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1Adultsandchildrenarefrequentlyconfrontedwithstatementsaboutthealarmingrateoflossoftropicalrainforests.Forexample,onegraphicillustrationtowhichchildrenmightreadilyrelateistheestimatethatrainforestsarebeingdestroyedatarateequivalenttoonethousandfootballfieldseveryfortyminutes–aboutthedurationofanormalclassroomperiod.Inthefaceofthefrequentandoftenvividmediacoverage,itislikelythatchildrenwillhaveformedideasaboutrainforests–whatandwheretheyare,whytheyareimportant,whatendangersthem–independentoftheseideaswillbemistaken.adultadj.成熟的成年人的n.成年人frequentlyadv.频繁的,屡次的confrontvt.勇敢的面对confrontwith使面对statementn.声明,陈述报表alarmingadj.使人害怕的,扰乱人心的raten.比率速度费用v认为,把…算作lossn.丧失损耗损失tropicaladj.热带的graphicadj.绘画的,图标的形象的,生动的illustrationn.图标,图案例证,实例readilyadv.乐意的,容易的relatev.联系起来vt.讲述estimaten.估计报价v评估,估计destroyed被毁equivalentadj.相等的,相当footballfield足球场aboutprep.在…周围对于由于关于adv.大约附近durationn.持续的时间periodn.时期,时代学时,课时句号normalperiod标准周期inthefaceof面对vividadj.鲜艳的栩栩如生coveragen.新闻报道覆盖范围mediacoverage媒体报道likelyadj.可能,有希望的适合的adv.可能formn.组成,结构表格音乐和文学作品的形式v.形成,产生idean.想法,主意思想,概念了解endangervt.危及,使遭受危险independentadj.独立的,自主的无关的independentof不依赖…与…无关formaladj.正式的礼仪上得,形式上的tuitionn.学费课程讲授also2adv.也,同样,并且possibleadj.可能的,潜在的也许(会发生)的可接受的,合适的mistaken.错误,过失误解,误会v弄错Manystudieshaveshownthatchildrenharbourmisconceptionsabout'pure',curriculumscience.Thesemisconceptionsdonotremainisolatedbutbecomeincorporatedintoamultifaceted,butorganised,conceptualframework,makingitandthecomponentideas,someofwhichareerroneous,morerobustbutalsoaccessibletomodification.Theseideasmaybedevelopedbychildrenabsorbingideasthroughthepopularmedia.Sometimesthisinformationmaybeerroneous.Itseemsschoolsmaynotbeprovidinganopportunityforchildrentore-expresstheirideasandsohavethemtestedandrefinedbyteachersandtheirpeers.studies研究者showv.说明,表明给…看,显示n.表演展览显示harbourn.港口vt.藏匿怀有(想法)misconceptionn.误解,错误想法pureadj.纯洁的,纯净的纯种的纯理论的仅仅的,单纯的curriculumn.总课程sciencen.科学学科remainn.剩余物遗体遗迹vi.留下剩下link仍然是,依旧是isolatevt.使孤立,使隔离isolatedadj.孤立的,单独的隔离的incorporatevt.包含,加上把…合并组成incorporateinto成为…一部分multifacetedadj.多方面organizedadj.有组织的conceptualadj.概念的frameworkn.结构makingn.制造成功改进的手段componentn.成分,组成部分,部件erroneousadj.错误的,不正确的robustadj.强壮的,健全的butalso并且accessibleadj.容易取得/获得/达到的容易接近,进入平易近人,易相处的可理解的,容易懂的modificationn.缓和,减轻修改,改变absorbingadj.吸引人的,非常有趣的vt.吸收throughadv.通过popularadj.流行的3公众的providev.提供,供给vt.规定opportunityn.机会,时机re-express重新表达expressvt.表达快递n.快递adj.特快的,高速的明确的adv.用快递方式testn.测验考验vt.测试探测refinevt.使完善提炼,使纯净peervi.凝视,盯着看n.同龄人贵族Despitetheextensivecoverageinthepopularmediaofthedestructionofrainforests,littleformalinformationisavailableaboutchildren'sideasinthisarea.Theaimofthepresentstudyistostarttoprovidesuchinformation,tohelpteachersdesigntheireducationalstrategiestobuilduponcorrectideasandtodisplacemisconceptionsandtoplanprogrammesinenvironmentalstudiesintheirschools.despiteprep.尽管extensiveadj.广阔的,广泛的destructionn.破坏littleadv.几乎没有availableadj.可用的inthisarea这方面presentadj.出席的,到场的现在的,目前的存在的,含有的n.现在,目前礼物,赠品vt.出现,出席介绍赠与suchadj.这样的,这些的非常的pron.这样的事(人)designv.设计,策划n.图样设计打算,目的educationaladj.教育的strategiesn.策略,计谋uponprep.当…时候在…上面correctadj.正确的vt.改正,纠正displacevt.替换,取代plann.计划,方案平面图v.计划,打算programmen.节目计划,规划,项目vt.计划,安排environmentaladj.环境的4Thestudysurveyschildren'sscientificknowledgeandattitudestorainforests.Secondaryschoolchildrenwereaskedtocompleteaquestionnairecontainingfiveopen-formquestions.Themostfrequentresponsestothefirstquestionweredescriptionswhichareself-evidentfromtheterm'rainforest'.Somechildrendescribedthemasdamp,wetorhot.Thesecondquestionconcernedthegeographicallocationofrainforests,Thecommonestresponseswerecontinentsorcountries;Africa(givenby43%ofchildren).SouthAmerica(30%),Brazil(25%).Somechildrenalsogavemoregenerallocations,suchasbeingneartheEquatorsurveyvt.眺望调查scientificadj.科学的scientificknowledge科学认识attituden.态度,看法姿态,姿势secondaryschool中学askedv.问要求邀请completeadj.完成的完整的彻底的vt.完成questionnairen.调查表,问卷containvt.包含,容纳控制open-form开放式responsen.respondv.回答,答复反应,响应descriptionn.描述,形容self-evidentadj.不言而喻的termn.专门用语,术语期限学期条款vt.把…称为describevt.描述,叙述dampadj.潮湿的n.潮湿vt.使潮湿减弱wetadj.湿的多雨的n.雨天湿地concernn.忧虑,焦虑重要的,感兴趣的事企业vt.使担忧,烦恼于…有关,关系到关心,关注geographicaladj.地理的locationn.位置,场所commonadj.普遍的,常见的公有得,共同的commonest最常见的continentn.洲,大陆generaladj.普通的一般的suchas例如equatorn.赤道5Responsestoquestionthreeconcernedtheimportanceofrainforests.Thedominantidea,raisedby64%ofthepupils,wasthatrainforestsprovideanimalswithhabitats.Fewerstudentsrespondedthatrainforestsprovideplanthabitats,andevenfewermentionedtheindigenouspopulationsofrainforests.Moregirls(70%)thanboys(60%)raisedtheideaofrainforestasanimalhabitats.dominantadj.占优势的主导的,同志的raisevt.提起,举起增加,提升抚养,饲养n.(工资,薪金)提升,增加providewith给A提供Bhabitatn.栖息地,住处fewadj.不多的,很少fewer较少的evenadj.甚至,即使更加mentionvt.提到,说起n.提及indigenousadj.土生土长的populationn.人口全体居民Similarly,butatalowerlevel,moregirls(13%)thanboys[5%)saidthatrainforestsprovidedhumanhabitats.Theseobservationsaregenerallyconsistentwithourpreviousstudiesofpupils'viewsabouttheuseandconservationofrainforests,inwhichgirlswereshowntobemoresympathetictoanimalsandexpressedviewswhichseemtoplaceanintrinsicv