Amateur[??m?t?(r)] Naturalists[?n?t?r?l?st]
Ecologists[i:?k?l?d??sts] are using a wealth of unusual data to predict he impact of climate change.
生态学家们通过大量民间数据来预测气候变化带来的影响 a wealth of
Sn.大量;丰富 If you say that someone or something has a wealth of good qualities or things, you are emphasizing that they have a very large number or amount of them. FORMAL 正式
...such a wealth of creative expertise[?eksp?:?ti:z]... 如此丰富的创造性Un.专门技能
The city boasts[b??st]v.有，拥有（值得骄傲的成就或财产） a wealth of beautiful churches.
这座城市拥有众多美丽的教堂
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Tim Sparks slides a small leather-bound装订的 notebook out of an envelope[?env?l??p].
Tim Sparks从信封里取出了一本皮面笔记本 slide out of
The book’s yellowing pages contain beekeeping notes made between 1941 and 1969 by the late Walter Coates of Kilworth, Leicestershire.
笔记本的纸页已经微微泛黄，它记载了在Kilworth, Leicestershire居住的已故的养蜂人Walter Coates从1941年到1969年间的养蜂记录 late
adj.已故的；已逝的；（尤指）新近去世的 You use late when you are talking about someone who is dead, especially someone who has died recently.
His growing pile[pa?l] of local journals 他那堆越来越多的地方日报 a pile of
“We’re uncovering about one major new record each month.” “我们每个月都会发现一个新的记录” uncover v.揭露，发现（隐秘之事） If you uncover something, especially something that has been kept secret, you discover or find out about it.
Auditors[??:d?t?(r)] said they had uncovered evidence of fraud... 审计人员说他们已经发现了欺诈的证据
A specific plot to kill him was uncovered in the past couple of weeks. 一个针对他的暗杀阴谋在过去几周里被揭露了出来
v.发现，发掘（地下埋藏之物）When people who are digging somewhere uncover something, they find a thing or a place that has been under the ground for a long time.
Archaeologists[?ɑ:ki??l?d??st] have uncovered an 11,700-year-old hunting camp in Alaska[??l?sk?].
考古学家们在阿拉斯加发现了一个距今11,700年的狩猎营地
v.揭开?的盖子；除去?上的覆盖物 To uncover something means to remove something that is covering it.
When the seedlings[?si:dl??] sprout[spra?t], uncover the tray[tre?]. 秧苗发芽后，就把盘子上的盖子拿掉
When the first wood anemones[??nem?ni] flowered, the dates on which the oaks[??k] burst into leaf and the rooks began nesting.
银莲花第一次开花的时间、橡树抽芽的时间以及白嘴鸦开始筑巢的时间 burst into leaf or flower
（花、叶等）突然绽放，突然长出 When plants burst into leaf or flower, their leaves or flowers suddenly open. WRITTEN 笔语
...rows of wallflowers promising to burst into bloom.
一排排桂竹香含苞待放
Successive[s?k?ses?v] Marshams continued compiling[k?m?pa?l] these notes for 211 years.
Marsham家族一代代的后人们搜集这些资料长达211年 successive
adj.连续的;接连的;相继的 Successive means happening or existing one after another without a break.
Jackson was the winner for a second successive year... 杰克逊已经是连续第二年获胜了
Britain was suffering from the failure of successive governments to co-ordinate a national transport policy.
接连几届政府都没能协调出一个全国性的交通运输政策，英国因此而深受其苦
compile
v.汇编;编制;编纂 When you compile something such as a report, book, or programme, you produce it by collecting and putting together many pieces of information. Councils were required to compile a register of all adults living in their areas... 各地政务委员会被要求编制一份该地区成年居民的名册 The book took 10 years to compile... 编这本书花了10年时间
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Ecologists interested in the timing of biological events or phenology[f??n?l?d?i]物候学
研究生物自然现象时间或者生态生物学的生态学者们 timing
Un.时机掌握;时间选择 Timing is the skill or action of judging the right moment in a situation or activity at which to do something.
His photo is a wonderful happy moment caught with perfect timing... 他拍的照片时机掌握完美，记录下了动人的快乐瞬间
If your timing is right, you may be fortunate enough to stumble[?st?mbl] across a village festival.
如果你时机把握得好，你会幸运地撞上某个乡村节日
Un.时间安排 Timing is used to refer to the time at which something happens or is planned to happen, or to the length of time that something takes.
The timing of the minister's visit, however, could somewhat detract[d??tr?kt] from the goodwill it's supposed to generate.
但是，部长访问的时间安排不当，可能会有损访问的善意，使其不能得到有效传达
a small band of researchers 一小部分研究者
Cn.-COLL （一）群；（一）帮；（一）伙 A band of people is a group of people who have joined together because they share an interest or belief.
...a small but growing band of Japanese companies taking their first steps into American publishing.
数量不多、但仍在增长的一批初次涉足美国出版业的日本公司
And more systematic projects have also started up, producing an overwhelming[???v??welm??] response.
与此同时，更多系统性的工作也已经展开，并创造了惊人的成果 overwhelming
adj.极强烈的；势不可挡的；令人不知所措的 If something is overwhelming, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
The task won't feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps...
如果将这个任务细分为简单易行的若干步骤来做，便不会感到如此无所适从 She felt an overwhelming desire to have another child. 她一心想再要一个孩子
adj.（数量）巨大的，压倒性的 You can use overwhelming to emphasize that an amount or quantity is much greater than other amounts or quantities.
The overwhelming majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months...
绝大多数小企业在头两年内就破产了
“The amount of interest is almost frightening.” “让人感兴趣的信息量简直多得惊人！”
The number of youngsters involved in crime is frightening. 年轻人犯罪的人数多得骇人
the Center for Ecology[i?k?l?d?i] and Hydrology[ha??dr?l?d?i] 生态与水文研究中心
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“Closet[?kl?z?t] phenologists” “橱柜里的生态生物学家们”
He now spends much of his time following leads from one historical data set to another.
现在他把大量的时间用来追寻这些历史数据，从一个材料到另一个材料
As news of his quest[kwest] spreads, people tip him off to other historical records, and more amateur phenologists come out of their closets. 这个消息不胫而走，其他人也不断给他提供一些类似材料的信息，越来越多的业余生态生物学家们也从他们的“橱柜”中走了出来 quest
Cn.(长期艰难的)追求，探索，寻找 A quest is a long and difficult search for something.
My quest for a better bank continues. 我继续寻找一家更好的银行 ...his quest to find true love... 他对真爱的不懈追寻 tip somebody off
给?通风报信;暗中告知 If someone tips you off, they give you information about something that has happened or is going to happen.
Greg tipped police off on his car phone about a suspect drunk driver... 格雷格用他的汽车电话向警方报告了一个有酒后驾驶嫌疑的司机 He was arrested two days later after a friend tipped off the FBI. 他的一个朋友给美国联邦调查局报了信两天以后他就被捕了
magnolia [m?g?n??li?] tree 木兰花树
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Other researchers have unearthed[?n??:θ] data from equally odd sources. 其他研究人员也从这类独特的资源中发掘出了有价值的数据 unearth
v.发现；揭露 If someone unearths facts or evidence about something bad, they
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