【托福聽力備考】tpo14聽力文本——lecture 2

1、【托福聽力備考】TPO14聽力文本——Lecture2眾所周知，托福TPO材料是備考托福聽力最好的材料。相信眾多備考托福的同學也一直在練習這套材料，那么在以下內(nèi)容中我們就為大家?guī)硗懈PO聽力練習的文本，希望能為大家的備考帶來幫助。TPO14Lecture2BiologyNarrat:Listentopartofalectureinabiologyclass.Profess:Almostallanimalshavesomewayofr

2、egulatingtheirbodytemperatureotherwisetheywouldn’tsurviveextremehotcoldconditionssweatingpantingswimmingtocoolerwarmerwaterduckingintosomewherecoollikeaburrowaholeunderarockthesearejustafew.thatspotiscolderwarmerthanthes

3、urroundingenvironmentbecauseit’samicroclimate.Amicroclimateisagroupofclimateconditionsthataffectalocalizedareaweatherfeaturesliketemperaturewindmoisturesoon.whenIsaylocalizedImeanreallylocalizedbecausemicroclimatescanbea

4、sthenamesuggestsprettysmallevenlessthanasquaremeter.microclimatesareaffectedbyhugenumberofothervariables.Obviouslyweatherconditionsinthesurroundingareaareafact.Butotheraspectsofthelocationlikeum…theelevationoftheltheplan

5、tlifenearbysoonhaveasubstantialeffectonmicroclimates.ofcoursethehumandevelopmentintheareaumaroadwillaffectanearbymicroclimate.It’salsointerestingtonotethatmicroclimatesthatareneareachothercanhaveverydifferentconditions.I

6、nfsmallmammalsmicroclimatescanmakeabigdifference.Theyrelyonmicroclimatesfsurvival.Student:Socoldbloodedanimalslikereptilestheycan’tcontroltheirownbodytemperaturesoIcanimaginetheeffectamicroclimatewouldhaveonthem.Profess:

7、Yesmanyreptilesinsectsrelyonmicroclimatestocontroltheirbodytemperature.Alotofreptilesuseburrowsstayunderrockstocooldown.Ofcoursewithreptilesit’sabalancingact.Stayingintheheatftoolongcanleadtoproblemsbutstayinginthecoldca

8、ndothesame.Soreptileshavetobereallypreciseaboutwheretheyspendtheirtimeevenhowtheypositiontheirbodies.whenIsaythey’repreciseImeanitsomesnakeswillsearchoutaplaceunderrocksofaspecificthicknessbecausetoothinarockdoesn’tkeept

9、hemcoolenoughtoothickarockwillcausethemtogettoocold.Thatlevelofprecisioniscriticaltothesnakefmaintainingitsbodytemperature.evenmicroscopicganismsrelyonmicroclimatesfsurvival.Thinkaboutthisdecomposingleavescreateheatthatw