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Why bees matter
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Follow the main points and examples in an academic talk.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- pollinator
- An animal, such as a bee, that carries pollen between flowers so that plants produce fruit.
- crop
- A plant grown in large amounts for food.
- pesticide
- A chemical used to kill insects that damage plants.
Answer key
- Today I want to look at why bees are so important.“Want to” can sound like “wanna” in speech; write “want to”.
- Around a third of the food we eat depends on pollinators such as bees.“A third of” links: “a-thir-dov”. “Such as” gives an example.
- Without bees, many fruit crops would produce far less.“Would” is weak. “Far less” means much less.
- Unfortunately, many wild bee populations have declined in recent decades.“Have declined” is the present perfect for a change up to now.
- Scientists believe pesticides and habitat loss are partly to blame.“Partly to blame” means one of the causes.