職稱英語教材閱讀理解及譯文
Citizen Scientists
Climate scientists are not present everywhere. Because there are so many places in the world and not enough scientists to observe all of them, theyre asking for your help in observing signs of climate change across the world. The citizen scientist movement encourages ordinary people to observe a very specific research interest - birds, trees, flowers budding, etc. - and send their observations to a giant database to be observed by professional scientists. This helps a small number of scientists track a large amount of data that they would never be able to gather on their own. Much like citizen journalists helping large publications cover a hyper-local beat2, citizen scientists are ready for the conditions where they live. All thats needed to become one is a few minutes each day or each week to gather data and send it3 in.
One of the groups first efforts relies on scientists and non-scientists alike to collect data about plant flowering and leafing every year. The program, called Project BudBurst, collects life cycle data on a variety of common plants from across the United States. People participating in the project - which is open to everyone - record their observations on the Project BudBurst website.
詞匯：
Neighborrhood n.近鄰;鄰近地區 Database n.數據庫
注釋：
2. hyper-local beat: beat 在此做名詞用，意思是：某類資訊報道，如，a business beat;商業專題報道。這是近年來出現的新詞。Hyper-local beat 即hyper-local news，指的是被傳統資訊報道方式所忽略的小型社區或居民居住區里發生的相關信息報道。在美國由此而誕生了hyper-local news website，專門對主流媒體所沒有覆蓋的地區所發生的事件進行報道，其形式多以網民，即短文中所提及的citizen journalists，上傳所在社區發生的事件報道、照片或視頻為主。這是網絡時代產生的又一新生事物。
4. phenology：物候學或生物氣候學，是氣候學和生態學的邊緣學科，主要研究氣候環境對生物的影響。
練習：1. Ecologists turn to non-scientist citizens for help because they need them
B) to observe the life cycle of plants.
D) to teach children knowledge about climate change.
A) To develop a specific research interest and become professional scientists.
C) To increase their knowledge about climate change.
3. In All thats needed to become one... , what does the word one stands for?
B) a citizen scientist.
D) a citizen.
A) Only experts can participate in it.
C) It collects life cycle data on a variety of common plants.
5. What is the final purpose of Project BudBurst?
B) To find out the types of plants in the neighborhood.
D) To investigate how plants and animals will respond as the climate changes.
Citizen Scientists
Climate scientists are not present everywhere. Because there are so many places in the world and not enough scientists to observe all of them, theyre asking for your help in observing signs of climate change across the world. The citizen scientist movement encourages ordinary people to observe a very specific research interest - birds, trees, flowers budding, etc. - and send their observations to a giant database to be observed by professional scientists. This helps a small number of scientists track a large amount of data that they would never be able to gather on their own. Much like citizen journalists helping large publications cover a hyper-local beat2, citizen scientists are ready for the conditions where they live. All thats needed to become one is a few minutes each day or each week to gather data and send it3 in.
One of the groups first efforts relies on scientists and non-scientists alike to collect data about plant flowering and leafing every year. The program, called Project BudBurst, collects life cycle data on a variety of common plants from across the United States. People participating in the project - which is open to everyone - record their observations on the Project BudBurst website.
詞匯：
Neighborrhood n.近鄰;鄰近地區 Database n.數據庫
注釋：
2. hyper-local beat: beat 在此做名詞用，意思是：某類資訊報道，如，a business beat;商業專題報道。這是近年來出現的新詞。Hyper-local beat 即hyper-local news，指的是被傳統資訊報道方式所忽略的小型社區或居民居住區里發生的相關信息報道。在美國由此而誕生了hyper-local news website，專門對主流媒體所沒有覆蓋的地區所發生的事件進行報道，其形式多以網民，即短文中所提及的citizen journalists，上傳所在社區發生的事件報道、照片或視頻為主。這是網絡時代產生的又一新生事物。
4. phenology：物候學或生物氣候學，是氣候學和生態學的邊緣學科，主要研究氣候環境對生物的影響。
練習：1. Ecologists turn to non-scientist citizens for help because they need them
B) to observe the life cycle of plants.
D) to teach children knowledge about climate change.
A) To develop a specific research interest and become professional scientists.
C) To increase their knowledge about climate change.
3. In All thats needed to become one... , what does the word one stands for?
B) a citizen scientist.
D) a citizen.
A) Only experts can participate in it.
C) It collects life cycle data on a variety of common plants.
5. What is the final purpose of Project BudBurst?
B) To find out the types of plants in the neighborhood.
D) To investigate how plants and animals will respond as the climate changes.
