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1、大家论坛club.topsage.com2010年职称英语考试（理工类）阅读理解新增文章-书中第3篇第3篇 CitizenScientistsUnderstandinghownaturerespondstoclimatechangewillrequiremonitoringkeylifecycle1 events-flowering,theappearanceofleaves,thefirstfrogcallsofthespring-allaroundtheworld.Butecologistscan'tbeeve

2、rywheresothey'returningtonon-scientists,sometimescalledcitizenscientists,forhelp.Climatescientistsarenotpresenteverywhere.Becausetherearesomanyplacesintheworldandnotenoughscientiststoobserveallofthem,they'reaskingforyourhelpinobservingsignsofclimatechangeacros

3、stheworld.Thecitizenscientistmovementencouragesordinarypeopletoobserveaveryspecificresearchinterest-birds,trees,flowersbudding,etc.-andsendtheirobservationstoa giantdatabaseto beobservedbyprofessionalscientists.Thishelpsasmallnumberofscientiststrackalargeamoun

4、tofdatathattheywouldneverbeabletogatherontheirown.Muchlikecitizenjournalistshelpinglargepublicationscoverahyper-localbeat2,citizenscientistsarereadyfortheconditionswheretheylive.Allthat'sneededtobecomeoneisafewminuteseachdayoreachweektogatherdataandsendit3in.A

5、groupofscientistsandeducatorslaunchedanorganizationlastyearcalledtheNationalPheonology4 Network."Phenology"iswhatscientistscallthestudyofthetimingofeventsinnature.Oneofthegroup'sfirsteffortsreliesonscientistsandnon-scientistsaliketocollectdataaboutplantfloweri

6、ngandleafingeveryyear.Theprogram,calledProjectBudBurst,collectslifecycledataonavarietyofcommonplantsfromacrosstheUnitedStates.Peopleparticipatingintheproject-whichisopentoeveryone-recordtheirobservationsontheProjectBudBurstwebsite."Peopledon'thavetobeplantexpe

7、rts-theyjusthavetolookaroundandseewhat'sintheirneighborhood,"saysJenniferSchwartz,aneducationconsultantwiththeproject."Aswecollectthisdata,we'llbeabletomakeanestimateofhowplantsandeommunities5ofplantsandanimalswillrespondastheclimatechanges."词汇：Frogn.蛙 Ecologi

8、stn.生态学家 Phenologyn.物候学 Budv.发芽，萌芽；n.芽，花蕾Neighbor(u)rhoodn.近邻；邻近地区 Database大家论坛club.topsage.comn.数据库Professionaladj.专业的，职业的；n.职业选手，专业人员注释：1.lifecycle：生命周期，即生物发展过程的系列变化。2.hyper-loca