英语听力入门第3册第4单元.docVIP

Unit 4 World News: Earth and Environment Part Ⅰ Warming up key words: desertification沙漠化 The transformation of arable or habitable land to desert, as by a change in climate or destructive land use. 沙漠化：由于气候的变化或对土地无限制地使用将可耕耘的或能居住的土地变成沙漠 endangered reptile濒危的爬行动物 endangered：Faced with the danger of extinction濒临灭绝的：面临绝种的危险的 reptile：Any of various cold-blooded, usually egg-laying vertebrates of the class Reptilia, such as a snake, lizard, crocodile, turtle, or dinosaur, having an external covering of scales or horny plates and breathing by means of lungs爬行动物：一种爬行纲的冷血的、通常是卵生的脊椎动物，例如蛇、晰蜴、鳄鱼、乌龟或恐龙，具有