可識別危險蚊子的新款軟件

四川龍顏

蚊子是傳播疾病的害蟲之一，在很多蚊媒傳染病防控工作中，快速且準確地識別傳播疾病的蚊子至關重要。近期，科學家們開發了一款名為Abuzz的應用軟件，旨在識別危險的蚊子，以幫助對抗蚊子傳播的主要疾病。

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難詞探意

1.flap/fl?p/v.振（翅）

2.buzz/b?z/v.發出嗡嗡聲

3.vaccine/'v?ksi?n/n.疫苗

Scientists have created a new app designed to identify dangerous mosquitoes.The app,called Abuzz,is aimed at helping fight major diseases spread by mosquitoes,which kill hundreds of thousands of people each year.

Anyone with a mobile phone could use the app to identify mosquitoes.If they see a mosquito around,they just take out the phone,open the app,point their phone towards the mosquito and hit the record button.Then,when the mosquitoflapsits wings and starts flying around,it makes that annoyingbuzzingnoise.That noise is what gets recorded by the Abuzz app.

Many diseases that mosquitoes carry do not have cures orvaccines.So,targeting the flying insects is the best way to control them and the most important step is to know where the mosquitoes are.Out of about 3,500 different mosquito species,only about 40 are dangerous to humans.

The goal of the project was to find out whether the mosquitoes are just an annoyance or whether they are possibly dangerous.To find out,the researchers decided to listen.When moving their wings up and down,mosquitoes produce buzzing sounds.But each kind of mosquito makes a somewhat different buzzing noise.The app records these sounds.Users of the app can get an answer by recording as little as one or two seconds of the buzzing sound.The app compares this recording to a collection of other recordings.It then predicts which species of mosquito it is most likely to be.

Billions of people around the world can use this tool with their phones.So,the researchers say they will be able to monitor mosquitoes on a much larger basis than in the past.By searching mosquito information worldwide,the app can help build maps of where dangerous mosquitoes are.This can help scientists and health officials identify areas where disease is likely to break out and where to target mosquito control.Therefore,this kind of widespread community effort can be an important step in fighting mosquito-causing diseases.

Reading Check

1.What is the new app designed to do?

A.Get rid of dangerous insects.

B.Drive mosquitoes away quietly.

C.Distinguish different kinds of mosquitoes.

D.Fight against mosquito-causing diseases.

2.How does the app recognize mosquitoes?

A.According to the color.

B.According to the smell.

C.According to the sound.

D.According to the flying speed.

3.What does the underlined word“it”in paragraph 4 refer to?

A.The app.

B.The noise.

C.The mosquito.

D.The recording.

4.How can the app help to target mosquito control?

A.By making maps.

B.By studying disease.

C.By upgrading phones.

D.By monitoring environment.

Language Study

Sentence for writing

When moving their wings up and down,mosquitoes produce buzzing sounds.當上下移動翅膀時，蚊子會發出嗡嗡的聲音。

【信息提取】when moving their wings up and down為when mosquitoes are moving their wings up and down的省略結構。當狀語從句的主語和主句的主語一致，且狀語從句的謂語動詞含有be動詞時，可以將主語和be動詞同時省略。

【句式仿寫】聽到“嫦娥五號”探測器成功返回地球的消息后，中國人民都歡呼起來了。