小学生学英语9：
Busy As a...
Have you ever noticed a little creature called the bee? What an amazing insect.
Bees have little feet and big round eyes. They are yellow and black. You see them buzzing around sweet-smelling flowers everywhere.
Scientists say that bees are really important. If we did not have bees, there would be no food on earth.
Bees have a short life. They live only about a month, but in that time they fly up to 14 kilometres from their nest, searching for food.
What are they looking for? Worker bees are looking for sweet nectar, which they find on flowers. Then they bring it back to the nest for the queen bee.
The queen bee lays about 1.500 eggs each day. During her three or four year lifetime, one beehive can have 40.000 to
60,000 bees!
Have you ever been chased by an angry bee? Well, just remember:a bee can fly about 25 kilometres an hour. Most likely, you will never be able to outrun a bee!
So don't be afraid of bees. Just let them do their work. They never stop working. That's why people say "busy as a bee".
忙得像……
你有没有注意过一种叫做蜜蜂的小生物？多么神奇的昆虫。
蜜蜂有小脚和大圆眼睛。它们是黄色和黑色的。到处都能看到它们在芬芳的花丛中嗡嗡作响。
科学家说蜜蜂真的很重要。如果我们没有蜜蜂，地球上就没有食物。
蜜蜂的寿命很短。它们的寿命只有一个月左右，但在这段时间里，它们会飞到距离巢穴14公里的地方，寻找食物。
它们在找什么？工蜂正在寻找甜蜜的花蜜，它们在花朵上发现。然后他们把它带回蜂巢给蜂后。
蜂后每天大约下1500个蛋。在她三到四年的生命中，一个蜂巢可以有40.000到60.000只蜜蜂！
你被愤怒的蜜蜂追过吗？记住: 蜜蜂每小时能飞25公里。最有可能的是，你永远都跑不过蜜蜂！
所以不要害怕蜜蜂。让它们做它们的工作。它们从不停止工作。这就是为什么人们说“像蜜蜂一样忙”。
