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1·There were millions of locusts around us—a locust sandstorm.

我们周围有数百万只蝗虫—— 一场蝗虫风暴。

2·Wheat had come to nearly monopolize the region, but it was particularly vulnerable to the locusts.

小麦几乎垄断了这个地区，但它特别容易受到蝗虫的攻击。

3·Second, there is the New York of the commuter—the city that is swallowed up by locusts each day and spat out each night.

其次是通勤者的纽约——这座城市每天被蝗虫吞没，每晚又被吐出来。

4·Although pastures were often damaged by the locusts, these lands were almost always left in better shape than the crops were.

虽然牧场经常被蝗虫破坏，但这些土地几乎总是比庄稼情况更好。

5·According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts are placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even hum.

根据昆虫学家的说法，单个的蝗虫是安静的生物，但是当它们和同类的其他蝗虫放在一起时，它们会变得兴奋，变色，振动，甚至嗡嗡叫。

6·For example, locusts are small insects.

比如，蝗虫是小型昆虫。

7·In India, locusts have ever destroyed (破坏) many fields of crops.

在印度，蝗虫破坏了许多作物田。

8·However, locusts can be food for birds, chickens, ducks or other living things, even humans.

然而，蝗虫可以是鸟类、鸡、鸭或其他生物甚至人类的食物。

9·Humans are at the top of the food chain. They eat not only locusts, but also birds, chickens, ducks or many other plants and animals.

人类处于食物链的顶端，他们不仅吃蝗虫，还吃鸟、鸡、鸭等其他许多动植物。

10·These crops are attacked by locusts.

这些庄稼遭到蝗灾。《新英汉大辞典》

蝗虫

1·There were millions of locusts around us—a locust sandstorm.

我们周围有数百万只蝗虫—— 一场蝗虫风暴。

2·Wheat had come to nearly monopolize the region, but it was particularly vulnerable to the locusts.

小麦几乎垄断了这个地区，但它特别容易受到蝗虫的攻击。

3·Second, there is the New York of the commuter—the city that is swallowed up by locusts each day and spat out each night.

其次是通勤者的纽约——这座城市每天被蝗虫吞没，每晚又被吐出来。

4·Although pastures were often damaged by the locusts, these lands were almost always left in better shape than the crops were.

虽然牧场经常被蝗虫破坏，但这些土地几乎总是比庄稼情况更好。

5·Bees and locusts, they move in swarms also, and even humans.

蜜蜂和蝗虫，它们也是群体活动，甚至人类也是。

(1)black locust刺槐；洋槐

(1)locust bean槐豆

(1)locust tree刺槐，槐树

(1)locust bean gum豆胶，槐树豆胶

(1)honey locust皂荚树（北美产的）