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Uandthesenewwordsbeforeyoureadthisarticle.
1.un[?nr?p]v.打开,展开,解开
2.turbulent[t?:bjul?nt]adj.汹涌的;狂暴的
3.persistent[p?sist?nt]adj.坚持不懈的;固执的
4.tiidated[tiideitid]adj.害怕的;受到恐吓的
5.beguile[bigail]v.欺骗,诓骗
6.peculiarity[pi,kju:li?riti]n.特质,怪癖,特性
Oernoonafewsursago,Ihadbeencleargbrhtheountasforseveralhoursanddecidedtorewardyselfwithnch.Sittgonalog,Iunedasandwidsurveyedtheruggedsery.Twoturbulentstreasjoedtoforaclear,deeppoolbefdownaheavilywoodedyon.
Myidyllwouldhavebeenperfecthaditnotbeenforapersistehatbeganbuzzgaround.Thebeewasoftheonvarietythatpguespiickers.Withoutthkg,Ibrheditaway.
Nottheleasttiidated,thebeecabadbuzzedaga.Now,losgpatience,Iswattedthepesttothegroundandchedittothesandwithyboot.
MontsterIwasstartledbyaorexplosionofsandatyfeet.Mytorntedwith
itsgsbuzzgfurioly.ThistiItooknoces.Istoodupandgroundthesecttothesandwithally210pounds.
OnceoreIsatdowntoynch.AfterseveralutesIbecaawareofaslightoventnearyfeet.Abrokenbutstilllivgbeewasfeeblyerggfrothesand.
Beguiledbyitssurvival,Ileaneddowntosurveythedaage.Therightgwasretivelytact,buttheleftwascrupledlikeapieceofpaper.heless,thebeekeptexercisgthegsslowlyupanddown,asthoughassessgthedaage.Italsobegantogrooitssaedthoraxandabdon.
hebeetursattentiontothebeg,rapidlysoothgthegbyrunngitslegsdownthelength.Aftereachstraightengsession,thebeebuzzeditsgsasiftotestthelift.Thishopelesscripplethoughtituldstillfly!Igotdownonyhandsandkobetterseethesefutileattepts.Closerscrutynfirdthebeewasfished—ittbefished.Asaveteranpilot,Iknewagooddealaboutgs.
Butthebeepaidnoattentiontoysuperiorwisdo.Itseedtobegagstrengthandcreasgthetepoofitsrepairs.Thebehatstiffehegwerenearlystraightnow.
Atstthebeefeltsuffitlyoatteptatrialflight.Withanaudiblebuzzitreleaseditsgripontheearth—andflewtoarisethesandnotorethanthreechesaway.Thelittlecreaturehitsohardthatittubled.Morefranticsoothgandflexgfollowed.
Agathebeeliftedoff,thistiflygsixchesbeforehittganotheround.Apparentlythebeehadregaedtheliftitsgsbuthadnotasteredthedirealntrols.Likeapilotlearngthepeculiaritiesofastrangeairpexpertedwithshorthopsthatendedignoioly.Aftereachcrashthebeeworkedfuriolytorrectthenewlydisveredstructuraldeficies.
Onceoreittookoff,thisticleargthesandbutheadgstraighttowardastup.Narrowlyavoidgit,thebeerecheckeditsforwardspeed,circledandthendriftedslowlyovertheirrorlikesurfaceofthepoolasiftoadireitsownrefle.Asthebeedisappeared,IrealizedthatIwasstillonyknees,andIreaedonykneesforsoti.
几年前的一个下午，我在山上开垦荒地，接连干了几个小时。此时，我决定用吃午饭来犒劳自己。我坐到一根圆木上，一边打开一包三明治，一边欣赏着周围险峻的山景。只见两条湍急的小溪汇合到一起，形成了一个清澈无比、深不见底的水潭，之后，潭水顺着一片树木丛生的峡谷汹涌直泻而下。
假如不是一只蜜蜂绕着我不停地嗡嗡地飞，我田园诗般的心情必定会完美至极。那是一只很普通的爱让野餐者扫兴的蜜蜂。没有片刻的思考，我一下把它赶跑了。
这只蜜蜂非但没有被吓到，反而又飞了回米，绕着我嗡嗡地飞了起来。现在，我可没有耐心来忍耐它了，我猛地一下把它打落在地，一脚踩了下去，它嘎吱一声被碾进了沙土里。
没过多久，我脚旁边的沙土里发生了一次小爆炸，这令我大为震惊。那个令我感到苦恼的东西从沙土里钻了出来，用它的翅膀疯狂地扑打着。这次，我没有给它留下任何机会。我站了起来，用我210磅的体重将这只小虫子碾进了土里。
我再次坐下来开始吃午餐。过了几分钟，我觉得脚旁边有什么东西微微动了一下。一只身体
遭到破坏却依然活着的蜜蜂从沙土里有气无力地钻了出来。