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living
mammal
jaguar
survive
frog
in turn
insect
adj.活着的,活的;在使用的
n.生计,谋生;生活方式
n.哺乳动物
n.美洲豹,美洲虎
vi.生存,存活
vt.幸存,幸免于难
n.蛙,青蛙
相应地,转而
n.昆虫
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microorganism
break down
nutrient
breathe life into
carbon
oxygen
thus
n.微生物
使分解(为),使变化(成)
n.营养素,营养物
给…带来起色,注入活力
n.碳
n.氧,氧气
adv.因此,从而;这样
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disappear
due to
agriculture
cattle
impact
extinction
damage
vi.不复存在,灭绝,消亡;
消失;失踪
由于,因为
n.农业,农学
n.牛
n.影响,作用;撞击,冲撞
vi. & vt.有影响;冲击
n.灭绝,绝种
vt. & n.损害,伤害,损坏,破坏
Words
Reading P2-5
新牛津必修Book 3
Unit 1 Nature in the Balance
Pre-reading
What plants or animals do you know about?
What is special about them?
Where do they live?
Sloths are one of the slowest creatures on the Earth. They live hanging upside down in rainforest trees. Modern sloths are smaller than the extinct giant sloths which were as big as elephants and lived on the ground.
Giant redwoods are impressive because they can grow as tall as 83 metres and as wide as 21 metres. You can drive a car through their trunks. T