\"Good morning,\" she said, copying her mother\'s voice. \"早上好\"，她模仿着妈妈的声音说。

　4．He marked all the bees that came to the nearby feeding place blue, and all the bees that went to the faraway place were marked red. 他给所有来到近的喂食处的蜜蜂标上蓝色，给飞到远的喂食处的蜜蜂标上红色。

　faraway(远方的)是由 far ＋ away构成的合成形容词。 nearby(附近的)是由 near ＋ by构成的合成形容词。它们在句中都作定语。如：
　a faraway forest(远处的森林)，faraway times(遥远的时代)；a nearby hotel(附近的一家旅店)，nearby hills(附近的小山)。

　注意：faraway在作定语时通常都连写，作表语或作状语时则分写(far away)。如：
　The house is not far away. 那座房子并不远。
　He lives far away from the school. 他住得离学校很远。

　nearby既可作定语，又可作状语；既可以连写(nearby)，也可以分写(near by)，还可以加连字符(near-by)。例如：
　I saw her going to a near-by post-box before lunch.
　我看到她午饭前去附近的信箱投信。
　They live nearby----less than a kilometre. 他们住在附近，不到一公里。
　He gave up his seat to the old man standing near by.
　他把座位让给站在附近的老人了。

　下面是我们学过的合成形容词：
　good-looking　 好看的　 　　　　　　　
　hard-working　　 勤劳的
　leftover　　　　 剩余的，残留的
　low-lying　　　　地势低的
　nationwide　　　 全国性的 　　　　　　
　noble-minded　 高尚的
　radioactive　　 放射性的　 　　　　　
　well-known　　　 闻名的
　widespread　　 广泛流传的 　　　　
　worldwide　　　　世界范围的
　
　5．They discovered that the farther away the feeding station was, the slower the dance was. 他们发现，喂食处越远，舞蹈动作的速度就越慢。
　\"the+比较级……，the+ 比较级……\"的意思是：\"越……，就越……\"。例如：
　The more he gives his children, the more they want.
　The higher we stand, the farther we see.
　The more he explains, the more I am puzzled.

　6．So another astonishing fact came to light. 于是又发现一个令人惊讶的情况。
　come to light作\"发现\"、\"暴露\"(to be discovered/ exposed)解。例如：
　New facts about the ancient Egypt have recently come to light.
　有关古埃及的史实，最近已有新发现。

　7．The number of wagging dances per minute told the exact distance to the feeding place. 每分钟摆尾舞的次数表明了到喂食处的精确距离。

　The number of…作\"……的次数/数目\"解。当它用作句子的主语时，谓语动词要用单数。但是 a number of…后跟复数名词，作\"一些\"(some)解。当它修饰主语时，谓语动词用复数。试比较：
　The number of students in our class is 55. 我们班上的学生人数是55名。
　A number of students in our class are out by the lake. 我们班有些学生到湖边去了。

　8．He noticed that the straight part of the dance was different in the afternoon from what it had been in the morning. 他注意到下午舞蹈的直线部分与上午的情况不一样。
　A is different from B. 这个句型，它的意思是\"A不同于B\"。

　9． If the feeding place was toward the sun, the dancer headed straight upward during the straight part of the wagging dance. If the feeding place was away from the sun, the straight part of the wagging dance pointed downward. 如果喂食处向着太阳，那么，跳舞的蜜蜂在跳摆尾舞的直线部分时，就径直朝上跑；如果喂食处背着太阳，那么，摆尾舞的直线部分就指向下方。