(1) Lichen--地衣 a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees. 一种简单的缓慢生长的植物,通常在岩石,墙壁和树木上形成低壳,叶状或分枝生长。 (2)Moss--苔藓 a small flowerless green plant that lacks true roots, growing in damp habitats and reproducing by means of spores released from stalked capsules. 一种没有真根的小型无花绿色植物,生长在潮湿的栖息地,并通过从有茎的蒴果中释放出的孢子进行繁殖。 (3)Rainforest--热带雨林 a luxuriant, dense forest rich in biodiversity, found typically in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall. 茂密的森林,具有丰富的生物多样性,通常出现在经常降雨的热带地区。 (4)Epiphyte --附生植物 a plant that grows on another plant but is not parasitic, such as the numerous ferns, bromeliads, air plants, and orchids growing on tree trunks in tropical rainforests. 生长在另一种植物上但不寄生的植物,例如热带雨林中树干上生长的众多蕨类植物,凤梨科植物,空气植物和兰花。 (5)Liana--藤本植物 a woody climbing plant that hangs from trees, especially in tropical rainforests. 一种悬在树上的木本攀援植物,尤其是在热带雨林中。 (6)Ecosystem--生态系统 a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. 相互作用的生物体及其物理环境的生物群落。 (7)Ecological balance--生态平衡 a state of dynamic equilibrium within a community of organisms in which genetic, species and ecosystem diversity remain relatively stable, subject to gradual changes through natural succession. 生物群落内的一种动态平衡状态,其中遗传,物种和生态系统多样性保持相对稳定,并通过自然演替而逐渐发生变化。 生词学习: 1. crusty:硬皮的 2. lichen:地衣 3. moss:苔藓 4. Capsule:被膜,蒴 5. spore:孢子 6. stalk:茎 7. rainforest: 热带雨林 8. Luxuriant: 繁茂的 9. Biodiversity: 生物多样性 10. Epiphytes: 附生植物 11. Parasitic: 寄生 12. Fern: 蕨类 13. Bromeliad:凤梨 14. liana:藤本植物 15. Dynamic equilibrium: 动态平衡 16. succession:演替 |