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The community is so harmonious that it's hard to believe that this place
这个社群非常和谐 很难相信这个地方
is also the setting for mass murder.
也会发生集体屠杀事件
Tempers do flare
一只掘穴蜂昏了头 钻进另一只蜂的洞穴
when a bee gets confused and goes down another's burrow.
确实闹得不可开交
But these are minor disagreements.
但这不过是闹闹意见
The colony is peaceful at the moment
蜂群现在很平静
because every bee here is a female.
因为这里全是雌蜂
It's the males that are the killers and they are all dead.
嗜杀的是雄蜂 现在全都死光了
Their story began two monthsearlier, before theappearance of the females.
它们的故事要从两个月前说起 那时雌蜂还没露脸
Male Dawson's bees.
这是雄的道森氏掘穴蜂
The females are only just emerging,
雌蜂才刚冒出来
burrowing their way, one by one,
一只只钻出它们孵化
out of the tunnels where they hatched and grew up and their scent enflames the males.
和成长的地道 身上的气味让雄蜂欲火夔身
They arehuge and built for fighting.
雄蜂身材壮硕，骁勇善战
And each one wants to be in the best position to mate with a female.
每只都想占据 最有利的地位和雌蜂交配

重点解释

Tempers do flare when a bee gets confused and goes down another's burrow.一只掘穴蜂昏了头，钻进另一只蜂的洞穴，确实闹得不可开交

get confused发慌； 慌乱

I stop and reread when I get confused.

当我遇到困难时回停下来并重新阅读。

They asked so many questions that I got confused .

他们问了那么多问题，都把我弄糊涂了。

The colony is peaceful at the moment蜂群现在很平静

at the moment此时，此刻；现在，目前

I couldn't summon up his name at the moment.

此时我无论如何想不起他的名字了。

She must be in the television studio at the moment.

她现在一定在电视演播室。

They arehuge and built for fighting.雄蜂身材壮硕，骁勇善战

build for为...创建

The reactor was built for tame atomic energy use.

这座反应堆是为原子能的安全使用而建造的。

It was built for a pleasure boat.

这条船是作为游艇建造的。

And each one wants to be in the best position to mate with a female.每只都想占据最有利的地位和雌蜂交配

mate with使紧密配合

I will accept his proposal to go mates with him.

我将接受他的建议与他合伙。

The queen bee is likely to mate with two or three drones.

蜂王有可能与两只或者三只雄蜂交配。