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1、2010年职称英语理工类新增文章第四部分阅读理解第三篇CitizenScientists(C级)Understandinghownaturerespondstoclimatechangewillrequiremonitoringkeylifecycleevent—flowering,theappearanceofleaves,thefirstfrogcallsofthespring—allaroundtheworld.Butecologistscan’tbeeverywheresothey’returningtonon-scienti

2、sts,sometimescalledcitizenscientists,forhelp.Climatescientistsarenotpresenteverywhere.Becausetherearesomanyplacesintheworldandnotenoughscientiststoobserveallofthem,they’reaskingforyourhelpinobservingsignsofclimatechangeacrosstheworld.Thecitizenscientistmovementencourage

3、sordinarypeopletoobserveaveryspecificresearchinterest—birds,trees,flowersbudding,etc.—andsendtheirobservationstoagiantdatabasetobeobservedbyprofessionalscientists.Thishelpsasmallnumberofscientiststrackalargeamountofdatathattheywouldneverbeabletogatherontheirown.Muchlike

4、citizenjournalistshelpinglargepublicationscoverahyper-localbeat,citizenscientistsarereadyfortheconditionswheretheylive.Allthat’sneededtobecomeoneisafewminuteseachdayoreachweektogatherdataandsenditin.AgroupofscientistsandeducatorslaunchedanorganizationlastyearcalledtheNa

5、tionalPhenologyNetwork.“Phenology”iswhatscientistscallthestudyofthetimingofeventsinnature.Oneofthegroup’sfirsteffortsreliesonscientistsandnon-scientistsaliketocollectdataaboutplantfloweringandleafingeveryyear.Theprogram,calledProjectBudBurst,collectslifecycledataonavari

6、etyofcommonplantsfromacrosstheUnitedStates.Peopleparticipatingintheproject—whichisopentoeveryone—recordtheirobservationsontheProjectBudBurstwebsite.“Peopledon’thavetobeplantexperts-theyjusthavetolookaroundandseewhat’sintheirneighborhood,”saysJenniferSchwartz,aneducation

7、consultantwiththeproject.“Aswecollectthisdata,we’llbeabletomakeanestimateofhowplantsandcommunitiesofplantsandanimalswillrespondastheclimatechanges.”练习：1.Ecologiststurntonon-scientistcitizensforhelpbecausetheyneedthemA)toprovidetheirpersonallifecycles.B)toobservethelifec

8、ycleofplants.C)tocollectdataofthelifecycleoflivingthings.D)toteachchildrenknowledgeaboutclimatechange.2.Whatar