Unit 3 Inside view
This is just so crazy!
What?
This story I'm reading.
So teU us.
A Man was in a wheelchair crossing the road
in front of a lorry at some traffic lights.
Somehow, the back of the wheelchair got stuck
on the front of the lorry. When the lorry started moving,
it took the wheelchair and the man with it!
You're joking!
The driver drove for several miles at 80 kilometres an hour
before he stopped at a garage.
The man was unhurt because his seat belt had stopped him falling out. What a terrible story! Thank goodness! The Man was all right!
The police asked the driver if he'd realized he had a passenger.
The driver said he had no idea at all.
Do you want to hear another one? A funny one this time.
Go on.
A woman reported that her car had been stolen
and that she'd left her mobile phone in the car.
The policeman suggested calling the mobile.
When he did, the thief answered.
The policeman told the thief that he was answering an ad
in the paper and that he wanted to buy the car.
And the thief agreed to sell it!
He didn't!
So they arranged to meet and the thief was arrested
and the woman got her car back.
A happy ending!
You get these great stories in the papers -
I always read them.
Conversation 2 V oice on Radio
The news at one o'clock.
Tornadoes have damaged homes in Northern England.
There is still no news of missing company director, Alan Marsden. Scientists claim that global warming is accelerating.
There are reports coming in of more fighting in ...
Do you mind if l turn it off?
It's fine. I wasn't listening.
Do you follow the news?
Yeah, I do. But I don't often listen to the radio,
I mostly get my news online.
Do you?
Yes, I read articles from different papers.
My dad does that.
Well, I've got used to reading real newspapers.
You should try reading the news online.
You get lots of different views,
it's very stimulating.
True, it is stimulating.
But I've got into the habit of reading the papers in the JCR –
in a comfortable armchair, with lots of black coffee.
Don't either of you listen to the radio?
It's a great way to wake up.
Yeah, I do that. And I download podcasts.
And I watch the news on telly.
You're a news addict. We all know that.
You have to be if you read PPE.
You have to be really knowledgeable about current affairs.
You are.
Well, I'm a TV addict. I spend too much time watching the soaps.
I love British TV.
We've noticed, Kate. Are you going to watch Friends with me tonight? You bet!
Outside view
A library containing archives of past stories
and photographs is an important resource in any newspaper office, allowing journalists to research details of stories published in the past and get facts and photographs very quickly.
Dempster is a librarian at one of Britain's biggest newspapers,
the Daily Express. He describes how in the past,
the library was quite slow and difficult to use
but today a computerized database makes researching past news stories and finding photographs much easier.
How do you create a news database?
Each morning, seven days a week, 364 days a year,
because we don't include Christmas Day,
we archive our daily newspaper.
We also read other newspapers
and collect stories they have published.
We take around about 1,000 stories
that we cut out from the newspapers every day.
These are scanned onto a database
and then they can be searched using a keyword.
So, what we mean by "keyword" is that we use the terms Who? What? Why? When? and Where? as a reference for the information. So, for example, a journalist will be able
to search for the British Prime Minister
giving a speech in Munich concerning the European financial situation. Part 2
How did journalists research news stories before computers?
Before the electronic database,
we had a traditional newspaper archive.
So there were tens of millions of paper envelopes,
containing paper copies of news stories on a variety of topics.
These were referenced by general headings,
whether it be politics, health or people.
These envelopes would be given out to journalists.
Quite often they would be left somewhere, lost, taken home –
things like that. And obviously,
only one journalist at a time could research a particular subject; whereas with today's library,
you can have dozens of journalists looking for the same item
at the same time on a computer database.
Where do the photographs in the newspaper come from?
At one time, the Express used to take pictures in a traditional way.
We received photographs by a motorcycle rider or by post.
Now, more and more,
we receive pictures electronically on the computer.
We can also research pictures on the Internet
and once they are received in the Daily Express office,
they are copied into the correct folder on the computer.
These photos, for example, have been requested
by the Daily Express sports writer. Using Photoshop,
you can change the colour and brightness of the picture,
add a caption to it and generally tidy up an image.
Listening in Short conversations Conversation 1
When do they think the new highway is going to be finished?
It was supposed to be open by September.
I heard on the news that it's three months behind schedule.
What do we learn from the c onversation?
Conversation 2
I think that everyone should pay every time
they read the news on the Internet.
After all, they have to pay when they buy a newspaper.
Perhaps we should agree to differ about that.
What is the man's opinion?
Conversation 3
And so we've seen all five films
which have been chosen for this year's Academy Award for Best Film ... And now, the moment of truth ... who is this year's winner?
What do we learn from the woman?
Conversation 4
So what exactly are you going to do to improve the health service?
We've announced a whole series of measures
which we'll introduce over the next five years.
What is the man's position?
Conversation 5
I think the government is going to lose the election.
To be honest, I'm in favour of a change of government.
What is the man's opinion?
News report
Walter Cronkite, perhaps America's best-known journalist in recent years, has died at his home in New York at the age of 92.
During his years as the presenter of the evening news at CBS, Cronkite appeared every evening in American homes,
and was always a comforting presence,
with his calm voice and gentle style.
He was respected, listened to and liked.
From 1962 to 1981,
Walter Cronkite was the main Presenter of the CBS evening news, reporting wars, natural disasters, social changes and elections,
as well as the first space flight, and the landings on the moon.
Most famously, in 1963 he told the nation
that President Kennedy had died.
In an unusual show of feelings,
he took off his glasses, wiped his eyes of tears,
and reflected the emotion of millions.
In 1968 Cronkite made a special programme on the Vietnam War.
His conclusion was that it could not be brought to an end
by military action,
and that the two sides should begin peace discussions immediately. When President Johnson heard this,
he said, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America."
Cronkite was named the most respected man in America.
For nearly 20 years, he finished all his broadcasts with the line,
"And that's the way it is",
sending millions of Americans to sleep with the words of
"the most trusted voice in America".
Report
Well, no visit to the capital of the US, Washington DC,
would be complete without a visit to all the amazing museums ...
Like the National Gallery of Art or the National Air and Space Museum. But for those of you who are interested in the news,
you may like to know about the Newseum ...
The museum of news ...
It's an exhibition of news and journalism.
It's got 15 theatres and 14 galleries,
containing daily front pages from more than 80 international newspapers ... the story of how news is gathered
and the way it moves through different means of communication,
such as television, radio, the press and the Internet...
the 9/11 room, which describes
how the attack on the Twin Towers was reported...
the Berlin Wall Gallery, with sections of the Berlin Wall...
and a display of the day's latest news, which is regularly updated.
You can even find out
if you'd make a good TV news reporter in the Interactive Newsroom.
The Newseum is on Pennsylvania Avenue,
opposite the National Gallery of Art...
and just round the corner from the White House.
It's open from 9 am to 5 pm daily ...
and tickets are $19.95 for adult
Unit 1 Warming up: 1. 1.1 imports 1.2 scent 1.3 detect 1.4 sniff 1.5 detector dogs 2 f e d c b a watching part1 1 morning run,different,something different,international airports,illegal imports,passengers 2 mixed odors An apple,amango Carry-ons,bags Suitcases Learn to sit Work,comes out Part2 1 F f f t t 2 Supposed Far ahead Children The public Food drive 3 Things don’t always go so smoothly for Stockton though. You’ve got to work with me.I’m your partner,remember? So what does it take to be a “detector dog”? They’ve got to have real food drive because they work for food. Even after they eat a dinner,they’re still ready to eat some more. Part3 1 animal shelters given green jacket,detector dogs adopted 2.1 work out Stay with us Suits Applicants A good fit
视频互动讲义四 课次: 英语二第4次视频互动教学 时间: 月日周三19:30-21:00 主题: 第七、八单元重点回顾，语法讲解，实战演练 主讲: 高伟老师 同学们，大家好！经过前三次的洗礼，你们对英语二教材中的重点知识点的回顾应该有一种感觉：在学习完精讲课件、背过教材中的单词和词组后，应该通过我的讲义对教材有一个更为深层的认识，似乎考点到处密布，要求我们掌握的东西越来越多。请大家冷静，不要烦躁----想通过英语二并非易事，但也绝非不可能。我们只要有信心，有毅力，我想任何考试都不是不可战胜的。 解惑： turn down：关小，拒绝 turn in：上缴，交出 turn into：变成 turn off/on：关掉/接通，打开 turn out：制造，生产，结果是 turn over：移交，翻过来 turn to：变成，借助于 turn up：出现，发生。 near与nearly：前者更多使用的是介词，表示“在附近，近”，后者更多为副词用法，表示“几乎，差不多”。另外，关注一下nearby。 devise与device：前者是动词，表示“想出，设计出”，后者名词，表示“办法，装置”。 drop与fall：两个都是动词，前者表示“失手落下”，后者表示“跌到，落下”。 decline表示“婉拒”，refuse表示“拒绝”，口气更为强烈。 一、第七单元重点内容的回顾
Text A 1.find----finding(s)：注意词性转换。 2.★be concerned with/about(As far as I’m concerned)：注意词组的固定用法。 3.★attach importance(oneself)to：注意词组的固定用法。 4.generally speaking：注意固定用法。 5.★in terms of：注意与by means of区别。 6.★carry out：注意词组搭配，同时注意与carry有关的所有词组。 7.★desire----★desirable----desired：注意词性转换并注意虚拟语气的使用。 8. ★take to：注意词组搭配，有关与take搭配的词组。 9.enjoy----enjoyment：注意词性转换。 10.★in a (great)variety of：注意词组固定搭配。 11.★It is...belief that：注意belief(fact, suggestion, doubt…)后面从句的连接词that。 12.put to good use：注意词组搭配。 13. impart… to：注意词组搭配。 14. it can be argued that…：注意句型，翻译常考。 15.relevant to：注意词组搭配。 16.leader----leadership：注意词性的转换。 17. set… as objective：注意词组搭配。 18.the attainment of a balanced development of the person：注意中文翻译的准确性。 Text B 1.★get through：注意有关get词组应记牢。 2.look ahead to：注意词组搭配。 3.★run out(of)：注意词组含义及搭配。 4.allocate for(to)：注意词组含义。 5.★adjust(to)----adjustment(to)：注意词性的转换。
Part 1 Word Dictation (每小题：0.5 分) Directions: Listen and write down the words you hear. You are going to listen to the recording twice. During the first time, write the word that you hear. Check your answers as you listen the second time. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Part 2 Understanding Long Conversations (每小题：1 分) Directions: In this section you'll hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. 1. A. In the middle of the semester. B. At the beginning of the exam. C. At the end of the semester. D. During a rock concert. 2. A. To a rock and mineral show. B. To an opera at the concert hall. C. To a movie at the student center. D. To a rock concert.
大学英语自学教程(上册) unit 23 非言语交际 23-A. Non-verbal Communication If anyone asked you what were the main means of communication between people, what would you say? That isn’t a catch question. The answer is simple and obvious. It would almost certainly refer to means of communication that involve the use of words. Speakers and listeners-oral communication, and writers and readers-written communication. And you’d be quite right. There is, however, another form of communication which we all use most of the time, usually without knowing it. This is sometimes called body language. Its more technical name is non-verbal communication. Non-verbal, because it does not involve the use of words. NVC for short. When someone is saying something with which he agrees, the average European will smile and nod approval. On the other hand, if you disagree with what they are saying, you may frown and shake your head. In this way you signal your reactions, and communicate them to the speaker without saying a word. I referred a moment ago to "the average European”, because body language is very much tied to culture, and in order not to misunderstand, or not to be misunderstood, you must realize this. A smiling Chinese, for instance, may not be approving but somewhat embarrassed. Quite a lot of work is now being done on the subject of NVC, which is obviously important, for instance, to managers, who have to deal every day with their staff, and have to understand what other people are feeling if they are to create good working conditions. Body language, or NVC signals, are sometimes categorized into five kinds: 1.body and facial gestures; 2.eye contact; 3.body contact or "proximity"; 4.clothing and physical appearance; and 5.the quality of speech. I expect you understood all those, except perhaps "proximity." This simply means "closeness". In some cultures-and I am sure this is a cultural feature and not an individual one-it is quite normal for people to stand close together, or to more or less thrust their face into yours when they are talking to you. In other cultures, this is disliked; Americans, for instance, talk about invasion of their space. Some signals are probably common to all of us. If a public speaker (like a professor, for example) is all the time fiddling with a pencil, or with his glasses, while he is talking to you, he is telling you quite clearly that he is nervous. A person who holds a hand over his mouth when he is talking is signaling that he is lacking in confidence. If you start wriggling in your chairs, looking secretly at your watches or yawning behind your hands, I shall soon get the message that I’m boring you. And so on. I'm sure you could make a whole list of such signals-and it might be fun if you did. All the signals I have mentioned so far can be controlled. If you are aware that you are doing these things, you can stop. You can even learn to give false signals. Most public speakers are in fact nervous, but a good speaker learns to hide this by giving off signals of confidence. Other kinds of NVC are not so easy to control. Eye contact, for instance. Unless you are confessing intense love, you hardly ever look into someone else’s eyes for very long. If you try it, you’ll find they will soon away, probably in embarrassment.
新视界大学英语综合教程第二册课后汉译英答案Unit1 1 独立思考能力是大学生必备的素质之一。(think for yourself; quality)3 有陌生人或外国人在场时，她总是不愿意说话。(in the presence of sb;reluctant)In the presence of strangers or foreigners she is always reluctant to talk. 4 正要离开书店时，他发现了自己一直在寻找的一本书。(be about to dosth) He was about to leave the bookshop when he found a book that he had been looking for.5 会上，大家对如何提高学生的阅读技能进行了更详细的探讨。(atlength) How to improvestudents ' reading skills was discussed art lgernegattheat the meeting.Unit 2 1 虽然体育运动的形式多种多样，但它们有一个共同之处： All of them are to strengthenpeople ' shealth. 2 四年一次的奥运会对促进各国间的友谊起着重要作用。(play a…role;promote)The Olympic Games, which take place every four years, play an important role in promoting friendship between different countries. 3 两国间的文化交流在中断了两年后，于去年重新开始。(exchange; resume)After having stopped for two years, cultural exchanges between the two countries resumed last year. 4 体育锻炼是很重要，但它代替不了健康的饮食。(substitute for)Physical exercise is important, but it is no substitute for healthy diet. 5 在中国，只要说到国球，人们自然会想到乒乓球。(whenever; speak of) Whenever people speak of the national ball in China, people will think of table tennis.Unit 3 1 新闻工作者的职责是提供真实准确的报道，因为公众有权知道事实的真相。 (accurately; be entitled to do) The responsibility of a journalist is to provide news accurately, for the public are
大学英语视听说教程原文及答案
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Uint1 II. Basic Listening Practice 1. Script M: I’m beside myself with joy. I’m so lucky. Guess what? I’ve won a lit o f money in the lottery. W: Yeah? Well, you do know that money is the root of all evil, right? Q: What does the woman mean? 2. Script W: Mary was furious. Her son wrecked up her car. M: He shouldn’t have driven a car without a driver’s license. He‘s stil l taking driving lesson. Q: What do we know about Mary’s son? 3. Script M: Susan, I hear you’re going to marry that guy. Some people think you’ll regret it. W: Is that so? Only time tell. Q: What does the woman imply? 4. Script M: Mary, I just want to say how sorry I was to learn of your mother’s passing. I know how close you two were? W: Thank you. It was so sudden. I’M still in a state of shock I don’t know what to do. Q: Which of following is true? 5. Script W: I get furious at work when my opinions a ren’t considered just because I’m a woman. M: You should air your view more emphatically and demand that your vice be heard. Q: What is the woman complaining about? Keys: 1.C 2.B 3. D 4.A 5.D III. Listening In Task 1: Soft answers turn away wrath. Mary: Da m! You’re spilled red wine on me. My new dress is ruined. John: I’ m terrible sorry! What can I do to help? Here’s some water to wash it off. Mary: Stop splashing water on me! Oh, this is so embarrassing! I’m a mess. John: Well, you do look a little upset. Please don’t blow up. Don’t lose your cool. Mary: Hmm, you’ve got the nerve talking like that! Who shouldn’t fly off the handle? This dress cost a fortune. John: You look really cute when you’re mad. I kid you not. Some people do look attractive when they are in a rage. Mary: This is very expensive dress. I saved for months to buy it, and now it’s ruined. Look at this stain! John: Accidents do happen. Give me your dress, and I’ll take it to the cleaners. Mary: Sure! You want me to take it off right here in public and give it to you? I don’t even know you! John: This might be a really goof time to get acquainted. I’m John Owen. Mary: Mmm, at least you’re polite. I guess I really shouldn’t have flared up. After all, it was an accident. I’m Mary Harvey. John: Come on. I’ll take you home. You can change your clothes, and I’ll get the dress cleaned for you. Mary: Now you’re talking. Thanks. You’re a real gentleman. John: You’d better believe it. I’m glad to see that you’ve cooled down. Feel look a bite to eat aft erward? I’m starving. Mary: Ok. You’re pretty good. I’m not nearly as mad. If you can get this stain out, I’ll be very happy. John: I’ll try my best. But if I can’t get the stain out, please don’t let your happiness turn to wrath. 1. Which of the following would be the best title for the dialog? 2. Why does the woman get angry? 3. What does the man say to please the woman when she looks angry? 4. Why does the woman say the man is a real gentleman? 5. What is the man’s final proposal? Keys: 1D 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.C Task 2: Big John is coming! Script A bar owner in the Old West has just hired a timid bartender. This (S1) owner of the establishment is giving his new hire some instructions on (S2) running the place. He tells the timid man, “If you ever hear that Big John is coming to town, (S3) drop everything and run for the hills! He’s the biggest, nastiest (S4) outlaw who’s ever lived!” A few weeks pass (S5) uneventfully. But one afternoon, a local cowhand comes running through town (S6) yel ling, “Big John is coming! Run for your (S7) lives!” When the bartender leaves the bar to start running, he is knocked to the ground by several townspeople rushing out of town. (S8) As he’s picking himself up, he sees a large man, almost seven feet tall. H e’s muscular, and is growing as he approaches the bar. He steps up to the door, orders the poor barkeep inside, and demands, “I want a beer NOW!” He strikes his heavy fist on the bar, splitting it in half. (S9) The bartender nervously hands the big man a beer, hands shaking. He takes the beer, bites the top of the bottle off, and downs the beer in one gulp. As the terrified bartender hides behind the bar, the big man gets up to leave, “Do you want another beer?” the bartender asks in a trembling voice.“Dang it, I don’t have time!” the big man yells, (S10) “I got to get out of town! Don’t you hear Big John is coming?” Task3: A View of Happiness Script Dr. Smith has proposed a reasonable, if perhaps somewhat oversimplifies, view of happiness. According to his theory, happiness might be described as a state if balance. And when human or certain animals achieve that balance, they rend to remain in that condition in order to repeat the happy feeling. To illustrate this, we may study two magnets. When their positive and negative poles meet, they are comfortably joined, and they remain there. In other words, they have attained a balance or state of happiness. If on the other hand, one of the poles is reversed, and positive pole is presses against positive pole, there is resistance, instability, imbalance a state of unhappiness. Animals with some degree of intelligence seem to find happiness in reinforcement. Once they have gained one or more of their goals such as food, and water, they learn to repeat the actions that led to satisfaction of those goals. This repetition or reinforcement produces a state of balance or sense of happiness. According to this theory, only animals with a
大学英语自学教程电子版教材上册大学英语自学教程(上) 01-A. How to be a successful language learner? ―Learning a language is easy, even a child can do it!‖ Most adults who are learning a second language would disagree with this statement. For them, learning a language is a very difficult task. They need hundreds of hours of study and practice, and even this will not guarantee success for every adult language learner. Language learning is different from other kinds of learning. Some people who are very intelligent and successful in their fields find it difficult to succeed in language learning. Conversely, some people who are successful language learners find it difficult to succeed in other fields. Language teachers often offer advice to language learners: “Read as much as you can in the new language.”“ Practice speaking the language every day. ”“Live with people who speak the language.”“Don‘t translate-try to think in the new language.”“ Learn as a child would learn; play with the language.” But what does a successful language learner do? Language learning research shows that successful language learners are similar in many ways.
Unit11独立思考能力是大学生必备的素质之一。(think for yourself;quality) The ability to think for yourself is one of the qu alities that college students must have. 2虽然大家对这部电影好评如潮，我却不怎么喜欢这部电影。(despite;not think much of) Despite all the good comments the film received,I didn’t think much of it. 3有陌生人或外国人在场时，她总是不愿意说话。(in the presence of sb;reluctant) In the presence of strangers or foreigners she is a lways reluctant to talk. 4正要离开书店时，他发现了自己一直在寻找的一本书。(be about to do sth) He was about to leave the bookshop when he found a book that he had been looking for. 5会上，大家对如何提高学生的阅读技能进行了更详细的探讨。(at length) How to improve students’reading skills was discusse d at greater length at the meeting. 1 But in most circles, particularly in places that shape our lives –families, schools and most workplaces –thinking for yourself is regarded with suspicion. 然而，在大多数圈子里，尤其是在我们生活中的重要场所——如家庭、学校以及大部分工作场所——独立思考受到人们的质疑。 2 Hardly anyone has been encouraged, much less trained, to think for themselves, and their teachers and parents and bosses weren’t either. 很少有人受到鼓励进行独立思考，更别提接受相关的训练，就连他们的老师、父母和老板也是如此。 3 I saw the girl across the aisle from me lean forward and peer over the shoulder of the boy in front of her who was scribbling something. 我看见跟我隔着过道的那个女同学向前探了一下身子，从前座男生的肩膀上方偷窥他正在草草写些什么。 4 I was too scared around that teacher for the rest of my young life to think very well in her presence. 在后来的青春岁月里，我一见到这位老师就害怕，只要她一出现，我就无法好好思考。 5 Had she affirmed our intelligence first and spoken about the joy of thinking for ourselves, had she not fanned our fear of her, we would all have learned even more powerfully what it meant to do our thinking. 如果她能首先肯定我们的聪明才智，跟我们谈谈独立思考的乐趣，如果她没有激起我们对她的畏惧，我们就可以更深切地体会到独立思考的意义。 Unit2 1虽然体育运动的形式多种多样，但它们有一个共同之处：所有的运动都是为了增强人们的体质(despite;have…in common) Despite the different forms of sports,they have o ne thing in common:All of them are to strengthen people’s health. 2四年一次的奥运会对促进各国间的友谊起着重要作用。(play a…role;promote) The Olympic Games,which take place every four years ,play an important role in promoting friendship bet ween different countries. 3两国间的文化交流在中断了两年后，于去年重新开始。(exchange;resume) After having stopped for two years,cultural exchange s between the two countries resumed last year. 4体育锻炼是很重要，但它代替不了健康的饮食。(substitute for) Physical exercise is important,but it is no substit ute for healthy diet. 5在中国，只要说到国球，人们自然会想到乒乓球。(whenever;speak of) Whenever people speak of the national ball in China, people will think of table tennis. 1 It is true that in the ancient period, the Silk Road served as a channel of trade and cultural exchange between the East and West, which may have allowed an awareness of the ancient Olympic movement to pass from Greece to China. 古时候，丝绸之路作为东西方贸易往来和文化交流的渠道，确实可能让中国了解到希腊古代奥林匹克的发展。 2 Yet sport appears to play a more fundamental and deeply-rooted role in national culture and socio-political life in all social communities at all times. 然而，纵观古今，体育运动在任何一个国家的文化和社会政治方面似乎都发挥着更为重要、更为根深蒂固的作用。3 In due course, these same skills were called into play not just in the Olympic Games but also in the sporting events which were held in China and elsewhere.
Unit 1 The Perfect Swarm Narrator: Damage from 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 U.S. in search of free land and new opportunities. They settled on the frontier of the western states, and began to farm the land intensively, growing corn and other crops. 有趣的是，这并不总是真实的。几百年来，落基山脉的蝗虫是美国西部的一种常见害虫。早在19世纪中叶，成千上万的先驱者跨越美国在自由的土地和寻找新的机会。他们定居在西部边境，并开始对土地进行集中耕种，种植玉米和其他农作物。 Then, in 1875, out of nowhere, a rare combination of air currents, drought, and basic biology produced the right conditions for an unthinkable event, the worst storm ever recorded, the “perfect swarm.” It cam e over the horizon like a strange, dark cloud. Not millions, not billions, but trillions of insects, sweeping through the land like a living tornado. Those who saw the incredible event and survived never forgot what they witnessed. 然后，在1875，走出无处，一个罕见的组合，空气电流，干旱，和基本生物学产生了正确的条件为一个不可想象的事件，最坏的风暴有史以来，“完美的群”，它在地平线上像一个奇怪的，黑暗的云。不是上百万，不是数十亿，而是数以万亿计的昆虫，像一个活生生的龙卷风席卷过大地。那些看到了令人难以置信的事件，并幸存下来的人从来没有忘记他们见证了什么。 The swarm came together over the state of Texas, and soon moved quickly across the frontier in a huge destructive cloud that was nearly 3,000 kilometers long. The storm spread north towards North Dakota. The locusts eventually went as far west as the Rocky Mountains, leaving a path of devastation and destruction wherever they went. 群聚在德克萨斯州的上空，并很快在一个巨大的破坏性的云，是近3000公里长的边界迅速移动。风暴向北到了北。蝗虫最终在落基山脉的西部，离开了一条破坏性的道路和毁灭的道路。 An account from one person who observed the swarm described the locust storm. The locusts came down from the sky like hail. Frightened people ran screaming into their homes as the locusts’ claws dug into thei r skin and hung upon their clothing. They heard sharp cracks as the insects came underfoot. The large locusts were everywhere, looking with hungry eyes turning this way and that. Their bodies blocked the sun, bringing darkness along with the destruction. 一个来自一个人的帐户，观察到群描述了蝗虫风暴。蝗虫从空中落下如冰雹。当蝗虫的爪子被挖进他们的皮，挂在他们的衣服上时，吓得人们尖叫着进入他们的家里。随着昆虫来踩在脚下他们听到尖锐的裂缝。大蝗虫到处都是，看着饥饿的眼睛转动着这样的方式。他们的身体挡住了太阳，带来了黑暗与毁灭。 Crop damages were absolutely astonishing. If such destruction were to happen today it would cost an estimated US$116 billion, more than the most costly hurricane in American history. And then, something remarkable happened: the Rocky Mountain locust simply vanished. 农作物的损害是绝对惊人的。如果这样的破坏将发生在今天，它将花费大约116美元，超过