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Tip: This site supports text-selection search. Just highlight any word.Learn English easily in just 1 minute a day! This website provides short English readings suitable for beginners, each with audio and the original text. The content is interesting and of moderate difficulty. By reading one passage daily, you can develop a sense of the language and improve reading and listening skills. Start your English improvement journey now! Below is some listening content from beginner English reading exercises compiled by Qicai editor Xiao Wu.
The weather changes throughout the year, bringing about seasons. There are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Each season has unique characteristics that influence daily life and the environment.These seasonal changes cause significant effects on plants and animals in various parts of the world. Plants may bloom, bear fruit, or go dormant, while animals may migrate, hibernate, or adapt their behavior to survive.
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- significant
adj
1. fairly large
e.g. won by a substantial margin
Synonym: substantial
2. rich in significance or implication
e.g. a meaning look
Synonym: meaning(a)pregnant
3. important in effect or meaning
e.g. a significant change in tax laws
a significant change in the Constitution
a significant contribution
significant details
statistically significantSynonym: important
4. too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation
e.g. the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level
no significant difference was found - various
adj
1. of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
e.g. assorted sizes
his disguises are many and various
various experiments have failed to disprove the theory
cited various reasons for his behaviorSynonym: assorted
2. distinctly dissimilar or unlike
e.g. celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan
animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the slothSynonym: diverse
3. having great diversity or variety
e.g. his various achievements are impressive
his vast and versatile eruditionSynonym: versatile
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