VOA慢速英语:Scientist Working to Save Bees Is Winner of Environmental Prize

短语讲解：

1. May Berenbaum of the University of Illinois is searching for solutions to the bee crisis.

search for搜索, 搜寻
例句：We search for more information.
我们寻找更多信息。

2. Bees are directly responsible for pollinating nineteen billion dollars worth of crops each year in the United States alone.

be responsible for为…负责,形成…的原因
例句：Everyone should be responsible for his work
每个人都应对自己的工作负责。

3. Some unwanted plants provide food for pollinators like bees.

provide for供养，供给；规定；为…作准备
例句：I'm sure that I shall be well able to provide for my wife and family.
我确信我将完全能养活我的妻儿老小。

4. She says that project is already leading to information.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：Earthquake can lead to psychological problems.
地震可以引发心理问题。

5. And she says the honeybee, in addition to its important work as a pollinator, makes our lives a little sweeter.

in addition to除…之外，还…
例句：In addition to French, he has to study Japanese.
除了法语外，他还得学日语。
work as任…职, 当…
例句：It must be a hard life, working as a nurse in a backward country.
在落后的国家当一名护士, 生活必定是艰苦的。

6. Jan Hafner says that by the time the trash arrives, it will turn into what he is calling “the North Pacific garbage patch.”

by the time到…时候为止
例句：He had left by the time we reached home.
当我们到家的时候他已经走了。

7. The usual trash that washes up on the islands represents an environmental danger.

wash up将…冲上岸
例句：Last night's tide washed up some quite beautiful shells.
昨晚的潮水冲上来一些非常漂亮的贝壳。

8. Sand Island belongs to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

belong to属于
例句：Victory belongs to the most persevering.
胜利属于最有毅力的人。

9. Finally, an American study has attempted to confirm the idea that cats are deadly enemies of birds.

attempt to试图，企图
例句：He attempted to get in touch with them but without success.
他试图和他们联系, 但未成功。

10. It took place in three capital-area communities.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。