I am a plague of locusts emptying the closet.

就像蝗虫洗劫一样，我清空了壁橱。

The funds will support regional operations to control desert locusts.

这些资持控制沙漠蝗虫的区域行动。

Under normal circumstance, preventing the locusts from spreading can be controlled.

在正常情况下，蝗虫的传播是可以控制的。

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

其次纽约还属于通勤族，他们如同蝗虫般每天前啃噬这座城市，入夜后便弃之于不顾，走得一干二净。

The flea and the grasshopper decided to compete with each other for the highest jump.

跳蚤和蝗虫决定互相竞争，争夺高的跳跃荣誉。

The war against the locusts is now in full swing.

抗击蝗虫的战争正在全面展开。

There are late frosts, a lot of grasshoppers and not a lot of rainfall.

霜冻较晚，蝗虫很多，降雨量也很少。

But now, suddenly, you're dealing with drought, or flash floods, or locusts.

但现在，突然间，你要面对干旱，山洪或蝗虫。

Esther Kithuka, a farmer in Kenya, expressed her concern about the invasion.

肯尼亚的一位农民Esther Kithuka表达了她对蝗虫入侵的担忧。

Basically, they're quiet, blend into the background, and mostly eat locusts and mantids.

基本上，他们很安静，融入背景，主要吃蝗虫和螳螂。

And a whole swarm can consume literally hundreds of tonnes of vegetation.

而整团蝗虫云能消耗掉数百吨植物。

In 2020, east Africa suffered its worst plague of locusts in decades.

2020年，东非遭受了几十年重的蝗虫灾害。

Now, an army is on the march, attracted by the smell of newly sprouting grass.

蝗虫大军正大步行进，追寻着新生嫩芽的香气。

Desert locust swarms have been detected in five regions and one city administration across Ethiopia.

在埃塞俄比亚的五个地区和一个城市管理部门发现了沙漠蝗虫群。

There are about a dozen locust species on Earth, and only one has been found in North America: the Rocky Mountain locust, which devastated crops across the Great Plains from 1850 to 1880.

地球上有十几种蝗虫种类，北美只发现了一种：落基山脉蝗虫，在 1850 年到 1880 年间摧毁了整个大平原的庄稼。

Oh, of course, she knew about the Scallawags — Southerners who had turned Republican very profitably — and the Carpetbaggers, those Yankees who came South like buzzards after the surrender with all their worldly possessions in one carpetbag.

后者是南方一宣告投降就像蝗虫般拥的北方佬，他们把自己的全部财产装在一个提包里带到这里。

This year the European Food Safety Agency has ruled that three species of insects (yellow mealworm, locusts and house crickets) are safe for humans to eat as well.

今年，欧洲食品安全局裁定，三种昆虫（黄粉虫、蝗虫和蟋蟀）对人类说也是安全的。

And so there were four children and two adults, and we'd move into that house like a pack of locusts and go through all the books there.

那里有四个孩子和两个大人，我们会像蝗虫一样搬进去，看完所有的书。

Billions of locusts are swarming across the continent, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization is appealing for 76 million U.S. dollars to control the problem.

数以亿计的蝗虫正在非洲大陆上成群结队，联合国粮农组织呼吁提供7600万美元控制这个问题。

Don't waste time beating drums. Can't you see? These things are just too many.

别浪费时间敲鼓了。看不到吗？蝗虫实在太多了。