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How Technology Helps Emperor Penguins
With the development(发展) of science and technology, we have learned a lot about animals. Emperor penguins(帝企鹅) can grow up to 1.2 metres tall, and they are the 21.
largest
(large) of all the penguin kinds. In 2022, they were listed as endangered animals 22.
because
the Antarctic (与南极地区有关的) sea ice that they live on is becoming smaller and smaller. Now scientists are using high technology to follow them and learn more about how 23.
to protect
(protect) them.
One of the ways researchers are able to do this is by looking at pictures taken by satellites above the earth. Large groups 24.
of
emperor penguins can be seen from space. When scientists first started using satellites to look at the penguins, there 25.
were
(be) only 28 groups. So far, scientists have discovered(发现) 66 groups.
Even using satellites, it is so difficult to count(数) how many penguins live in different groups. Scientists can improve population estimates(估计) by 26.
watching
(watch) the area's weather carefully. Measuring the wind speed and temperature can help predict if the penguins gather closely together or spread apart across the ice. If scientists know what 27.
the
weather was like when the pictures were taken, they can estimate how many penguins are pictured.
Scientists can also watch penguins' movements by giving 28.
them
(they) special electronic tags(电子标签). A scanner(扫描器) is carried by a robot, and it can read information on the tags. The robot also uses AI to recognize(识别) the penguins. It moves very 29.
slowly
(slow) so that it doesn't make the birds stressed.
Daniel, one of the penguin researchers, hopes the technology 30.
will lead
(lead) us to a "golden age of research". Thanks to technology, we are seeing more things that no one has ever seen before.
词汇积累
1. development /dɪ'veləpmənt/ n.
发展
2. satellite /'sætəlaɪt/ n.
人造卫星
3. discover /dɪ'skʌvə(r)/ vt.
发现
4. stressed /strest/ adj.
焦虑不安