高三英語課文
Unit 22 Bees
1 . For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.由於卡爾·馮·弗裡施教授一生都在研究蜜蜂在內的動物之間信息的傳遞，他和另外兩位科學家在1973被授予一項諾貝爾獎。他於1982年去世。
2 . Von Frisch watched the wagging dance very carefully.馮·弗裡施非常仔細地觀察蜜蜂跳的搖擺舞。
3 . Then Von Frisch moved the dish to the east of the hive and waited for a marked bee to feed.然後，馮·弗裡施把碟子移到蜂箱的西邊，等待有標記的蜜蜂來吃。
4 . When a marked bee returned to the hive from the feeding table, Von Frisch watched through the glass.當一隻有記號的蜜蜂從餵食桌回到蜂箱時。
5 . How was this possible?這種傳遞是怎樣進行的呢？
6 . To answer this question, von Frisch and his coworkers set up a feeding place close to the hive.為了回答這個問題，馮·弗裡施和他的同伴在蜂箱附近建起了一個餵食點。
7 . As soon as one bee discovered the honey, many more came to it one after another in a short time.一旦有一隻蜜蜂發現了蜂蜜，在短時間內就有許許多多的蜜蜂一個接一個地飛向那裡。
8 . The circle dance meant that food was near.圓圈舞表示食物在附近。
9 . To his astonishment, the bee began to perform a dance on the surface of the honeycomb.馮·弗裡施就透過玻璃進行觀察。
10 . All the bees that had been at the distant feeding place were doing a completely different dance, a wagging dance.所有在近處點的蜜蜂在跳一種完全不同的舞蹈，一種搖擺舞。
11 . The dancer ran in a straight line, wagging from side to side.跳舞的蜜蜂左右搖擺地沿直線飛。
12 . They trooped behind the first dancer, copying its movements.它們成群結隊跟在第一隻跳舞的蜜蜂后面，模仿著它的動作。
13 . Back at the hive they watched the wagging dance closely.他們回到蜂箱旁，仔細觀察搖擺舞。
14 . How did the bees know exactly in which diection to fly?蜜蜂是怎樣確切地知道朝哪個方向飛呢？
15 . But what else?但它還傳遞別的什麼呢？
16 . Von Frisch wanted to find out whether the dance told them how far away the feeding place was.馮·弗裡施想弄清舞蹈是否告訴它們離餵食點有多遠。
17 . He built a glass wall through which he could watch what went on inside.他建造一堵玻璃牆，透過玻璃牆他能夠觀察裡面發生的事情。
18 . With a stopwatch, they counted how many times the bees repeated the dance during one minute.他們用秒錶記錄蜜蜂在一分鐘內重複舞蹈的次數。
19 . There are also other varieties that do not live in groups at all.還有別的類型的蜂，它們全然不過群體生活。
20 . From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.從這裡我們得到一條短語"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿著一條直線向某人或某物走去。
21 . When he placed little dishes of honey on a table, bees soon same.當他把裝有蜂蜜的小碟放在桌上時，蜜蜂很快就飛來。
22 . Then it turned in a semicircle, ran straight again, and turned in another semicircle to the opposite side.然後轉一個半圈，再沿直線飛，再朝反方向轉個半圈。
23 . The development of the modern beehive in 1851 made it possible to design experiments to research the language of honey bees.1851年現代蜂箱研製出來後，這才有可能來設計實驗，研究蜜蜂的語言。
24 . It repeated these circles over and over again.它首先向右飛一個圓圈，然後向左飛一個圓圈。
25 . Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.卡爾·馮·弗裡施教授，一位澳大利亞科學家，一生中花了許多年的時間來研究蜜蜂在暗巢裡互傳信息的有趣方法。
26 . But that was not all.它一再重複這些圓圈。
27 . So he set up two feeding places.因此，他建造了兩個餵食點。
28 . He set out to discover whether the wagging dance showed direction.他開始著手找出搖擺舞是否表示方向。
29 . The number of wagging dances per minute told the exact distance to the feeding place.每分鐘跳搖擺舞的次數說明了到餵食點的精確距離。
30 . First it made a circle to the right, then to the left.令他吃驚的是，蜜蜂開始在蜂窩的表面表演一種舞蹈。
31 . They discovered that the farther away the feeding station was, the slower the dance was.他們發現離餵食點越遠，蜜蜂就跳得越慢。
32 . When honey bees have discovered a feeding place, they fly directly to it from the hive.當蜜蜂發現一個餵食點時，它們從蜂箱直接飛往那裡。
33 . Then they slowly moved it farther and farther away.然後，他們慢慢地把它移得越來越遠。
34 . The circle dance seemed to communicate news of food.圓圈舞蹈好像是傳遞食物信息。
35 . So another astonishing fact came to light.於是又發現了一個驚人的事實。
36 . The dance seemed to excite the surrounding bees.但那舞蹈另有含義，好像是在吸引周圍的蜜蜂的注意。
37 . After working with bees for many years, Professor Von Frisch was puzzled by something he had noticed again and again.在和蜜蜂打了多年的交道後，馮·弗裡施教授對他反覆注意到的事感到迷惑。
38 . The wagging dance meant that food was far away.搖擺舞表示食物在遠處。
39 . Centuries ago, the word beeline was made to describe this thin line of bees flying through the air.幾百年前，有人用beeline 這個詞來描寫蜜蜂在空中飛行的細窄路線。
40 . After a short time a line of bees fly to and from the hive like a thin stream.過不了一會兒，一隊蜜蜂像一條小溪一樣在蜂箱和餵食點之間來往飛行。
41 . Things were clear now.事情現在清楚了。
42 . Other types of bee make their nests in holes in the ground.其他種類的蜂在地穴裡築巢。
43 . Did the wagging dance tell the bees how far away the food was?搖擺舞有沒有告訴蜜蜂食物到蜂箱的距離有多遠？
44 . It kept repeating the steps over and over.蜜蜂一而再，再而三地重複它的"舞步。
45 . To find out, Von Frisch built special hives, each with only one honeycomb.為了查明真相，馮·弗裡施建造了特殊的蜂箱，每個蜂箱裡僅有一個蜂窩。
46 . If the feeding place was away from the sun, the straight part of the wagging dance pointed downward.如果餵食地點向著太陽，跳舞的蜜蜂在跳搖擺舞時直線部分就一直向上。
47 . But then another question came up.但是另一個問題出現了。
48 . In order to tell the bees apart, he painted some bees with little spots of colour.為了區別這些蜜蜂，他在一些蜜蜂身上塗上小色點。
49 . There are many different varieties of bee.有很多不同種類的蜂。
50 . Then the bees left the hive and went to the feeding place.然後那些蜜蜂離開蜂箱，飛到餵食點去。