美国有线新闻 CNN 美国华盛顿州摧毁杀人大黄蜂蜂巢

CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: A nest of murder hornets in Washington State has been brought to justice. And that's where we start the week here on CNN 10. My name is Carl Azuz. I'm happy to see you.

CNN10分钟新闻主持人卡尔·阿祖兹：华盛顿州杀人大黄蜂的蜂巢已被摧毁。这是本周CNN10分钟新闻的首则消息。我是卡尔·阿祖兹。很高兴见到大家。

The Asian Giant Hornets, also known as murder hornets because enough stings can kill a person, first appeared in Washington State last year. People don't know how they got there. These insects are not native to the U.S. They're also not welcome, insecta non-grata.

亚洲巨型黄蜂，也被称为“杀人大黄蜂”，因为它的刺可以致人死亡，这种大黄蜂去年首次出现在华盛顿州。人们不知道它们是怎么到那里的。这些昆虫不是美国本土昆虫。它们和其它昆虫一样不受欢迎。

According to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, a small number of murder hornets can wipe out an entire hive of honey bees in a few hours.

华盛顿州农业部表示，少数杀人大黄蜂可以在几个小时内消灭整个蜂巢的蜜蜂。

Entomologists have been able to trap some of these insects, the largest hornets on Earth. And they use the ones they captured to find their nest.

昆虫学家已经捉到了几只大黄蜂，它们是地球上最大的黄蜂。昆虫学家通过捉到的大黄蜂寻找它们的蜂巢。

First, they glued a tracking device to a murder hornet but it fell off. And the glue gummed up its wings. Then they tried to tie a tracker to a hornet with dental floss, but that didn't work either.

首先，他们将追踪装置粘在一只杀人大黄蜂身上，但它掉了下来。胶水粘住了它的翅膀。之后，他们试图用牙线将追踪器绑在大黄蜂身上，但也没能成功。

Finally, entomologists reportedly used glue and floss to keep a tracker in place and it worked. The hornet led them to a tree on private property in the town of Blaine. The owner said officials could remove the hornets and the tree if needed. And they used a type of vacuum to clear out the first known Asian Giant Hornet nest in the U.S. This doesn't mean the problem is solved as far as we know.

据报道，最后昆虫学家用胶水和牙线将追踪器固定，这次终于成功了。在大黄蜂的带领下，昆虫学家在布莱恩镇某私人住宅的一棵树上发现了大黄蜂的蜂巢。房主表示，如果有需要，官员可以将大黄蜂蜂巢和树移走。随后，他们用真空吸尘器摧毁了美国第一个已知亚洲巨型黄蜂的蜂巢。据我们所知，这并不意味着问题已经解决了。

There are probably still some Asian Giant Hornets lurking¹ around northern Washington State. Its Department of Agriculture says if people see one, they shouldn't try to trap or kill it themselves but instead report it to state officials who are now up 1 to 0 in their mission to eliminate the evasive species.

华盛顿州北部地区可能还潜伏着一些亚洲巨型黄蜂。华盛顿州农业部表示，如果人们看到了大黄蜂，不要试图诱捕或杀死它们，而是应该报告给州政府官员，他们会立即消灭这些入侵物种。

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参考例句：

• Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？
• There is a suspicious man lurking in the shadows. 有一可疑的人躲在阴暗中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》