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Unit 1 The Perfect Swarm Narrator: Damagefrom swarms of locusts can reach disastrous proportions. A single swarm of desert locusts can consume over 70,000 metric tons of vegetation a day. There is, however, one continent that ’s locust -free: North America. 旁白：蝗虫群的伤害可以达到灾难性的程度。 一个单一的沙漠蝗虫可以消耗超过 70000 吨的 植被一天。然而，有一个大陆是蝗虫自由：美国北部。 Interestingly enough, this wasn’t always true. For hundreds of years, the Rocky Mountain locust was a common pest in the American West. Back in the mid-1800s, thousands of pioneers journeyed across the . in search of free land and new opportunities. They settl