大学生物专业英语six试题.ppt

Lesson six The origin and Diversity of Life 生命的起源和多样性 Big Bang [big b??]大爆炸 An explosion producing a pressure oscillation of the order of a millibar or more at a distant point on the Earth. e.g., the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. Large nuclear fusion explosions are comparable. explosion [iks‘pl?u??n] 爆炸 pressure oscillation [,?s?lei??n]压力波动, 冲击波 of the order 大约 millibar [milibɑ:] [物]毫巴 eruption [ir?p??n]爆发 Krakatoa 喀拉喀托火山(印度尼西亚一火山岛) nuclear fusion 核聚变,核融合 comparable [‘k?mp?r?bl]可比较的,比得上的 binomial system of nomenclature [bain?umi?l n??m?n,kleit?? ]双名法 Uses two Latin names, genus and species, for each type of organism. genus [d?i:n?s] (复genera?[d?en?r?]?? ) 属, clade [kleid] 进化枝 In a cladistic classification, organisms are placed into taxonomic groups called clades when they share characteristics that are thought to indicate common ancestry. cladistic [kl?‘distik]?进化枝的 classification [,kl?sifikei??n]分类, 分级 taxonomic [t?ks?n?mik]分类学的　 ancestry [?nsistri]祖先 class 纲 A group used in the classification of living organisms. A class consists of a number of similar or closely related orders or occasionally of only one order. Classes are usually large and easily recognized groups. order 目 group 群体 closely related 关系相近的 coacervate [k?u‘?s?veit]　团聚体，凝聚层 A collection of organic macromolecules surrounded by water molecules that are aligned to form a sphere. collection 集成, 聚积 macromolecule [,m?kr?um?likju:l]高分子 align 排列 sphere [sfi?]球体 continental drift [,k?nt?‘nentl　drift ]大陆漂移 The theory that the present continents result from the break-up of a larger continent and have moved independently to their present positions. result from 由...产生 break-up 分裂 破碎 core [k?:]核心 The core of the Earth is that part lying below the mantle. mantle [‘m?ntl]　地幔 crust [kr?st]地壳 The crust of the Earth is the outer shell of the Earth, defined by its composition and the properti