词汇积累：

• Direction of the sun 太阳的方向

• the distance from the hive 离蜂巢的距离

• communicate the information with other bees 与其他蜜蜂交流

Sissi老师视频讲解：

Key points：

1. 蜜蜂“摇尾舞”、“8字舞”

When a worker bee identifies the types of flowers (food resource), he knows the direction of the sun, and the distance from the hive (蜂巢);

2. 与同伴交流

It is curious that how they communicate the information with other bees;

3. 告知食物方位

They go back to the hive and dance in a specific way: we call it "waggle dance" or "figure 8 dance". They vibrate on the cone to let other bees know where the food is.

4. 结尾句

This is a very unique communication system.

关键内容：

1.作者一开始提到，研究一个石头；

2.并尝试理解上面符号的含义（symbolic meaning）

3.最后提出谁也不知道这个符号的意思。可能是语言，活着一种游戏，也可能是权力的象征

参考答案：

This lecture mainly discussed how bees communicate. Firstly, the speaker mentioned it is very curious that how bees find out what types of flowers and how they communicate with each other. After that, he said bees do waggle dance to indicate the distance and direction of the food resource. Finally, he believed it is a very unique communication system. (59 words)