected（国家的经济将会受到影响）表达同样的意思。

25.insects总结填空题的关键就是找好定位词，此题的定位词是专有名词Rainbow Bee Eaters。找准定位词之后根据语法判断出此题的答案应该是名词，那么出现在定位词之后的句子中所包含的名词只有insects。

26.feeding/eating原文中的Spot和题干中的locations都表示地点。

27.laboratory pellet是定位词，另外，原文中的examine the contents.和题干中的analysis表达同样的意思。

28.water原文...adding water to moisten them and make them softer的意思是加入水使这些东西变得潮湿并且更加柔软。

29.wings Asian bee wings和the wings of Asian bees是语法上简单的转换。

30.reliable/accurate...it is a good result and much more reliable than trying to find live ones as evidence of introduced insects.的意思是这是一个很好的结果，并且比试图去寻找活着的亚洲蜜蜂作为引进昆虫的证据更加可信。