Millions of Bees Fall Off Truck
Do you like bees? I think you said "no!" What about five million bees?
That's a lot of bees! 你喜歡蜜蜂嗎? 那五百萬隻蜜蜂呢?
These bees were in wooden boxes. The boxes were on a big truck.
But the boxes fell off the truck and onto the road!
The bees flew out of the boxes! One man said the bees made the sky black.
那些蜜蜂都裝在木箱裡,放在一輛大卡車上。但是卡車開到半路,木箱掉出車外,裡面的蜜蜂通通都飛了出來,甚至遮蔽了天空。
The police didn't know how to help! They sat in their cars to stay safe.
They called beekeepers for help.
警察不知道該怎麼辦,他們躲在車子裡,打電話請養蜂人幫忙。
Many beekeepers came. They put on beekeeper clothing. It helps to stop bee stings.
Then they fixed the wooden boxes. The boxes were the bees' homes. The bees saw their homes again. The beekeepers helped five million bees fly into the boxes.
養蜂人穿上防護衣,把木箱修好,那是蜜蜂的家。在養蜂人幫忙之下,蜜蜂通通飛回了木箱裡。
No one was badly hurt. But one beekeeper got sixty bee stings! Ouch!
Some people don't like bees. They think bees are scary. But bees are important.
Honey bees are very important. These bees were honeybees.
Honey bees help flowers and other plants grow. And they make honey for us!
有一些人不喜歡蜜蜂,但蜜蜂很重要,牠們幫忙傳播花粉,也會做蜂蜜。
Five million bees fell off a truck. Beekeepers saved them! Sweet!
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Vocabulary
五百萬隻蜜蜂在空中飛舞,這個景象一定很壯觀!
1. honey 蜂蜜
Look at those bees… They're collecting nectar! 你看那些蜜蜂,牠們正在吸花蜜!
And they'll turn nectar into honey. 牠們會把花蜜變成蜂蜜。
How very clever! 真是聰明!
2. scary 讓人害怕的
Oh, they're coming my way. 牠們往我這裡來了。
I'd better stay away.我最好躲開。
Bees are a little scary to me. 蜜蜂有點兒讓我害怕。
3. sting 叮咬
You've gotten bee stings before? 你有被蜂螫過嗎?
Yeah, I got stung when I was little. 有,我小時候被蜜蜂叮過。
I cried and cried. 我哭了又哭。
4. sweet 甜的
Then you should eat more honey now. 那你現在應該多吃蜂蜜。
Oh, yes, my favorite sweet stuff is honey cake. 沒錯,我最愛的甜食就是蜂蜜蛋糕。
Do you like honey?
honey蜂蜜
scary讓人害怕的
sting叮咬
sweet甜的
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Quiz
1. How many millions of bees were on the truck?
a. 1
b. 5
c. 10
2. What did the bees do?
a. Sat in cars
b. Made the sky dark
c. Called beekeepers
3. What did the beekeepers do first?
a. Fixed the boxes
b. Put on beekeeper clothing
c. Helped the bees fly home
Answers:
1. b
2. b
3. b
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