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LESSON 21
第21課
creatures
生物
drones
無人駕駛飛機
inside
里面
hive
蜂房
idle
空閑
defense
防御
driven
驅動
killed
殺
cells
細胞
size
寸
workers
工人
queen
女王
stings
蟄傷
shape
形狀
wax
蠟
THE BEE
蜜 蜂
Bees live in a house that is called a hive.
蜜蜂住在蜂房里，那兒是它的家。
They are of three kinds, — workers, drones, and queens.
蜜蜂有三種：工蜂、雄蜂和蜂王。
Only one queen can live in each hive.
每個蜂房里只能住一只蜂王。
If she is lost or dead, the other bees will stop their work.
如果它失蹤或死掉了，其他的蜜蜂就會停止工作。
They are very wise and busy little creatures.
蜜蜂是非常聰明和忙碌的小動物。
They all join together to build cells of wax for their honey.
他們一起合作建造蠟質的房子來儲存蜂蜜。
Each bee takes its proper place, and does its own work.
每只蜜蜂都有它們專屬的地方從事自己的工作。
Some go out and gather honey from the flowers; others stay at home and work inside the hive.
一些蜜蜂出去采蜜，其他蜜蜂則待在家中，在蜂房里工作。
The cells which they build, are all of one shape and size, and no room is left between them.
他們建造的每個單元都是同一形狀和大小，單元之間沒有其他房間。
The cells are not round, but have six sides.
這些單元不是圓形，而是六邊形的。
Did you ever look into a glass hive to see the bees while at work?
你在玻璃蜂房里見過蜜蜂工作時的樣子嗎？
It is pleasant to see how busy they always are.
看到它們始終忙碌，這令人十分高興。
But the drones do not work. Before winter comes, all the drones are driven from the hive or killed,
但雄蜂不工作。冬天到來之前，所有的雄蜂都會被趕走或殺死，
that they may not eat the honey which they did not gather.
他們不能吃自己沒有采過的蜂蜜。
It is not quite safe for children to handle bees.
孩子們碰蜜蜂是不太安全的。
They have sharp stings that they know well how to use in their defense.
他們身上有鋒利的刺，并且知道如何用刺來保護自己。
