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　47.The natural[adj.自然的，天生的] time sense[n.感觉；意识]. 　天赋的时间感、（已经作为07年阅读考过） 　　1. One of the most amazing[a.令人惊异的] of living things, the honeybee, has recently been shown to possess[vt.拥有，具有] still another remarkable[adj.非凡的] skill. It has a built-in alarm clock that goes off exactly every 24 hours. 1、生物中最令人惊奇的东西之一是蜜蜂，在最近的研究里它又显示出它持有的另一种非凡本领。蜜蜂身体里有一个天生的“闹钟”，它准确地每24小时循环一次。 分析：go off＝（钟表）；natural＝天的；sense＝感觉；amazing＝； possess＝拥有；remarkable＝非凡的； 2. Scientists have long known that bees carry a sort of wrist watch inside their bodies. They will return to the same spot, day after day, right to the minute, to feed on sugar-water left for them. To find out how the bees manage[设法] to tell time, an unusual experiment was carried out four years ago. Two young German biologists in Paris trained bees to come out for sugar-water every day at exactly 8:15 p.m. The scientists then set out to baffle[v.使困惑] the bees. When it is 8:15 p.m. in Paris, New York Citys Eastern Day-light Saving time is only 3:15 p.m. If the hive[n.蜂箱] were flown to New York between feedings, which time would the bees follow-Paris’ or New Yorks? 2、科学家早已知道，蜜蜂在它的身体里带着某种手表。蜜蜂能够日复一日，精确到同一分钟，返回同一地点去吃为它们准备的糖浆。为了研究蜜蜂如何辨别时间，四年前进行了一项不寻常的实验。在巴黎，两个年轻的德国生物学家训练蜜蜂每天晚上8点15分准时出来喝糖浆。之后，科学家们设法迷惑蜜蜂。当巴黎是晚上8点15分时，美国纽约市的东部夏令时间是下午3点15分。如果蜂箱在两次喂食之间被空运到纽约市，蜜蜂会遵循哪个时间？巴黎的或者纽约的？ 分析：feed on：以…为食； carry out:进行，执行；carry on:继续进行； set out：开始，着手； 单词：manage＝设法； hive＝蜂箱； 3. So, immediately after a night feeding in Paris, the hive[n.蜂箱] was sealed[密封] and rushed off on an air liner. In New York, scientists from the American Museum of National History placed the hive in a specially prepared laboratory in the museum. At exactly 3:15 p.m. New York time - a precise[a.精确的,准确的] 24 hours after having been fed in Paris - the bees swarmed[(swarm):n.一大群] out of their hive. The experiment proved conclusively[确定性地] that in spite of a 3,500-mile flight and differences in local time, the bees alarm clocks rang right on their 24-hour schedule. 3、为此，在巴黎进行了一次晚