VOA常速英语:Endangered Primate Offers Clues to Climate Change

2. clue n.线索, 提示
例句：The police have no clue to his identity.
警察没有可以确定他的身份的任何线索。

3. decline n. 下降;减少
例句：There is a decline in real wages.
实际工资有所减少。

4. coverage n. 提供的数量；覆盖范围（或方式）
例句：This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.
这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

5. inhabit vt. 居住于, 栖居于
例句：Woodpeckers inhabit hollow trees.
啄木鸟栖息在中空的树中。

6. project vt. 计划;规划
例句：The government projected a tax decrease.
政府计划降低税收。

7. sparse adj. 稀少的；稀疏的；零落的；分散的
例句：As we drove towards the desert, the vegetation became sparse.
我们驱车前往沙漠，沿途的草木渐渐变得稀疏。

8. designate vt.指派, 委任；标明, 指明, 命名
例句：Churches are designated on the map by crosses.
地图上教堂以十字形记号标出。

9. migrate vi. 迁移; 移往
例句：These birds migrate northwards in spring and southwards in fall.
这些鸟春天向北迁徙, 秋天向南迁徙。

10. buffer vt. 减轻，减少…的影响
例句：The drug buffered her pain.
这药物减轻了她的痛苦。