每日旧托福训练第三天
3 y' U! w3 ?- e, P8 O前两篇对话   听写后跟读4遍" A( e; ?# \; F
从上午11 to 2点，用时2个半小时
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6 K9 _1 N* u8 i: h( XHi, Sue. I was wondering if you could fill me in on Monday's class. I had to go to the dentist for an emergency and I missed Prof. Smith's lecture. What was it on? It was pretty interesting. She talked about volcanoes, active volcanoes under the-uh-West Antarctica ice sheet. There are active volcanoes under the ice? Apparently so. She said they help protect the ice sheet and prevent melting. Flooding would be pretty bad if that ice melted. Not only there but all over the world. You lost me there. Volcanoes are hot. How can something hot prevent ice from melting? Wait a minute. Let me check my notes. Yeah, here it is. Volcanic heat melts just enough ice to create slippery surface on the bottom of the glacier. This water allows ice to flow out into the ocean so the solid interior ice is protected from the ocean's warmth. Does that make sense? Sort of. You mean that because the ice is flowing out to the ocean, the warmer ocean water can't flow in. Exactly. And the ice that melts is constantly being replaced by snow. Prof. Smith said that if the ice sheet ever broke up and melted, the sea level would go up 7 meters. Then we would have those floods. Is that really possible? Or is it one of those exaggerations you hear all the time? As far as I can understand, it is possible. Because of the global warming. I mean if the ocean got a lot warmer, that interior ice would be very likely to melt. Thanks for telling me about the lecture. Sounds like I've missed a pretty important class.
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exaggeration: [ ig.zædʒə'reiʃən ] n. 夸张( ?2 Y; b6 w" p+ f& f& w
slippery: [ 'slipəri ]  a. 滑的& {* g5 X% \5 P9 _3 b% J/ c

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3 E) o, i- p# X/ {; aAnd now here is our guest Jane Thomas to tell us about the Montreal's famous yearly island bicycle tour which is coming up in June. Good morning, Jane. What is the bike tour all about? www.xiaomaguohe.net* l, R' R3 {) ?0 i, i! e  q7 ?* W! ?: ^, C: ~/ |
Well, Peter, it's an event that's open to anybody who'd like to ride a bicycle through the streets of Montreal. The tour covers a standard distance of 65 kilometers. But the route's quite different every year. So even people who've already done it might enjoy doing it again. How long does it take to go the whole distance? It varies. Cyclists are free to go as fast or as slow and do as much or as little of the course as they like. Well, what's the typical pace for a participant? Between 12 and 30 km per hour. Some cyclists stop along the way and don't cross the finish line until early evening. But the whole point is that there is no rush. It's not a race. I understand last year's tour had 45 thousand cyclists and it was the largest mass cycling event in the world. How many do you expect this year? The same as last year. And since we regularly have so many participants, can I take this opportunity to remind our listeners to sign up early? We filled up quickly last year and we had to refuse lots of applications. 小马过河4 `5 B8 k( w+ ]' p2 \' u1 ~- A/ {# g% x
Before we close, any other tips for all prospective cyclists? Yes. Take water with you. It is available at the relay stations but it helps to have an additional supply. And pack a good lunch with plenty of fruit for energy. Candy and chocolate don't do the trick.
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Montreal: [ .mɔntri'ɔ:l ]  n. 蒙特利尔* _2 W- u6 Y& c/ j: t
route: [ ru:t ]  n. 航线,路线vt. 按路线发送- V5 M6 H+ R5 b6 |2 k# q4 s
cyclist: [ 'saiklist ] n. 骑自行车的人8 Y+ c) R& m8 E7 h0 B7 p
participant: [ pɑ:'tisipənt ]  、a. 参与的n. 参加者,参与者9 C4 b! x8 K+ k" e; N
regularly: [ 'regjʊləli ] ad. 定期地,有规律地
; a7 z7 w3 _& X( E& Csign up: vt. 签约雇用(报名从军,签字参加)
+ Y* B3 j" W( t  @$ ^# k6 kprospective: [ prəs'pektiv ]  a. 未来的,预期的
( q* D8 ~. a) `- b! N0 o6 Uplenty: [ 'plenti ]  a. 充足的,相当多的n. 充足,大量pron. 充分,够多

（1）地名活专有的词如果阻碍你，可以忽略
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0 s8 Q* R' x1 k% C（3）晚上睡觉前如能再跟读几遍更好，这个东西如同 背单词，遍数多效果好。切记别追求量……重质！

昨天由于专业方面的事情比较多，没有做听写，心中竟然充满罪恶感。 看来解决听写带来的痛苦唯一办法就是继续听写。
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旧托福听力训练第三天的后三篇  用时3个半小时（加跟读） 个人认为 第二篇好难！  可能是不熟悉的单词太多。
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% j8 Q; A; f$ j7 ZI'm sure almost every one of you looked at your watch or at a clock before you came to class today. Watches and clocks seem as much part of our life as breathing or eating. And yet did you know that watches and clocks were scarce in the United States until the 1850s. In the late 1700s, people didn't know the exact time unless they were near a clock. Those delightful clocks in the squares of European towns were built for the public. After all, most citizens simply couldn't afford a personal timepiece. Well into the 1800s in Europe and United States, the main purpose of a watch, which by the way was off and on a gold chain, was to show others how wealthy you were.  The word "wrist watch" didn't even enter the English language until nearly 1900. By then the rapid pace of the industrialization in the United States meant that measuring time had become essential. How could the factory worker get to work on time unless he or she knew exactly what time it was? Since the efficiency was now measured by how fast the job was done, everyone was interested in time. And since industrialization made possible the manufacture of large quantities of goods, watches became fairly inexpensive. Furthermore electric lights kept factories going around the clock. Being “on time” had entered the language and life of every citizen.
1 e  }( j# g2 {* t' Cscarce: [ skɛəs ]  a. 缺乏的,不足的,稀少的,罕见的
: j9 D& R; H/ H9 X+ v$ idelightful: [ di'laitful ]  a. 令人愉快的,可喜的
  Q$ {; V$ B* b0 d5 ]/ uchain: [ tʃein ]  n. 链,连锁,束缚v. 用铁练锁住,束缚,囚禁7 g0 m9 ^  N, w2 C
manufacture: [ .mænju'fæktʃə ]  n. 产品,制造,制造业v. 制造vt. 制造,加工
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This room is devoted to electric fish.  The eel in the tank behind me can produce a strong jolt of electricity to stun its prey. But most of the fish in here produce only weak electrical impulses that are useful for navigating, locating food and even for communicating. The knife fish is a good example. This fish navigates using tiny receptors in the skin that are sensitive to electrical impulses. The knife fish produces an electrical signal and the receptors in its skin let it know when the signal is distorted by a tree root or some other obstacle so it can go around it. Fish also use the ability to produce and detect electrical impulses to communicate. They can tell each other what species they belong to, how big they are , and whether they are male or female. We have a tank here that 's specially equipped to convert the inaudible signals that the fish produce into sounds you can hear when you put on these headphones. I urge you all to listen in when I'm done speaking. Now have a look at the electric rays. Rays are especially interesting to medical researchers because of the organs they use to produce electricity. These organs contain a chemical that carries signals from one nerve ending to the next. Not only in rays but also in people. By studying these organs scientists hope to learn more about diseases that interrupt the transmission of impulses from one nerve to another.小马过河: b1 R8 n6 o% _' _9 l. Y8 E# @; u2 r" ]* s. s6 G3 s# L

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stun: [ stʌn ]  v. 使晕倒,使惊吓' a3 E7 X" B5 o3 S9 w
navigation: [ .nævi'geiʃən ] n. 航行,航海
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- c6 F3 r* ~% |5 Z4 z3 m4 ?sensitive: [ 'sensitiv ]  a. 敏感的,仪器灵敏的,易受伤害的,感光的-新托福专业备考社区2 N( p* r2 O4 T! t- G1 j
& {- O7 a% m) bobstacle: [ 'ɔbstəkl ]  n. 障碍: A  P% x+ U+ v* Y4 U7 P! Y: z, y
equipped:  v. 装备,整装,预备vbl. 装备,整装,预备5 S- G$ ]4 H/ \3 p, b+ d
inaudible: [ in'ɔ:dəbl ] a. 听不见的
9 h& Z) k# x6 k; E+ s1 K6 O1 Linterrupt: [ .intə'rʌpt ] n. 中断v. 打断,妨碍,插嘴
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场景单词：prey   electrical    scientists   male    researcher8 B1 a! x% M( M3 Q0 }* I- {, a
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So why did what is now called modern dance begin in the United States? To begin to answer this question, I'll need to back track a little bit and talk about classical ballet. By the late 1800s, ballet had lost a lot of its popularity. Most of the ballet dancers who performed in the United States were brought over from Europe. They performed using the rigid techniques that'd been passed down through the centuries. Audiences and dancers in the United States were eager for their own contemporary dance form and so around 1900 dancers created one. So how was this modern dance so different from classical ballet?  Most notably, it wasn't carefully choreographed. Instead the dance depended on the improvisation and free personal expression of the dancers.  Music and scenery were of little importance to the modern dance. And lightness of movement wasn't important either. In fact modern dancers made no attempt at all to conceal the effort involved in the dance step. But even if improvisation appeals to audiences, many dance critics were less enthusiastic about the performances. They questioned the artistic integrity of dancers who were not professionally trained and the artistic value of works that had no formal structure. Loi Fore, after performing fire dance was described as doing little more than turning around and around like an eggbeater. Yet the free personal expression of the pioneer dancers is the basis of the controlled freedom of modern dance today.
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, C; k" g! f2 x- R/ c: j# dcontemporary: [ kən'tempərəri ]  n. 同时代的人a. 同时代的,同时,属于同一时期的
0 M2 x# l' u3 J- n8 Z7 {improvisation: [ .imprəvai'zeiʃən ]  n. 即兴而作,即席演奏,即席创作
5 `3 ~, F* Q* a, h) G3 ], c$ |expression: [ iks'preʃən ]  n. 表达,表示,表现,表情,措辞,词句
% t' b1 ?- x' [! a4 y4 {5 hscenery: [ 'si:nəri ]  n. 风景
/ F; t$ L7 E- p' R  I* }conceal: [ kən'si:l ] v. 隐藏
, G. N; ?: P9 W1 Q) f' \2 U5 venthusiastic: [ in.θju:zi'æstik ] a. 热情的,热心的
( x" ]; B- e' U8 }) m; e; E/ {$ sintegrity: [ in'tegriti ] n. 诚实,正直,完整,完善
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每日旧托福训练第四天，用时一小时二十分钟。（加跟读）
0 \. g7 K2 ~2 |这两篇很简单，尤其是第二篇。
% ]% a% H* f9 R- s( H5 f; j我在每次听写前都整体的听了一遍，大概感觉一下是否能够听得明白。然后开始听写。
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Hi, Tom. How is your chemistry paper going? $ i; E% v' h# b% D, l
It's coming along. But I've been staring at this computer screen for hours and my eyes hurt.
/ v# G  {5 {( Z+ X/ p9 S9 [Yeah. Doing that can make your eyes really dry and tired. You should take a break. I can't. I have to get this paper written. It's due tomorrow. You know I read about computers and eye problems recently. The article says that they are usually caused by not blinking your eyes enough. Blinking? I thought I just needed new glasses. Nay. When you blink, the movement of closing and opening your eyes, even though it happens really fast, helps moisten your eyes. It's the lack of moisture that causes the problem. That makes sense. But what does it have to do with the computer? People who use computers tend to stare at the monitor and blink less often than they normally would. That leads to dry irritated eyes. Well, that's certainly how mine feel now. They really hurt. The article I read about the office workers found that the workers averaged 22 blinks a minute when relaxed. But just 7 a minute while looking at the text on a computer screen. Wow. That's quite a difference. They also kept their eyes open wider which means the moisture evaporated more quickly. I wonder if using some kind of eye-drops will make them feel better. That might help. But the best prescription is to take a break and rest your eyes. ! Z! P& L1 u0 ]2 r' S* \5 I
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moisten: [ 'mɔisn ]  v. 弄湿
! Q7 U0 ]" [0 w# I" e: Fstare: [ steə(r) ] 盯,凝视
8 f' s# ~6 S2 c3 hirritate: [ 'iriteit ]  v. 激怒,使...发怒
7 Z: _% a: w2 [0 E/ r  Revaporate: [ i'væpəreit ]  v. 蒸发,失去水分,消失: n- R! t: `, W+ ^7 u0 Y
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+ b( Y7 j" u/ dDid you know it was going to rain today? 小马过河% S8 E1 Y! z3 E# \* A! G  x$ F$ s- O( O3 [
Absolutely not. This comes as a total shock to me especially since the paper said mostly sunny. Well, I guess the paper must have meant mostly sunny somewhere else. But since we've come all this way, why don't we just move the blanket under that tree. That 's a good idea. It looks like it is still dry there so as long as it doesn't start to come down any harder. You didn't happen to bring a spare blanket , did you?  Because this one is all wet now. No. But I do have some folding stools in the car.  Will they do? They will be just fine. I'm really hungry, so while you are there, how about bringing up the food. I thought you were bringing the food. This is unbelievable. If I weren't so hungry, it would be really funny. So what now? What is the name of that restaurant you like so much again? [小马过河-新托福专业备考社区]5 t8 m6 X, q%6 }- }' X* P, r1 l  g, F0 ~
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你马上要考试了，我建议长对话就略过不听了，看你心得里也表示很轻松……- g9 k" G- }: H- |; x2 O9 `

5 `# N# R& C& R加大点难度，只选择演讲去听吧：）

谢谢主席提醒！& `7 g6 p) z7 n  q" r) F+ _
每日旧托福第四天训练
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! x0 T% i) y3 c- B0 K, L! TI want to talk today about some studies that seem to indicate that there has been a startling world-wide decline in the number of amphibians such as frogs, toads and salamanders. There is little doubt that one reason why the number of amphibians is declining is that their habitats are being destroyed. When developers fill in ponds and marshes to build houses, amphibians can't just move somewhere else. They need water to lay their eggs in. Another problem is the growing fish industry. A narrow range of popular edible fish, such as carp, has been introduced to many lakes and ponds all over the world. Raising and selling these fish can be profitable, but the fish eat the eggs and the offspring of amphibians that were already living the lakes and ponds. Other factors that could be contributing to the decline include acid rain and the spread of the pesticide residues. Many pesticides that the farmers applied to their crops are eventually washed away by the rain and end up in ponds or other bodies of water where amphibians live. Amphibians are especially vulnerable to the pesticides dissolved in the water because of their moist skins. Water can pass through an amphibian's skin allowing toxins dissolved in the water to enter the amphibian's body.
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vulnerable: [ 'vʌlnərəb(ə)l ]  a. 易受伤害的,有弱点的
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- [! P7 e. }% {+ n- ?3 i$ IMy name is Sally Porter. You asked for people to speak out who are against demolishing the old Kensington Hotel to put up a new shopping mall, and I'm one of those people.  I realize that the Kensington is vacant right now and not generating any revenue for the town. I also admit that the hotel has gotten a bit dilapidated and unsightly. But the issue is bigger than that. If we destroy the hotel, we will be destroying an important piece of this town's history. The town charter was signed there over 200 years ago and many well-known and important people have stayed there over the years, including the United States president. It wouldn't be all that difficult to fix up the hotel either. In fact if we get so 9 j  W+ E2 q, f) V
qme people from around town to volunteer some of their skills and time, we wouldn't have to use any of the town's money or ask the state for money. Once the hotel is refurbished, it could start to attract people to our town again. One last reason to keep the Kensington, we've already got one shopping mall, and that's plenty. Well, I hope you will take what I have said into consideration. Thanks for listening.
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mall: [ mɔ:l ]  n. 商业街,购物商场2 N. j% K: j1 X1 `! \
vacant: [ 'veikənt ]  a. 空的
$ s' v$ P9 t+ q! H+ r$ [9 erevenue: [ 'revinju: ]  n. 财政收入,税收
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refurbish: [ ri:'fə:biʃ ]  v. 再磨光,刷新、
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9 t& u( ^- M1 s" A[ 本帖最后由 不安yu室 于 2008-4-20 00:50 编辑 ]

学而时习之，不亦乐乎！连续听写了几天，今天就听写了这一篇。把以前的段子从新跟读几遍。% Y& S  t# G. \6 r% F

* X( i. w$ v& ~' j2 J  |6 l; q1 A$ }In the late 1400s, when Christopher Columbus returned to Spain from the western hemisphere, he brought with him a sample of what the native Americans called maize, or, as we call it more often today, corn. The corn that Columbus introduced to Europe was the distant descendant of a grass native to Mexico. The peoples of the Americas probably started to domesticate this grass as early as 5000 BC. After about a thousand years, they had developed a highly productive strands of corn which later became the basis for the great pre-Columbian civilizations. Figuratively speaking, both the cities of the Incas and the temples of the Mayas were built on corn. Domesticated corn and the people who cultivated it developed together. Without humans to care for it, domesticated corn could not survive. The kernels are crowded together beneath the strong protected husk and silk. And the young corn shoot is not strong enough to break through the husk on its own. If people did not strip away the husk and plant individual kernels, the corn would die out.
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9 r7 ?& S! _; O; Q5 s: e* i5 D7 @Figuratively: [ 'figjurətivli ]  ad. 比喻地,借喻地
. E' x" I# u$ C/ fbeneath: [ bi'ni:θ ]  ad. 在下方prep. 在...之下
# h7 p; S2 {+ q/ n; G9 qhusk: [ hʌsk ]  n. 外壳,皮,无价之物v. 剥...的壳,削皮
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昨天没有听写,不想找什么借口,不过专业方面的事情避得很紧.我想应该有很多T友面临着跟我一样的情景.8 a/ u# @3 {+ V$ d) R5 @
不过为了自己的小小梦想成真,比别人少睡点也是应该滴!  希望T友们能一起把听写坚持下去. 听了一个礼拜,感觉虽然进步不大,但还是有提高的!
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In 1871 the first passenger elevators were used in office buildings and allowed architects to build higher than people could comfortably walk. Another innovation was in building technique. In 1885 the steel skeleton was introduced and allowed for the construction of tall buildings that could withstand high winds. We take for granted some of the other inventions that enabled people to live and work in skyscrapers. For example, few people realized that the telephone was necessary for vertical communication and that flush toilet and vacuum incinerator made waste disposal possible. Now as we entered the age of super skyscraper, some with more than 200 floors, we see the need for even more technological innovations. In the area of heating and cooling systems for example. For all their benefi- ts, these super tall buildings do cause problems though. For one thing they place enormous strain on parking and traffic row in urban areas. But let's leave behind these technical concerns and move on to consider some of the design elements that have come to characterize the age of the skyscraper.TOEFL,IBT,
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disposal: [ dis'pəuzəl ]  n. 处理,消除,销毁,处置n. 弃菜碾碎器- f% E8 H6 ?8 U8 M2 ~$ B% k/ T% Z
incinerator: [ in'sinəreitə ] n. 焚烧装置,焚烧炉,焚尸炉
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. W+ {" R6 G6 V% F3 L% RGood morning. Let me welcome all the new members of the ski patrol . My name is Brenda Peters and I've been a ski-patroller for nearly three years. After working in offices and restaurants I find this job very satisfying. After all, if you love the outdoors, it's a great job. You won't get rich but you'll get in great shape and you will be able to help people everyday. And for me the best part of the job is giving ski lessons. I've made a lot of friends that way. Of course your main responsibilities will involve ensuring the safety of everyone who skis here. All trails have to be checked daily to make sure they are groomed properly. You also will have to be watching out constantly for people who aren't skiing safely, or who may think they are better skiers than they really are. And to help those who are injured, you'll have to know basic first aid. Tomorrow you will begin training in a first aid system that skiers specifically to the outdoors. We pride ourselves in our ability to get people off the mountain quickly and safely. OK, so you are free to explore the slopes for the rest of the day. All in all, I think that being a ski patroller is a great job . I hope you will all feel the same way.  TOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马; P1 h: u, U+ x1 d; k
patrol: [ pə'trəul ] 巡逻,巡查
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At the beginning of the century the railroads were used to haul everything. Powerful railroad barons made fortunes without having to be accountable to the public or considerable to the customers. But cars and trucks changed all of that. And by 1970, the rail industry was beset with problems. Trucks were taking all the new business. And even so the rail industry remained indifferent to customers. Also many regulations kept the rail industry from adjusting to shifting market.  But in 1980, the rail industry entered the modern era when a deregulation bill was passed that allowed railroad companies to make quick adjustments to fees and practices. Companies reduced their lines by 1/3 and used fewer employees. They also took steps to minimize damage to product. And to increase their shipping capacity by stacking freight containers on railroad cars. To accommodate these taller loads, underpasses and tunnels were enlarged. The image of the rail industry has changed dramatically. Today companies are very responsive to customers and are gaining increasing market shares in the shipping industry. The railroad safety record is also strong. Freight trains have an accident rate that is only 1/3 that of the trucking industry.  Trains also come out ahead of the trucks on environmental grounds because they give off only 1/10 to 1/3 the pollution that is emitted by trucks. And railroading does not wear out highways as trucks do. TOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外7 A! F$ O6 w& l* Z+ A( G6 u  m" ^7 @1 f" M
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This coffee can contains soil from my garden. And I prepared slide samples to show you that it is alive. This ordinary backyard dirt is crawling with microbes.  Microbes is not a very specific term. There are hundreds of thousands of different species called microbes. What they have in common is that we can't see them with a naked eye. They are microscopic. Look at this slide. You should see some round cells. Those are yeasts . Yeasts are fermenters. And they are necessary for making bread, beer, yogurt and so forth. Now look for an irregular shape with hairs coming out of it. That's a mold.  Molds are decomposers, and they are responsible for the decomposition mycoplastlees. You should also see some protozoa. Some protozoa, like the one causes malaria are harmful to people.  A microbic that causes disease is called a pathogen. Finally you should see a lot of squiggly lines. They are bacteria. The oldest form of life on earth. Like these other microbes, bacteria are single-cells. But they are even simpler structurally because their cells do not have nuclear.  So I've got about a teaspoon of soil in my hand here. In that teaspoon are about ten thousand protozoa, 200 thousand mold cells, a million yeasts, and probably a billion bacteria.' `9 n, T9 \8 d7 i: ]; ]1 a( P
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