VOA慢速英语:Restrict Pesticides to Save Bees

1. Not because the 73 year-old beekeeper is slowing down, but because there are fewer bees producing honey.

slow down （使）慢下来；（使）生产缓慢
例句：Do you like I go slow down or go fast?
你们希望我快一点还是慢一点?

2. "There have been similar reports from Europe in the past, and so we looked into it a little bit further from the point of view of wondering first of all what is killing these bees, and second of all how are these bees acquiring whatever this toxic chemical is."

look into 调查；观察
例句：I just said I will look into this!
我刚说过我会查下去的!

3. So they studied the insecticides - known as neonicotinoids - that are applied to seeds as they are planted in the ground, rather than sprayed from above.

rather than 要）…而不…，与其…倒不如…
例句：Can I suggest you ask me questions, rather than issuing threats?
我可以建议你问我问题而不是威胁我吗?

4. This December, the European Union plans to ban the use of some insecticides that researchers have linked to bee deaths.

link to 与…连接
例句：Which cell do I link to meaningful friendship?
我要把哪一格与意味深长的友谊联系起来呢？

5. "We've got many bee keepers around here that have quit, just gone out of business because they can't succeed."

go out of 走出
例句：We need to go out of our mind.
我们要走出自我的心灵世界。