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Background: 如果全球變暖導(dǎo)致冰海以目前的速度減少，那么依賴冰海在南極地區(qū)棲息的皇帝企鵝可能會(huì)在本世紀(jì)末瀕臨滅絕。研究人員們?cè)凇秶铱茖W(xué)院學(xué)報(bào)》上發(fā)表了這項(xiàng)新的研究結(jié)果，是根據(jù)40年來對(duì)一個(gè)南極大陸皇帝企鵝種群的具體研究和觀察經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
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1. True or false? People associate Antarctica with the emperor penguin.
2. True or false? Data from the colony of penguins was combined with models of a computer.
3. True or false? Scientists are predicting that emperor penguins will be extinct by 2100.
4. True or false? The penguins need ice to reproduce.
Emperor Penguins at Risk 南極皇帝企鵝危機(jī)
The emperor penguin is the iconic 具有代表性的 creature of the frozen south. Now for the first time scientists have studied in detail what the future holds 將來會(huì)是怎樣 for the species 種類 in a warmer world.
They used data from a colony 群體 that's been monitored 被觀察 for over 40 years, and combined that with computer models 模型 forecasting 預(yù)測(cè) the future Antarctic climate 南極氣候.
They predicted 預(yù)言 that the colony of 6,000 penguins now could be reduced to just 800 by the end of the century. A similar population crash 數(shù)量巨減 across the continent would lead to near extinction 瀕臨滅絕 of the entire species.
The creatures rely on the sea ice to breed 繁殖 and mate 交配, and are expected to find it difficult to adapt or migrate 遷移，移棲 if ice cover decreases as predicted.
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Answers
1. True or false? People associate Antarctica with the emperor penguin.
True. It is an "iconic creature of the frozen south".
2. True or false? Data from the colony of penguins was combined with models of a computer.
False. "Computer models" were used – these are not the same as models of a computer 電腦型號(hào).
3. True or false? Scientists are predicting that emperor penguins will be extinct by 2100.
False. The study indicates that the penguins could be nearly extinct by the end of this century.
4. True or false? The penguins need ice to reproduce.
True. They "rely on the ice to breed and mate".
