印度用红蚂蚁替代农药防治害虫

短语讲解：

1. That's why scientists in the southern Indian state of Kerala are using them instead of pesticides to control pests on cashew plantations.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：He has been playing all afternoon instead of getting on with his work.
他整个下午一直在玩, 没有继续工作。

2. The Kerala state government says chemical pesticides are to blame for scores of human deaths and hundreds of children born with deformities.

be to blame for对…应负责任
例句：Who is to blame for starting the fire?
这场火灾应该追究谁的责任?

3. All the bio-control techniques are alternates for pesticides-very good alternatives for the pesticides because they, these ants will be searching for the pest.

search for搜索, 搜寻
例句：We searched in vain for the missing child.
我们到处寻找那孩子, 但没有找到。

4. The ants feast on all kinds of bugs, insects and pests.

feast on大吃大喝, 享用美食; 尽情欣赏(或享受)
例句：He feasted on the beautiful scene.
他饱览美景。

5. My method is simple. I pluck the leaves containing ant colonies and carry them to other trees. Similarly, by tying a long rope from an ant-infested tree to another one, I make use of dried fish to attract ants by the smell.

make use of利用
例句：We will make good use of our time.
我们将好好利用我们的时间。

6. By moving the ants to other trees, the natural predators, who also consume mosquito larva, have kept the pest population under control.

under control被控制住; 处于控制之下
例句：The fire was under control.
火势已得到控制。

7. he only thing is, when the population of weaver ants grows beyond a certain number, it can be a little bit of a nuisance that the farmers have to put up with, or the farmers have to find or devise how to harvest their crops when the weaver ant colonies are beyond a certain number.

put up with忍受, 容忍
例句：I can't put up with her another day—she never stops complaining.
她整天抱怨, 我一天也不能忍受了。