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* * Extensive Reading Course 4 Extensive Reading Course 4 What is Ecology? Ecology is the scientific study of the distributions, abundance, and relations of organisms and their interactions with each other in a common environment. The definition here applies to the study of Nature. Ecology is the study of the interactions between life and its physical environment; the relationship between animals and plants and how one species affect another. Related Information Key words and expressions mount: v. increase; rise; climb on the order of: approximately; about daunt: v. discourage; frighten biodiversity: n. the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat 生物多样性 imminent: adj. about to occur; impending 紧急的;马上要发生的；迫近的 turnover: an abrupt change; a reversal pronounced: adj. strongly marked; distinct pin down: fix or establish clearly 控制住; 清楚地固定或建立 habitat: n. the area or type of environment in which an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs 栖息地 Extensive Reading Course 4 Section A: Key words and expressions fossil: n. 化石 comet: n. 彗星 Deccan: n. a plateau of south-central India 德干高原 Homo sapiens: the modern species of human beings, the only extant species of the primate family Hominidae 智人 (人类的现代种类，是人科灵长目动物唯一现存的种类) Neanderthal: n. 尼安德特人;穴居人 like a bull in a china shop: behaving recklessly and clumsily in a situation where one is likely to cause a damage or injury 笨手笨脚闯祸的，行动（或说话）鲁莽的 microbial: adj. 微生物的 Extensive Reading Course 4 Section A: Key words and expressions attest: v. affirm to be correct, true, or genuine; supply or be evidence of butcher: v. kill brutally or indiscriminately mammoth: n. something of great size; any of various large, hairy, extinct elephants of the genus 猛犸 fauna: n. animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group hippo: n. 河马 lemur: n. 狐猴 manipulate: v. operate or control by skilled use of the hands; handle adhere to: carry out a plan, a scheme, or an