First Week

一、单词

1. as a whole
2. contrast
3. delicate
4. throw off
5. countless
6. stratification
7. in the face of
8. deoxygenate
9. hydrological
10. salinity
11. consistently
12. ensure
13. hedge
14. reliance
15. stumble
16. yield
17. pest
18. machinery
19. mitigate
20. savory
21. intervention
22. problematic
23. monoculture
24. hedge against
25. incredibly
26. scale up
27. for some time
28. stumble across
29. einkorn
30. polyculture
31. maslin
32. embryo
33. blend
34. crest
35. grain
36. interfere
37. mount
38. rat
39. spot
40. stand out
41. volcano
42. migrate
43. camouflage
44. feline
45. kitten
46. rodent
47. saunter
48. bred
49. emerita
50. quizzically
51. apart
52. a number of
53. characteristic
54. decay
55. era
56. feed on
57. filter
58. hook
59. house
60. jaw
61. mirror
62. stumble
63. uncover
64. upward
65. limestone
66. reptile
67. roam
68. stalk
69. striking
70. sediment
71. crustacean
72. lagoon
73. pristine
74. pterosaur
75. slab
76. crocodile
77. be similar to
78. flamingo
79. spoonbill
80. mirror image
81. gnashers

二、长难句

1. And if environmental conditons continue to shift in one direction, the mix of seeds for the next season will also shift in line with that trend too.
   机译：如果环境条件继续朝着一个方向变化，下一季的种子组合也将与这一趋势保持一致。
   自译：并且如果环境条件继续朝着一个方向变化，下一个季节的杂种子也将与这一趋势保持一致的变化。
2. What’s more, maslins still convey many of the ecological benefits of polycultures involving entirely different plant types, such as resistance to diseases and pest insects which would require less reliance on the pesticides that are causing all sorts of harm to wildlife.
   机译：更重要的是，混合麦仍然传达了涉及完全不同的植物类型的多文化的许多生态效益，例如对疾病和虫害的抵抗力，这将需要减少对野生动物造成各种伤害的杀虫剂的依赖。
   自译：此外，混合麦仍然传递了包括了完全不同植物类型的许多文化的诸多生态效益，例如对疾病和虫害的抵抗力，这需要减少对野生生物造成各种伤害的杀虫剂的依赖。
3. Writing in the journal Human-Animal Interactions, the scientists describe how toddlers were twice as likely to hand over unreachable toys and treats when dogs showed an interest in them, for example, by whimpering or pawing after the items.
   机译：科学家在《人与动物互动》杂志上发表文章，描述了当狗狗表现出兴趣时，蹒跚学步的孩子交出遥不可及的玩具和食物的可能性是其他孩子的两倍，例如，在它们后面抽泣或者用爪子抓东西。
   自译：
4. The researchers had been attempting to uncover crocodile bones from a limestone slab when they stumbled across the new specimen, which was incredibly well preserved and contained a near-complete skeleton along with some intact ligaments.
   机译:研究人员在试图从一块石灰石板上发现鳄鱼骨骼时，偶然发现了这个新版本，它保存得非常好，包含了一个近乎完整的骨骼和一些完整的韧带。
   自译：
5. In a study, researchers described the new species, which had a number of striking features that set it apart from other pterosaurs — flying, bird-like reptiles that were cousins of the dinosaurs and roamed the skies during most of the Mesozoic era (252 million to 66 million years ago).
   机译：在一项研究中，研究人员描述了这种新物种，它具有许多惊人的特征，使其有别于其他翼龙——会飞的鸟类爬行动物，它们是恐龙的近亲，在中生代（2.52亿至6600万年前）的大部分时间在天空中漫步。
   自译：