ecology 生态学

haunt 使不安，使苦恼

weighing 有……的重量，重为……

prey 猎物

raise awareness of 提高……意识

food web 食物网，食物链

测验 请听报道并回答下列问题。

1. What is the name of the book that inspired the Swiss scientist who led this study?

2. What has Dr Martin Nyffeler spent hundreds of hours doing for the research?

3. True or false? The scientists hope that their study will terrify people who lack awareness of the importance of spiders in the global food web.

4. Which word in the text means ‘someone who has an extreme fear of spiders'?

答案 1. What is the name of the book that inspired the Swiss scientist who led this study?

The name of the book is The World of Spiders.

2. What has Dr Martin Nyffeler spent hundreds of hours in doing for the research?

Dr Martin Nyffeler has spent hundreds of hours recording spider behaviour in the field and gathering spider ecology studies published around the world.

3. True or false? The scientists hope that their study will terrify people who lack awareness of the importance of spiders in the global food web.

False. The numbers in their research are not meant to terrify anyone.

4. Which word in the text means ‘someone who has an extreme fear of spiders'?

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