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office hours 办公时间 active adj. 活跃的，主动的

come by = drop by 拜访，过来打一头 passive adj. 被动的
lately adv. 最近，近日来 老师的这句话很重要： That's the popular conception.
research paper 研究论文 [可能会出态度题？？]
internship n. 实习 concept n. 概念； 观念，观念 = belief, idea,
autumn n. 秋天；fall notion
organism n. 有机体 = creature, animals
branch n. 树枝🌿 ; （学科的）分支 quite adv. = very 十分
certainly adv. 当然！当然可以！一定〜
brief adj. 简洁的，简单的 Maybe I'll sign up for botany. 可能要选植物学🌳 的课
detach v. 脱离，脱落 offer v. 提供
botany n. 植物（学） Don't forget 翻译证：你一定记住哈！！！那么这样的
trigger v. 诱发，导致，造成 后面的内容很重要
Cold weather triggers the release of sth in adj. trees that register v. 报道；注册(sign up)
tells the leaves to produce adj. cells. registration n.
form v. 形成 corner n. 转角处
gradually adv. 逐渐地 sth be around the corner 某件事快到了！临近了
graduate v. 毕业 n. 本科生
罗马帝国的军事实力逐渐地减弱了。 Christmas is just around the corner. 😄 快到圣
The military power of the Roman Empire 诞节啦🎄 〜
gradually declined. major n. 专业
罗马帝国的文化实力逐渐地强大了。 major adj. 主要的, 重要的
The cultural might of the Roman Empire department n. 系; 院
gradually increased. make announcement n. 发布通知, 公告
eventually adv. 最终 =finally

10T3C1 秋之落叶 LTT

(man) Thanks for mee ng with me ______ ______ ______.

(woman) Not a problem, not many students have been coming by

lately beginning of semester and all, of course, when I assign the
research paper then it's a di erent story. So, what's up?

(man) Well, I ______ at the Wildlife Refuge, you know, just north
of the campus?

(woman) Oh, yes, some of my students ______ ______ ______. It

must be beau ful now with the changing autumn colors and
falling leaves.

(man) ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______.

See, yesterday when I was giving my tour, a visitor asked what
makes leaves change color in fall. I told him what I remembered
about how the leaves stop producing chlorophyll, ______ ______
______ ______ ______ ______. But then he asked ______ ______
______, what makes them ______ ______ ______ ______ and,
well, I was hoping you could

(woman) Certainly, in our class we only covered that brie y, but,

here's what I tell students in my ______ ______: cold weather, like
what we experience here in the northern US. ______ ______
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ in deciduous trees that
tells the leaves to produce Abscission cells. Let me write that
down for you. OK, so you've got a deciduous tree, a tree that loses
its leaves in the autumn. The weather turns cold so the tree
releases this hormone that tells each leaf to produce Abscission
cells. These are cells that form between the leaf and the branch
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(man) So ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______. That's

so cool! I always thought leaves just die, shrivel up and got blown
away while the trees they are just kind of si ng there, you know,
just le ng it happen.

(woman) ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ that trees are

simple organisms, but, actually, ______ ______ ______ ______.

(man) Wow! I really love this stu . Maybe I will ______ ______
______ ______. It's o ered next semester?

(woman) It is and don't forget ______ ______ ______ ______

______ ______. You know, with your interest in all of this, have
you considered ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
______?

(man) This is only my rst semester so I'm not sure but, well, I've
always loved learning about nature and when I talked to my
______, he told me about all ______ ______ ______ here, you
know, ways I can combine classes from di erent departments to
focus on the natural sciences. There's, uh, natural resource
management, forestry, environmental science. They all sound
good so I'm gonna have to ______ ______ ______.

(woman) ______ ______ ______ ______ our Science Breakfast

next week.

(man) Sorry?

(woman) The Science Breakfast, Wednesday, 8 to 11 at the

Student Center? Every fall all the science departments get
together to host this event. I'll be there with professors from the
other science departments to answer ques ons about our course
o erings. And, of course, there'll be co ee and food.

(man) ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______

______.

(woman) When did you speak with him?

(man) Last month right before classes began.

(woman) Hmm, ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______

______ ______. But I think we decided to wait un l a er the
semester began to start making announcements, you know, not so
early that people would forget about it. ______ ______ ______,
maybe ______ ______ ______ we should get the informa on out
there a li le earlier.
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