| convention | can recognise convention |
| speculate | It has been speculated that, as the blowholes evolved and migrated to the top of the head |
| evolve | It has been speculated that, as the blowholes evolved and migrated to the top of the head |
| migrate | It has been speculated that, as the blowholes evolved and migrated to the top of the head |
| cetaceans | some of the senses are either reduced or absent in cetaceans of fail to function well in the water. |
| sacrifice | They may have been nearly all sacrificed. |
| taste bud | cetaceans have taste buds |
| degenerate | the nerves serving these have degenerated or are rudimentary |
| rudimentary | the nerves serving these have degenerated or are rudimentary |
| trainer | trainer often remark on their animals' responsiveness |
| responsiveness | trainer often remark on their animals' responsiveness |
| captive | captive dolphins |
| rub | to being touched or rubbed |
| individual | individuals of all species |
| maintain | This contact may help to maintain order within a group |
| stroke | stroking or touching are part of the courtship ritual in most species |
| courtship | At courtship time |
| ritual | This holiday is both an ancient ritual and a moment of renewal |
| take for granted | you could take for granted that this would exist only once /
without the services and conveniences that we all take for granted |
| appear to | you may appear to be right |
| remark on | It would be rude to remark on her appearance |
| close quarters | when the animals got to close quarters |
| apparently | they can apparently see moderately well both in water and in air |
| moderately | Eat moderately - stop counting fat grams and calories and look at how much food is on your plate! |
| restrict | Wise managers in school should be able to understand this feeling and not restrict the colorful thinking with monotonous uniform. |
| judge from | I think this is only to judge from the view how much of suffering it gives to the person. |
| airborne | it tracks airborne flying fish |
| fairly well | 挺不错；相当好；挺好的 |
| preliminary | Although preliminary experimental evidence suggests that... |
| anecdotal | It could well be that this not the case, but anecdotal evidence seems to indicate otherwise. |
| variation | The residues of these three pesticides were observed to have been reducing with the harvest time,
but with different variation in reduction |
| turbid | those living in turbid rivers and flooded plains |
| inhabit | Imagine for a moment that you are one of the countless tiny organisms inhabiting the planet's oceans more than 500 million years ago. |
| flooded plains | 冲积平原 |
| for instance | 例如 |
| intensity | direction and intensity of light |
| slit | He closed his eyes to slits against the wind and rejoiced |
| deteriorate | his health began to deteriorate and he was miserable |
| compensate | The company has compensated him for the extra working time. |
| acoustic | acoustic sense |
| forage | many forage for food |
| perception | I was deficient in the perception of life |
| chorus | Out on the water flickering lights and soft- voiced choruses marked the fishers returning from the reef |
| haunting | a single haunting piece of music |
| utterance | Since any human utterance is a continuous speech flow made up of at least one syllable, it cannot be cut into independent units. |
| spectrum | frequency spectrum |
| solid science | it has been more the subject of wild speculation than of solid science |
| perspective | To put this into perspective, |
| representation | more than literal representations |
| draw to my attention | This fact was drawn to my attention |
| dramatically | the number of startups increases dramatically |
| initiative | on her own initiative to ... |
| be taken aback | I was taken aback |
| illustration | diagram |
| rendition | one particularly clever rendition appeared repeatedly |
| metaphorical | as metaphorical ways of suggesting motion |
| indicate | this device somehow indicated motion very well |
| idiosyncratic | they were merely idiosyncratic mark |
| sight | On the top of the clouds the sun shone brilliantly; stretching away out of sight there was a broad, white road.
The sun sank out of sight, the woods grew dark |
| interpret | Your should interpret what I said in my sense of the word, not in yours. |
| depict | a ceramic vase depicting orchids |
| perimeter | extended beyond the perimeter of the wheel |
| wobble | Nothing could be worse than to suddenly see one darting out as if from nowhere and wobbling across your front window |
| jerk | I take the paper between two fingers and jerk it out of his hand |
| brake | He said the cause of the accident was brake failure. |
| assume | I think it was somewhat presumptuous of him to assume he could just bring along as many people as he wanted |
| favoured | favour |
| consensus | There seems to be a lack of consensus |
| doctoral | adj.博士的；博士学位的 |
| deem | We deem it premature to take the matter into consideration. |
| resemble | their choices closely resembled those |
| convention | You might even adopt a convention for the journal's file name, which makes it easy to recognize what you've built previously. |
| presumptuous | And as I said, presumptuous of me to say this, if that occurs and continues to occur, it will benefit the whole world |
| curve | n.曲线；弯曲；曲面；弧线
v.（使）沿曲线移动；呈曲线形 |
| dash | to make a dash for the house |
| identical | same,indistinguishable,equal,matching,alike |
| association | You exactly hit off the nature of this association when you call it a mutual praising society. |
| sprawl | which sprawls across four states in the American south-west |
| linguist | Linguists doubt that any native speakers of Navajo will remain in a hundred years' time. |
| vanish | Half the world's 6800 languages are likely to vanish within two generations |
| planet | 70% of our planet is water |
| diversity | variety |
| shrunk | She turned to leave and I noticed the shrink of her shoulders. |
| dominate | control |
| mass | It's a mass extinction |
| extinction | It's a mass extinction |
| isolation | Isolation breeds linguistic diversity |
| breed | He said the global fight should not focus on specific religions, but rather on eradicating the root causes that breed terrorism. |
| despite | Navajo is considered endangered despite having 150,000 speakers. |
| critically | The critically endangered languages are those that are only spoken by the elderly |
| alongside | inside; outside |
| minority | Governments try to kill off a minority language |
| discourage | Trying to discourage him from driving back Home tonight. |
| promote | advance; upgrade |
| unity | all to promote national unity |
| policy | The former US policy |
| deadliest | deadly; absolutely |
| weapon | the deadliest weapon is not government policy but economic globalisation |
| pride | There was pride in his voice. |
| prejudice | pride and prejudice |
| commercial | They cannot refuse to speak English if most commercial activity is in English |
| lose to | It is lose to science |
| intimately | Language is also intimately bound up with culture |
| shift | I keep trying to call her, just start she said to, and so on, at the end, her attitude will shift. |
| deprive | The loss of diversity may also deprive us of different ways of looking at the world. |
| mount | mountain |
| direst | the direst predictions from coming true |
| dominant | Norwegian architecture seems to have one dominant theme |
| erosion | Now that support seems to be eroding |
| indigenous | indigenous language / native language |
| exclusively | with instruction exclusively in the endangered language |
| jar | Preserving a language is more like preserving fruits in a jar |
| revive [v.] | this sad city must be revived with the steps of love, just like a flower blossoming its tender petals. |
| essential | necessary |
| scheme | plan |
| inevitable | The loss of linguistic diversity is inevitable |
| guarantee | assurance,promise |
| alternative | of water in a torrent, he had no alternative but to be swept along by the multitude around him, his feet barely touching the ground. |
| therapies | If the gene does in fact play such a role, it is possible that it also could provide the keys to new therapies. |
| acupuncture | To treat your muscle sprain, I would recommend to you Chinese traditional acupuncture and message, which may prove to be very effective. |
| theory | The theory they learnt is based on the traditional Chinese explanation of this ancient healing art |
| healing art | 医术 |
| regulate | It can regulate the flow of "Qi" or energy through pathways in the body. |
| conservation | Australia has a very conservation attitude to natural or alternative therapies |
| loath | They are pretty loath to allow any pretenders to their position to come into it. |
| industrialise | In many other industrialised countries |
| orthodox | Orthodox and alternative medicine have worked "hand in glove" for years. |
| prescribe | In Europe, only orthodox doctors can prescribe herbal medicine. |
| herbal | I can prescribe further Chinese herbal remedies |
| remedy | In Germany, plant remedies account for 10% of the national turnover of pharmaceuticals. |
| pharmaceutical | It was one more warning that the pharmaceutical business should accept moral obligation as well as legal ones. |
| scientifically | technically |
| disenchantment | Alternative medicine appears to be an adjunct, sought in times of disenchantment when conventional medicine seems not to offer the answer. |
| chiropractor | n.脊椎指压治疗师 |
| naturopath | n.理疗家 |
| osteopath | n.骨疗医师；正骨医生；骨医士 |
| acupuncturist | n.针疗医师 |
