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source
n.來源，根源
This unprecedented development of a finite groundwater resource with an almost negligible natural recharge rate—that is,
有限地下水無限開采，而自然補給量卻微乎其微，
virtually no natural water source to replenish the water supply—has caused water tables in the region to fall drastically.
由于水資源無法補充，導致地下水迅速銳減。
environment
n.環境
environmentalists-environmentalist
n.環境保護論者
Many ecologists now think that the relative long-term stability of climax communities comes not from diversity but from the “patchiness” of the environment,
許多生態學家認為，頂極群落之所以能夠保持相對穩定，并不是因為多樣性，
an environment that varies from place to place supports more kinds of organisms than an environment that is uniform.
而是因為環境的不平均分布造成。環境千變萬化，但就整體性而言，這種變化維持了生物體的生存。
period
n.時期
periodic
adj.定期的
periodically
adv.周期性地；偶爾
In the long run, electricity from large wind farms in remote areas might be used to make hydrogen gas from water during periods when there is less than peak demand for electricity.
從長遠來講，若電力需求不達峰值，風力發電廠可利用水生成氮氣。
society
n.社會
Some theories of theater development focus on how theater was used by group leaders to group leaders govern other members of society.
許多劇院管理理論側重于劇場使用，研究如何讓劇場為社會領袖所用。
activities-activity
n.行動；活動
There is little doubt, however, that desertification in most areas results primarily from human activities rather than natural processes.
毋庸置疑，多地荒漠化現象主要來自人類活動，而非自然過程。
mass
n.塊adj.大規模的
The cinema did not emerge as a form of mass consumption until its technology evolved from the initial "peepshow" format to the point where images were projected on a screen in a darkened theater.
隨著西洋鏡到暗幕圖像的不斷發展，大量電影院應運而生。
since
conj.因為，從...至今
Since the raising of most crops necessitates the prior removal of the natural vegetation, crop failures leave extensive tracts of land devoid of a plant cover and susceptible to wind and water erosion.
因種植玉米須提前移走天然植被，玉米種植失敗致大片土地荒蕪，遭強風暴雨侵蝕。
emotions-emotion
n.情緒
emotional
adj.情緒的
In psychodynamic theory, the purging of strong emotions or the relieving of tensions.
在心理動力學理論，情緒波動或神經放松。
communities-community
n.人群，很多個體的集合體，社 區
Each SMSA would contain at least one central city with 50,000 inhabitants or more or two cities having shared boundaries and constituting,
每個SMSA（大城市及其郊區）至少包含一個中心城市，5萬或5萬以上市民，或擁有兩座城市，
for general economic and social purposes, a single community with a combined population of at least 50,000, the smaller of which must have a population of at least 15,000.
為了經濟和社會發展，兩座城市應享有共同法規，并在地里上彼此相連，單一社區人口至少為5萬人，小城市至少擁有1.5萬人。
organisms-organism
n.生物
microorganisms-microorganism
n.微生物
We can say that the properties of an ecosystem are more stable than the individual organisms that compose the ecosystem.
較單一生物系統而言，生態系統特性更加穩固。
process
n.過程 v.加工；處理，辦理
In fact, damage to the environment by humans is often much more severe than damage by natural events and processes.
事實上，人類對環境的破壞要比自然過程更為嚴重。
individual
n.人，個體 adj.個別的
individualism
n.利己主義
Because each individual is short-lived, the population of an opportunist species is likely to be adversely affected by drought, bad winters, or floods.
個體生命短暫，機會主義物種往往受干旱、惡劣天氣或洪澇影響。
effect
n.結果 v.造成
effective
adj.有效的
effectiveness
n.效力
But for the black-tailed deer, human pressure has had just the opposite effect.
但對于黑尾鹿來講，人類壓力適得其反。
