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THELIFEOFBEES-A(2-1)-Discoverallthethingsthatbeesdo-andprovide-for世界的人們,讓大家了解到蜜蜂有多麼重要。稱為「蜂群崩解失調」(CCD)的一種怪CCD可能會導致美金數以十億計的損失。為何這些長了絨毛的小昆蟲對這個世界來說,會重要得不可或缺呢?那是因為,蜜蜂擁有其他昆蟲都辦不到的本事就是牠們會製造蜂蜜,蜂蜜含有有維持命所需一切成份其中也括水;不,蜂蜜種只(Music).Hi,friends.I’mgladyoujoinedustodayhereatStudioClassroomWorldwidetostudyEnglish.MynameisSteve.Whenyouthinkofabee,whatcomestomind?Well,firstIthinkaboutthepainfulexperienceofgettingstung.Andinadistantsecondce,Ithinkofsweet,delicioushoney.Well,thesenexttwodays,ourStudioClassroomSciencefeaturewillhelpusdiscoverthatbeesdoalotmorethanmakeourlivessweeterandsometimesstingpeople.Well,let’scheckinontheWordBankandpreviewtwo .Thefirstwordisexaggerate.Kimmyoftenexaggeratesherstoriessothatpeoplethinksheismoreinteresting.Nextistheword:phenomenon,asin:Johnexperiencedanaturalphenomenoninhisvillage,whenitsnowedforthefirsttimeinfiftyyears.Nowjoinusaswelearnaboutthisfascinatinginsect:thebee.Thisarticlestartsonpagethirty-fourinyourmagazines.(Music).TheLifeofBees.Beesdomorethanmakeyourlifesweeter.Ifthebeedisappears,peoplewillsoonfollow.Thoughthisstatementmightbesomewhatexaggerated,theworldhasrecentlybeenremindedofhowimportantbeesreallyare.AstrangephenomenoncalledColonyCollapseDisorder(CCD)ismakingbeesdisappearinvariouscesaroundtheglobe.Insomecases,entirecolonieshavedisappeared.TheWesternhoneybee,oneofthemostwell-knownbeespecies,hasbeenparticularlyaffected.Andaccordingtosomestudies,CCDhasthepotentialtocausebillionsofdollarsinlosses.Hi,friends.I’mChip.AndI’mRachel.Andwehaveaveryinterestinglessonforyoutoday.We’retalkingaboutthelifeofbees.Anddidyouknowthatbeesdomorethanmakeyourlifesweeter.Wehavesomeinterestingthingsforyoutolearntoday.Ourarticlestartsoffwithaverycommonidea.It’saverycommonthingthatpeoplethink.Butit’snottotallytrue.Ourrticlesays:Ifthebeedisappears,peoplewillsoonfollow.Sothearticle,thisfirstlineofourarticle,makesitsoundlikeuh,ifthebeedies,uh,sowillpeople.Yeah.Andthat’skindofscary,isn’tit?Yes.BecauseIthinkalotofbeeshavedied.Butwhatexactlydoesthismean?It...it’smoreofanexaggeration,isn’tit?Itsoundsprettyexaggerated.That’sactuallywhatourarticlesays.Ourarticlesays:Thoughthisstatementmightbesomewhatexaggerated,theworldhasrecentlybeenremindedofhowimportantbeesreallyare.Nowifyouexaggerateonsomething,ifyouuh,maybeexaggeratehowoldyouareorhowbigthefishwasthatyoucaught,thenyoumakeitappeargreaterthanitreallyis.Sosometimespeopleexaggeratewhattheysay.Andthisstatementmightbesomewhatexaggerated.Butwearegoingtolearnthatbeesareimportant.Andthereisastrangethinggoingon,isn’tthere?Allright.Andourarticlecallsthisstrangethingaphenomenon.Nowaphenomenonissomekindofeventorastrangethingthathappensofteninnature.Nowuh,aphenomenonisstrangeorunusualandsometimesamazing.Uh,onephenomenonthatIhavereallyenjoyedwatchingsometimeswhenIhavegoneuptoCanada,whichisacountryinthenorth,weseethenorthernlightscomeoutatnight.True.Thatisaninterestingphenomenon.Andthatallphenomenonscanbeexinedeither.Thingshappensometimesinnatureandpeopledon’tknowwhy.Andsowe’regoingtotalkaboutoneofthesephenomenons...phenomenonstodaycalledColonyCollapseDisorder.Wow.Thissoundstragicbecauseifyouknowanythingaboutsomethingthatcollapses,itmeansitfallsapart.Andacolonyisa...a...agroupofbees,right?Sothisisuh,makinguh...it...itsoundsquiteterribleforthebees.Sure.Itsoundslikethe...thebeecommunityisfallingtotheground,iscollapsing,andisperhapsbeingdestroyed.Andit’smakingbeesdisappearinvariouscesaroundtheglobe.Wow.I’veneverevenheardofthisphenomenonbefore.Butit’squiteserious.Weseeinourtextthatinsomecases,entirecoloniesofbeeshavedisappeared.Sonotjustoneortwobees.Many,many,many,probablythousandsormillionsofbeeshavedisapeared.OurarticlesaysthattheWesternhoneybee,oneofthemostwell-knownbeespecies,hasbeenparticularlyaffected.Uh,that...sowe’retalkingaboutaverycommonlywell-knownbee.Itsoundslikeithasbeendisappearing.Well,youknowI’mnotabigfanofbeestobeginwith,butitiskindofsadtoknowthatthesecoloniesarejustdisappearingfornoapparentreason.We’regoingtolearnalittlebitmoreaboutwhythismaybehappening.Butlet’slearnanotherfacthere.Accordingtosomestudies,andmanystudieshavebeendoneonthis,CCD-againthat’sColonyCollapseDisorder-hasthepotentialtocausebillionsofdollarsinlosses.Wow,allbecausethebeesaredisappearing.Wow,thatisalotofmoney.Thatisdependentonthelifeofthebees.Youknow,Ididn’trealizehowimportantbeeswere.We’regoingtotalkalittlebitmoreaboutthisafterourbreak.Butbeesarequiteessentialtohumans.Andthat’swhy...thefirstlineofourtextreads:Ifthebeedisappears,peoplewillsoonfollow.Becausetheyareextremelyimportant.We’regoingtotalkaboutwhythesebeesaresoimportantafterthebreak.Uh,butfirstwe’regoingtovisittheChatRoomandseewhat’shappeningthere.Staytuned.Hi, etotheChatRoom.I’mKen.AndI’mBeth.Todaywe’relearningallaboutbees.Thistinyinsectsareprettyimportanttoourworld,right,Ken?Right,Beth.ButIhaveaquestionaboutthefirstsentence.Itsays:Ifthebeedisappears,peoplewillsoonfollow.I’mconfused.Um,whydoesitsay”thebee”?Isitreferringtooneparticularbee?Mm,greatquestion.Herethebeeisreferringtoallbees.Sometimeswecanusethearticle”the”toindicateawholeclassofsomething.Forexample,ifIsaidthesharkisadangerousanimal,I’mnotjusttalkingaboutoneshark.I’mtalkingaboutallsharksingeneral.Sowhileitappearsthatthe”the”isindicatingasingularshark,it’sactuallyreferringtoawholecategorythatincludesallsharks.Isee.Isthisusageforanytypeofnounorjustforanimals?Well,you’llseeitusedoftenwithanimals,thatwecanuseitwithsomeothernounsaswell,especiallywithinventionsorinstruments.Forexample:Thecomputerhaschangedthewaystudentsdoschoolwork.I’mtalkingaboutallcomputers,notjustonespecificcomputer.Or:Theviolinisdifficulttoy.Agai,I’mtalkingaboutallviolins.Isee.Sobacktothesentenceinourarticle,ifwechangeditto”abee”asinifabeedisappears,itwouldmeanonesingularbee,right?That’sright.Andofcourseifonebeedisappears,itwon’taffecthumans.Butifallbeesdisappear,ifthebeedisappears,itwouldhaveaneffectonus.Socouldwechangethesentencetoread:Ifbeesdisappear,peoplewillsoonfollow?Yes,exactly.Herethebeeisthesameasbees.Sodoesthisusagealsoworkwhentalkingaboutpeople?Imean,couldwechangethesecondpartofoursentencefrompeopletothe ?Ifthebeedisappears,the willsoonfollow.No.Thisusagedoesnotworkwith””.The meansaspecific .However,youcoulduse”man”tomeanallpeople.Oryoucansimplysay”people,”meaningall ).Thanksforjoiningus,friends.Nowit’stimeforMice’sLanguageTips.Let’sgotohernow.Hi,everyone. eback.Beforethebreak,theauthorreportedthataroundtheworld,beesareindanger.Infact,ifbeesweretodisappearaltogether,wehumanswouldbeinalotoftrouble.Whyisthat?Rightnowwe’lllookatthenexttwo .Andthenwe’lllettheauthorexinwhybeesaresovitaltous.Vitalisagreatadjectivetoknow.Anditsexamplesentencereads:Josephisavitalpartofour .Wecan’taffordtolosehim.Nextistheverb:sustain.Weneedlotsofwatertosustainusonourhikeacrossthedesert.OK.Thequestionhasbeenasked:Whyarebeessoimportant?Let’sresumethereadingandfindoutstartingonlinethree.(Music).TheLifeofBees.Whyarethesesmall,fuzzyinsectssovitaltotheworld?Beesdosomethingthatnootherinsectcando-theymakehoney.Honeycontainseverythingneededtosustainlife-includingwater!Butthissweetsubstanceisjustoneofthemanyproductsgiventousbybees.Mostbeespeciesalsoproducebeeswax,whichisfoundinhundredsofproductssuchascandles,soapsandsomeskin eback.Nowwe’retalking...aboutbeestoday.Andmostofustrytoavoidbees,right?Wedon’twanttogetstungbyabee.Butbeesareveryimportantlittleinsects.Andbeforethebreak,welearnedthatthere’sastrangephenomenongoingonamongbeecolonies.Andwhatisthenameofthatphenomenon?Well,thisphenomenoniscalledColonyCollapseDisorder.Andourarticlesaysthatthiscouldpotentiallycausebillionsofdollarsinlosses.Becausebeesaredying,billionsofdollarscouldbelost.Wow.Imeanit’sbadenoughthatalotofbeesaredying,butitmayaffectushumansaswell.Sothepointthatwe’regoingtomakenowiswhytheselittleinsectsaresovital.Andthat’sthequestionourauthorasks:Whyarethesefuzzyinsectssovitaltotheworld?NowChip,whatdoesitmeanifsomethingisfuzzy?Well,fuzzyuh,meansthatithasum,haironit,usuallyhair,andit’smaybesoftandmaybealittlebitscratchy,alittlebit...ForexampleIhavesomesweatersthatarefuzzy.Theyhavealotoffuzzorhairthat’scomingoutofthemandmakesthemsoftandalittlebit fortable.Right.Andifyouweretopickupalittlebeeand...andrubitslittlefurorwhatever,itwouldfeelalittlebitfuzzy.Sothat’swhatwemeanbythatword.Nowlet’slookattheword:vital.Thisisalsoavitalwordtolearn.And...vitalmeansimportant.Whyaretheseinsectssonecessarytosustainlife?Whyaretheysoimportanttotheworld?Right,necessaryforlife.Soanotherexamplefortheword”vital”wouldbeyourvitalorgans.Iamabletobealivebecauseof...becausemyheartisworkingcorrectly.Myheartisavitalorganenablingmetolive.Sothatisaveryusefulwordtolearn.Very.Right.Well,whatwe’regoingtoseehereisthatbeesdosomethingthatnootherinsectcando.Theymakeoneofmyfavoritefoodsandthatfoodishoney.Doyouenjoyeatinghoney,Chip?Ido.Ido.Ilike...uh...Actually,thismightsoundstrangetoyou,butIlikepeanutbutterandhoneysandwiches.Oh.It’sagoodcombination.Ilovethosetoo.Ilikehoneyonbread.Ilikehoneywithbutter.Ilikehoneyinmytea.Ijustthinkhoneyisawonderfulsweetfood.Andbeesaretheonlyinsectsthatmakeit.Solet’slearnsomemorefactsrightnowaboutbeesandhoney.Honeyisactuallytheproductofnectarbeingregurgitatedanddehydratedbythebeesseveraltimes,whichgivesititsthickconsistency.Beesaretheonlyspeciesthatproducehumanfood.Honeyistheonlyfoodthatcontainseverynutrientthatahumanneedstosurvive:itevencontainswater.Oneteaspoonofhoneypacksenoughenergyforasinglebeetoflyaroundtheworld!OK.Sobeesaretheonlyinsectsthatcanmakehoney.Andhoneyisnotonlydelicious,butactuallyhoneyisloadedwithveryimportantthings.Yes.Welearnedherethathoneycontainseverythingneededtosustainlife-includingwater!SodoesthismeanthatiftheonlythingleftonEarthwashoney,wewouldstillsurvive,becauseithaswaterinit;ithasalittlebitofsugaranditcouldfillyouup?Yeah.Ithas...yeah,watersugar.Ithasproteininit.Ithaseverythingthatthehumanbodyneedstosustainitself.Nowyoujustmentionedtheword:sustain.Let’slookatthatwordforaminute.To...sustainmeanstomaintainorcontinuesomething.Sofortalkingaboutsustaininglife,itmeansthatyoucancontinuetolivethatyouwon’tdie.Soobviously,honeyiskindofa...anamazingfood,isn’tit?Butthissweetsubstanceorthissweetfoodisjustoneofthemanyproductsgiventousbybees.Theydomorethanjustgiveushoney.Right.Anditsoundslikemostbeespeciesalsoproducebeeswax.Nowbeeswaxisuh...asyoumightbeabletoguessfromthe...the...thespellingoftheword,it’swaxthatwegetfrombees.Sowaxisthestuffthat’sfoundinseveralproducts.Yes.Actually,quiteafewproducts.Andforsomeofyouwomen,ifyouenjoybuyingcosmeticsand...andyou’rewalkingthroughthedepartmentstores,youwillprobablyseeanumberofspecialproductsthataremadeusingbeeswax.It’sfoundinhundredsofproducts.Chip,whataresomeoftheseproducts?Well,ourarticlementionscandles,uh,socandlesthatyouwouldburnwithafiretocreatelightandprobablycandlesthatsmellgoodtoo.Andsoapsthatyouwouldusetocleanyourbody.Andalsosomeskincreams,somecreamsthatyouputonyourskintomakethemfeelsoftandhealthy.Right.AndanotherproductIcanthinkofischapstick.Alotofwomenorevenmenwillwearsomesortofchapstick...ontheirlips,andthatkeepstheirlipsfromgettingdry.Andbeeswaxisoneofthebiggestingredientsinmanychapststicks.Soobviously,beesareimportant.Theygiveusmanythings,thingswetakeforgrantedandwedon’tevenrealizesometimeshowusefultheyare.Well,let’swatchtoday’sskitandwehopethatyou’velearnedsomethingnewtoday.Doyouknowalotofaboutbees?IBElieveIdo.Great.Thenyoucanhelpmeanswerthesequestions.OK.Sure.Thefirstquestionis:Whatkindofbeeisgoodforyourhealth?Whatkindofbeeisgoodforyourhealth?Well,that’sea
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