遥感专业英语10.ppt

Scientific English 10 Chen Shengbo Speaking Practice Popular English Information Tongue Twister 有的牙科医生也让他们的患者朗读绕口令，以便检查新镶的假牙是否合适。下面两个绕口令，因为含有摩擦音[s]而很适合这种需要。 　　The sun shines on the small shop signs. 　　Sally always suffers from sea- 　　sickness when she is at sea. 甚至有人相信有些绕口令可以医治打嗝。据说当你打嗝时，一口气把“吹笛的彼得”(Peter Piper)这个绕口令读下来，打嗝就会停止。 　　Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. 　A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; 　If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,  Where is the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?　　 Listening Practice Special English of VOA Glossary-9 Paragraph Translating General Principles For Recognizing Vegetation Perhaps this is a good point in the discussion to introduce the appearance of large area croplands as they appear in Landsat. We will illustrate with imagery that cover the two major crop growing areas of the United States. The first is part of the Great or Central Valley of California, specifically the San Joaquin Valley. Agricultural here is primarily associated with such cash crops as barley, alfalfa, sugar beets, beans, tomatoes, cotton, grapes, and peach and walnut trees. In July of 1972 most of these fields are nearing full growth. Irrigation from the Sierra Nevada, whose foothills are in the upper right compensates for the sparsity or rain in summer months. The eastern Coast Ranges appear at the lower left. The yellow-brown and blue areas flanking the Valley crops are grasslands and chapparal best suited for cattle grazing. The blue areas within the croplands (near the top) are the cities of Stockton and Modesto. Still another example of winter wheat in early growth. Here the scene is in southwestern Australia, east of Perth. Some of the wheat fields are quite large - 5 km (3 miles) or more on a side. The prevailing color is tan but with a faint red cast, implying initial growth. There is a sharp line dividing many fields from the mallee scrub (dark brown) growing on soils derived from Preca