英语听力：2013-11-24 地平线：什么害死了我们的蜜蜂—2

 They don't live very long on average just a few weeks in the summer time. But in that time they'll fly four or maybe five hundred miles in total. and here's the best part. They are the only insect to provide us with food in the form of liquid gold, honey.But our bees are clearly in trouble. I've come to Heather Film's farm in *shire to meet commercial honey-producer Mark Newnon and to find out what's happening to his bees. 

-You've got a fair numbers of bees down here, haven't you?

-Yes, this is one of our sites just outside G*. And before we've got 40 hives here. They've been here for about 3 or 4 weeks.

It's June, and Mark is landing¹ his bees to a local farmer to pollinate hundreds of acres of raspberries. 

-So what is the deal between you and the farmer then here?

-Well, it's a natural symbiosis³ way. He knows if our bees pollinate his fruit, he'll get a lot more fruit. He'll get better quality fruit. And we get the nectar from the raspberry which makes fantastic honey.

It's a deal that works⁴ well for the bees and for the farmer.

-So these have been in full flower probably the last 2 or 3 weeks. As you can see, the fruit started to form already. It's looking really healthy. It's nice, nice-shaped to the berries² there, and that's gonna produce tons of raspberries.

But all these are not well at Heather's farm. Mark's bees are dying⁵ and he has the empty hives to prove it.

1 landing   

n.登陆；着陆；楼梯平台

参考例句：

• Owing to engine trouble,the plane had to make a forced landing.由于发动机出了毛病，飞机不得不进行迫降。
• When are we landing?我们什么时候着陆？

2 berries   

n.浆果( berry的名词复数 )；（葡萄，番茄等）浆果；干果仁；干种子

参考例句：

• Birds feed on nuts and berries in the winter. 鸟类靠坚果和浆果过冬。
• We went here and there looking for berries. 我们四处寻找浆果。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 symbiosis   

n.共生（关系），共栖

参考例句：

• They live in a symbiosis with governments that they are financing.他们与他们服务的政府互利共存。
• The symbiosis between social values and political structure has produced extraordinary achievement.社会价值观念和政治结构的共生现象带来了非凡的成就。

4 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

5 dying   

adj.垂死的，临终的

参考例句：

• He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
• She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子，那里有一个垂死的人。