VOA慢速英语:Bat Populations Are Important for Agriculture and the Environment

短语讲解：

1. Most bats eat insects, but many feed on fruit or nectar from flowers.

feed on以…为食,以…为能源
例句：Squirrels feed on nuts.
松鼠以坚果为食。

2. Most bats come out of their shelters only at nightfall.

come out出来
例句：Come out and get some fresh air.
出来吸点新鲜空气。

3. Or they may use up stored body fat and starve to death.

use up用光
例句：By this time he had used up all his savings.
到这时, 他的存款已全部用完。

4. She cares for injured bats in the basement of her home.

care for照料, 服侍
例句：The mother cared for the sick child day and night.
母亲日夜照料着生病的孩子。

5. You hear a lot of people refer to bats as filthy.

refer to指…而言(as)
例句：All his classmates referred to him as “Blackbeard.”
他的同学都称他为“黑胡子”。

6. The program is aimed at helping commercial fishers to find a new way to carry out their trade.

aim at (以…)瞄准; 针对, 以…为目标
例句：The visit was aimed at expanding the relations between the two countries.
访问的目的是扩展两国的关系。
carry out执行; 贯彻; 完成, 进行
例句：He carried out the plan in very detail.
他一丝不苟地执行那项计划。

7. It operates the new “Cod Academy” in partnership with the University of Maine and other organizations.

in partnership with和...合伙[合作]
例句：She worked in partnership with her sister.
她和妹妹合股经营。

8. The pens are covered with netting material to keep out seabirds.

be covered with盖着,覆着
例句：The field is covered with snow.
田野一片积雪。

9. The fish-farmers in training take turns throwing special fish food into the pen.

take turns替换, 轮流
例句：The students took turns to clean up their classroom.
学生们轮流打扫教室。

10. But Mr. Belle says Maine’s fish farmers have learned from those mistakes.

learn from向…学习; 从…获得〔吸取〕
例句：Much can be learned from a good teacher.
从一位好老师那儿能学到很多东西。