每日口說挑戰【CNN10】舊金山宛如世界末日、蜜蜂復育 (Apocalyptic San Francisco, Honeybees | September 14, 2020)

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【Transcript】
The wildfire in California has created an unusual scene in San Francisco. The fire and the smoke had painted the sky orange. A pedestrian said it looked just like the apocalypse, or the end of the world, and the daytime looked just like a nighttime, people even turned on the lights in their houses because it was too dark. Wildfires, raging across the West Coast have generated the smoke and caused ash to rain down. Other places, such as Salem, Oregon experienced similar apocalyptic glows. Dozens of wildfires have been ravaging the West Coast, scorching and burning millions of acres of land, which has led to the longest stretch of unhealthy air quality alerts on record in the Bay Area.

And now, moving on to our little flying workers that help produce honey.
Yes, they are bees.

From the middle of the last century until now, US bee colonies have declined from about six million to less than three million. Collectively, these little creatures are so important to the survival of our planet and to the economy as well. The honeybees are not just the honey producer since one-third of all the world's food crop production, like almonds and avocados, depend on pollinators. Bee colonies are being ravaged by diseases, and the use of pesticides and fungicides in farming. Luckily, there is a new bee technology that can keep track and monitor the health status of the bee colonies. With a small Internet-connected sensor placed under the roof of the hive, it measures temperature, humidity, sound and movement. The technology allows beekeepers to remotely monitor their hives, so that they can check more quickly and easily whether there is a problem, ensuring more pollination and more food for a growing global population.

If you would like to see how important bees are for the world, I recommend you dear listeners to watch the “Bee Movie”. It is an animated film, very funny and educational.

【Question Time!】
If you could go back in time, what would you want to do the most?

【Epilogue】
Dear listeners, thanks for joining us today.
When I graduated from elementary school.
My family and I moved to Los Angeles.
We stayed there briefly for a year and enjoyed the Cali-sunshine
If I could go back in time,
I would probably hang out with my American friends more often
And participate in more school activities.
I could have went on a triple date but I was too shy back then and said no
Imagine how fun it would have been.

Anyways, let me know what you would do if you could go back in time.

【sulk】v. n. 生悶氣；慍怒
(v.)- to be silent and refuse to smile or be pleasant to people because you are angry about something that they have done
■ He's sulking in his room because I wouldn't let him have any more chocolate. 因為我不讓他再吃巧克力了，他正在自己房間裡生悶氣呢。
(n.)- a period of time when someone refuses to smile or be pleasant because they are angry about something
■ If bees fail to bring nectar and pollen back to their colony, the queen bee will be in a sulk. 當蜜蜂沒有帶花蜜和花粉回來時，蜂王會森七七（顯示亂造句）

When bees go out to forage, they collect nectar and pollen to bring back to their colony.

☺When bees go out to forage, they collect nectar and pollen to bring back to their colony.
當蜜蜂外出覓食時，它們會收集花蜜和花粉，然後帶回自己的蜂群裡。
【心得】蜂蜜可以加減喝，但蜂窩不要亂捅。
■forage [ˋfɔrɪdʒ] 覓食；搜尋(尤指食物) [(+for/about/in)]
草料、飼料；搜尋糧食；搜尋
■nectar [ˋnɛktɚ]花蜜；甘露；(古希臘和羅馬神話中)眾神飲的酒；瓊漿玉液
■pollen [ˋpɑlən] 花粉
給…傳授花粉
■colony [ˋkɑlənɪ] 殖民地；僑民地；聚居地；住宅區；[集合名詞]聚居人群、移民隊、殖民團、{生物}群、群落、群體

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If I can go back in time, I may thoroughly break up my nightmare, which is the first love.

其實看蜜蜂採花蜜很療癒…

*Apocalypse 世界末日；天啟

*Hive蜂巢

*Pollination 授粉

The pigs foraged (覓食）in the woods for foods.

The bees turned nectar (花蜜）into honey.

She is allergic to pollen.她對花粉過敏。

Australia and New Zealand are former British colony(英屬殖民地）.

【Question Time!】
If I can go back to the past, I would stay focusing on the English class.
I will spend more time on practicing English.
To have a good language skills that helps me to explore more worldwide vision and chanllege.

不知道為啥腦中浮現 家花沒有野花香 這種句子
When bees go out to forage, they collect nectar and pollen to bring back to their colony.

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