Farmers in parts of the United States have struggled for years with an invasion of red imported fire ants from Brazil. These insects do major damage unlike native kinds of fire ants. Each year they cause an estimated 6 billion dollars worth of damage in the United States. More than 1 billion dollars of that is just in taxes.
美国的部分农场主已经与一种从巴西而来的红色火蚁的入侵抗争了多年了.这些虫子不象当地的一些火蚁,它们造成了很大的损害.它们每年都会在美国造成估计60亿美圆的损失.仅仅税款就超过10亿美圆.

The ants are thought to have arrived in the southern state of Alabama in the 1920s' or 30s'. Since than they have spread northwards and all the way to the west cost. They ruin crops, damage soil and get into animal feed. They also damage electrical equipment and machinery . Not only that, they injure animals and workers. So, farmers have to deal with medical costs and loss labor.
人们认为这些蚂蚁在19世纪20年代或者30年代的时候达到了亚拉巴马洲的南部.然后向北延伸散播一直到了西海岸.她们毁坏庄稼,毁坏土壤并且进入到动物饲料.它们还毁坏电子设备和机器.不只这样,他们还伤害动物和劳工.所以,农场主不得不处理医疗费用已经劳工流失.

Fire ants get their name because when they sting the inject poison into the skin that causes a feeling of intense burning. Some people suffer life frightening reactions. Colonies of red important fire ants can be found in cities as well as farming areas. They can go deep underground to survive periods of little or no rain. They have no native predators,no creatures that like to feed on them.
由于它们蛰的时候将毒液注射到皮肤里并产生一种剧烈的灼热感,火蚁这个名字由此得来.有些人的生命会受到极其可怕的反应.城市里也能够找到一群火蚁,就象在农业区一样.它们能够钻入很深的地下来躲避干燥的时节.没有天敌也没有生物想要以它们食.

invasion n.侵略,侵犯
struggle v.斗争;抗争
native adj.当地的,本地的
estimate v.&n. 估计;估价
Alabama n.亚拉巴马州
intense adj.十分强烈的,激烈的;热切的;有强烈感情的
burning adj.强烈的;极度的;火辣辣的
predators n.剥削者;掠夺者