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高三英语课文22（Senior English text 22） 高三课文: unit 22 bees. the language of honey bees. 蜜蜂的语言 there are many different varieties of bee. some live in large groups like the honey bee, and make their nests in trees or holes in the rocks. other types of bee make their nests in holes in the ground. there are also other varieties that do not live in groups at all. among the different types of bee, it is the honey bee that has now scientists interested because of the language they use to communicate with each other. the development of the modern beehive in 1851 made it possible to design experiments to research the language of honey bees. 有很多不同种类的蜂.有些蜂如蜜蜂是群居在一起, 在树上或岩洞里筑巢.其他种类的蜂在地穴里筑巢.还有别的类型的蜂, 它们全然不过群体生活.在这些不同种类的蜂中, 因为蜜蜂能用 语言 相互传递信息, 科学家们对它们最感兴趣.1851年现代蜂箱研制出来后, 这才有可能来设计实验, 研究蜜蜂的语言. professor karl von frisch, an austrian scientist, 他花了许多年的时间研究蜜蜂在黑暗蜂箱中交流的神奇方式。在与蜜蜂工作多年之后，Von Frisch教授对他一再注意到的事情感到困惑不解。当他把少量的蜂蜜放在桌子上时，蜜蜂很快就变了。一只蜜蜂一发现蜂蜜，就有许多蜜蜂在短时间内陆续找到蜂蜜。看来一只蜜蜂能把食物的信息传递给蜂箱里的其他蜜蜂。这是怎样做到的呢？为了找出答案，Von Frisch建造了特殊的蜂箱，每个蜂箱只有一个蜂巢。他装上一面玻璃墙，透过它他可以察在里面进行的活动。为了区分蜜蜂，他画了一些颜色小点的蜜蜂。 卡尔·冯·弗里施教授，一位澳大利亚科学家，一生中花了许多年的时间来研究蜜蜂在暗巢里互传信息的有趣方法。在和蜜蜂打了多年的交道后，冯·弗里施教授对他反复注意到的事感到迷惑。当他把装有蜂蜜的小碟放在桌上时，蜜蜂很快就飞来。一旦有一只蜜蜂发现了蜂蜜， In a short time, many bees went there one after another. It seems that a bee can transmit food information to other bees in the hive. How does this delivery work? To find out, von Frisch built a special hive with only one hive in each hive. He built a glass wall, through the glass wall, he could observe what was happening inside. In order to distinguish the bees, he painted some bees with small colored spots. When a marked bee returned to the hive from the feeding table, Von Frisch watched through the glass. To his astonishment, the bee began to perform a dance on the surface of the honeycomb. First it made a circle to the right, then to the left. It repeated these circles over and over again. But that was not all. The dance seemed to excite the surrounding bees. They trooped behind the first dancer,