1. 珊瑚 $ n. $ 
coral
2. 礁 $ n. $ 
reef
3. 企鹅 $ n. $ 
penguin
4. 生态系统 $ n. $ 
ecosystem
5. 降雨量,下雨 $ n. $ 
rainfall
6. 气候 $ n. $ 
climate
答案:1. coral 2. reef 3. penguin 4. ecosystem 5. rainfall 6. climate
1. 世界上一半的动物和植物
half of the world's animals and plants
 ______
2. 自然界
the natural world
 ______
答案:1. half of the world's animals and plants 2. the natural world
3. 位于……和……之间 ______
lie between...and...
4. 孕育大量生命 ______
support a lot of life
5. 看起来像石头 ______
look like rocks
6. 让水分留在它们的叶子里 ______
keep water in their leaves
答案:3. lie between...and... 4. support a lot of life 5. look like rocks 6. keep water in their leaves
1. 善待地球就是善待自己。
To 
treat kindly
 the earth is to treat kindly oneself.
2. 我知道不同地方的草原是不同动物的栖息地。
I know that grasslands in different places 
are home to
 different animals.
3. 沙漠里非常干燥,因为那里几乎没有降雨。
It’s very dry in deserts because there’s 
little rainfall
.
4. 昼夜温差非常大。
The difference 
in temperature
 between day and night is huge.
5. 沙漠植物将水分储存在它们的叶子里,那里的许多动物从这些植物中获取水分。
The desert plants keep water in their leaves and many animals there 
get water from
 these plants.
6. 沙漠的气候非常恶劣,只有少数动植物能够在那里存活。
The climate in deserts is 
so awful that
 only a few animals and plants can live there.
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答案:1. treat kindly 2. are home to 3. little rainfall 4. in temperature 5. get water from 6. so awful that
解析:
翻译:
1. 善待
2. 是……的栖息地
3. 几乎没有降雨
4. (的)温度
5. 从……获取水分
6. 如此恶劣以至于
1. 湿地 $ n. $ 
wetland
2. 包括 $ vt. $ 
include
3. 非生物的 $ adj. $ 
non-living
4. 池塘 $ n. $ 
pond
5. 大约 $ adv. $ 
around
6. 容纳;拿着;举行 $ vt. $ 
hold
→(过去式) 
held
7. 返回,回去,回来 $ vi. $ 
return
8. 防止,阻止 $ vt. $ 
prevent
9. 贮存 $ vt. $ 
store
10. 海绵块 $ n. $ 
sponge
11. 起作用;行动 $ vi. $ 扮演 $ vi. \& vt. $ 
act
12. 肾脏 $ n. $ 
kidney
13. 吸收,使落入险境 $ vt. $ 
trap
14. 因此 $ adv. $ 
therefore
15. 肺 $ n. $ 
lung
16. 不幸地;悲伤地 $ adv. $ 
sadly
17. 吨 $ n. $ 
ton
18. 伤害,损害 $ vt. \& n. $ 
harm
→ 有害的 $ adj. $ 
harmful
答案:1. wetland 2. include 3. non-living 4. pond 5. around 6. hold→held 7. return 8. prevent 9. store 10. sponge 11. act 12. kidney 13. trap 14. therefore 15. lung 16. sadly 17. ton 18. harm→harmful