中学生科普英语趣味阅读集团标准化工作小组 #Q8QGGQT-GX8G08Q8-GNQGJ8-MHHGN#中学生科普英语趣味阅读I. 生物篇Biomes(I) Vocabulary (not including those at the end of the article) Para 11. ecosystem 生态系统2. interact with 与……相互作用How does he interact with his kids他和孩子是怎么交流的Para 23. distinctive 独特的4. thrive 兴旺，繁荣，成功. The real estate business is thriving.房地产生意兴隆。
Para 35. marine 海的，海生的，海产的6. coral reef 珊瑚礁7. regulate 管理，控制；调整，调节. Private schools regulate the bahaviour of students.私立学校规范学生行为。
regulation n. 规章，规则；调整8. habitat 栖息地，产地9. diverse 不同的，多种多样的Para 610. mate (with)（鸟、兽）交配11. whisker （一根）须，似须物(II) Notes to sentencesPara 2Each biome has a distinctive combination of life forms that can t hrive in its particular conditions.每个生物群系有独特的、在其特殊情况下欣欣向荣的生命形态组合。
Tundra(I) Vocabulary (not including those at the end of the article) Para 212. moss 苔藓，泥沼13. permafrost 永久冻土层Para 314. musk oxen 牛15. arctic hare 北极兔16. snow owl 雪鹰17. lemming 旅鼠Para 418. altitude 高度，海拔Para 519. kea 肉食大鹦鹉Para 620. vegetation 植被(II) Notes to sentencesPara 4The lower areas do not have permafrost, and soils are generally m ore suited to plants.低洼地区没有永久冻土层，而且土壤也更适合植物生长。
Forest Biomes(I) Vocabulary (not including those at the end of the article) Para 11. approximately 大约，近似地Para 122. emergent 出现的，紧急的（学过 emerge; emergency）3. exotic 外来的，异国的Para 144. gorilla 大猩猩5. abundant 丰富的，充裕的(II) Notes to the sentencesPara 2The forests are home to evergreen trees.森林是常青树的生息地。
Para 3As a result, the needles are dark in color, so they absorb what l ittle light falls on their surface.结果，针叶的颜色变黑，他们吸收了照在表面上的那一点点光线。
Para 7New leaves capture the enrgy of the sun and sprout quickly before the tall trees grow too thick to let sun reach them.新绿的树叶吸收了太阳的能量并在高大树木长得太茂密而无法让阳光照到他们之前迅速开花。
Grassland and Desert Biomies(I) Vocabulary (not including those at the end of the article) Para 31. tramping -- tramp 践踏；步行2. creeping stems 匍匐茎Para 43. the Arabian Peninsula 阿拉伯半岛4. the Asian subcontinent 亚洲次大陆Para 65. evaporate 蒸发；失去水分Marine and Freshwater Biomes(I) Vocabulary (not including those at the end of the article) Para 31. breach 突破Para 42. ferocious-looking 看起来凶猛的Para 63. cling (to rocks) 紧贴；附着4. trout 鳟鱼Para 75. algae 水藻，海藻6. glide 滑行；滑翔；溜走(II) Notes to sentencesPara 4Deep-sea fish typically have big mouths, long sharp teeth, and st omachs that stretch to swallow prey whole.深海鱼典型的特点是：大嘴巴、长尖牙，胃大得足以把猎物整个吞下。
II.哺乳动物篇Adaptable Mammals1. If the total number of species for the major animal groups are compared , mammals, with about 4000 species, are last.如果与主要的动物群的物种数量相比，哺乳动物只有4000种，位居最后。
2. Finally，there are humans, whose very dominance is based partly on theirability to walk on hind limbs alone.最后，就有了人类，而人类的绝对优势一定程度上在于他们单独依靠后肢行走的能力。
(Edited by Shao Chongwen)Diet and home for mammalsI. VocabularyII. Notes to difficult sentences1. Species that are not closely tied to one food source or method of eating have the best chance for continued survival and adaptation.那些不受食物来源和捕食方法束缚的物种往往最能持久地适应与幸存下来。
2. It varies in design from a single hole to a complicated network of underground tunnels.这些地洞构造上从简单的洞到复杂的地下“隧道”网络各不相同。
(Edited by Shao Chongwen)Social organizationI. VocabularyII. Notes to difficult sentences1. Groups of mammals that do not seem to maintain any particular order when fee ding or moving about are, in fact, highly organized.哺乳动物群落看似在进食与移动时不保持特别次序，事实上他们是非常有组织性的。
2. This arrangement is to be adopted to make sure that if a predator threatens a m ember of the troop from any direction, it will first have to encounter the strongest members: adult males.采用这个安排是为了确保当天敌从任何一个方位威胁到群落中的成员时，它将首先遭遇最强的群落成员：成年雄性猩猩。
(Edited by Shao Chongwen; supervised by Spring)ElephantsI. VocabularyIII. 现代技术篇Technology Used in Medical Field1) For example, vaccines can control and even eradicate diseases that in the past eliminated entire populations.比如，疫苗能够控制甚至根除那些在过去能使全部感染者身亡的疾病。
2) A vaccine is a medicine that contains a weak form of a disease that peop le can fight off to develop immunity to the actual disease,疫苗是一种能够通过控制疾病处于较弱状态而使类能够自行抵抗并对现行的疾病提高免疫力的药物。
(By Shao Chongwen)Technology in daily life1) Other "torches" developed when people soaked dried reed plants into hot ,melted animal fat.其他的“火把”也在人类将芦苇浸泡于热的融化的动物油脂中应运而生了。
2) However，they had not developed anything even remotely practical for home use.然而，他们却甚至连与家用还相当遥远的东西都没有发明出来。
3) It was the start of a flood of electrical inventions that later entered the home,including the te levision and the computer.这是这些电器发明的潮流，包括电视和电脑，的开端，并在后来逐渐进入了家庭。