英語中級聽力：FindingLifeBeyondEarth尋找地球以外的生命(中英對照)

1、Finding Life Beyond Earth 尋找地球以外的生命1、Finding Life Beyond Earth尋找地球以外的生命Since early times, people have been fascinated with the idea of life existing somewhere else besides earth. Until recently, scientists believed that life on other planets was just a hopeful dream. But now they are beginning to lo

2、cate places where life could form.很久以來，人們就被地球以外存在生命的觀點強烈地吸引。 直到近期, 科學家們都堅信外星生命的想法只不過是個有希望的夢想。但是現(xiàn)在 他們開始定位外星生命形成的位置。In 1997, they saw evidence of planets near other stars like the sun. But scientists now think that life could be even nearer in our own solar system. One place scientists are studying ve

3、ry closely is Europa, a moon of Jupiter.在1997年，他們在像太陽這類其他恒星的行星上發(fā)現(xiàn)了證據(jù)?？墒?現(xiàn)在科學家認為外星生命甚至更接近我們，就存在于我們太陽系中?？茖W家們正在仔細研究的這個地方是歐羅巴，是木星的衛(wèi)星。Space probes have provided evidence that Europa has a large ocean under its surface. The probes have also made scientists think that under its surface Europa has a rocky c

4、ore giving off volcanic heat. Water and heat from volcanic activity are two basic conditions needed for life to form.太空探索提供的證據(jù)表明在歐羅巴的表層下蘊藏著一個巨大的海洋。 太空探索還使科學家們相信在歐羅巴的表層下有一個巖層核心，釋放出火山般的熱量?；鹕交顒拥乃蜔崾巧问剿璧膬蓚€基本條 件。A third is certain basic chemicals such as carbon, oxygen and nitrogen. Scientists believe

5、 there might be such chemicals lie at the bottom of Europa's ocean.They may have already created life or may be about to. You may wonder if light is also needed for life to form. Until recently, scientists thought that light was essential.第三個條件是某些基本的化學元素，如：碳、氧、氮?？茖W家相信在 歐羅巴的海底可能存在這些物質。它們或許已經(jīng)創(chuàng)造了生命

6、，也許將 來會產(chǎn)生生命。你或許想知道光對于生命的形成是否必要。直到最近， 他們都認為光是必須的。But now, places have been found on earth that are in total blackness such as caves several miles beneath the surface. And bacteria, primitive forms of life have been seen there. So the lack of light in Europa's sub-surface ocean doesn't automat

7、ically rule out life forming.但是，現(xiàn)在地球上完全黑暗的地方也有生命，如在地表下數(shù)公里的洞穴中。生命原始形式的細菌就存在于那兒。因此，在歐羅巴表層以下 缺少陽光的海洋中無法自動排除生命存在的可能。英語單詞詞匯整理：1. fascinated adj.被強烈地吸引住的eg: The child was fascinated by the plots in the novel.這個小孩被小說的情節(jié)吸引住了。短語：be fascinated by 著迷于;被吸引住了feel fascinated 心醉了Fascinated Perfume 迷迭香2. locate vt.

8、找出，位于，建立 vi.建立，住下來eg: Rescue teams are using thermal imaging to locate survivors of the earthquake.救援隊伍正利用熱成像確定地震幸存者的位置。短語：locate in 在定居;坐落于locate piont 定位點locate object定位術;定位 目 標3. evidence n. 根據(jù)，證據(jù) v.證實，證明eg: There was no enough evidence to produce him guilty.沒有足夠的證據(jù)可以證明他有罪。短語：material evidence物證;

9、主要證據(jù)in evidence 明顯的give evidence 作證direct evidence直接證據(jù)strong evidence有力證據(jù);真憑實據(jù)4. solar adj. 太陽的，太能的eg: Saturn is the second biggest planet in the solar system.土星是太陽系中的第二大行星。短語：solar system 太陽系solar energy 太陽能solar cycle太陽（活動）周期5. rocky adj. 巖石的eg: There is only one port along this rocky coast.這個多巖石的

10、海岸只有一個港口。短語：rocky mountain落基山（脈）;洛磯山（脈）rocky desert巖質沙漠rocky coast 巖石海岸rocky road坎坷崎嶇的路6. primitive adj. 原始的eg: It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃離危險的地方是一種原始本能。短語:primitive culture原始文明；原生態(tài)文化primitive function原函數(shù);基元功能primitive religion原始宗教佳句采摘:Since early times, people have been f

11、ascinated with the idea of life existing somewhere elase besides earth.很久以來，人們就被地球以外存在生命的觀點強烈地吸引。2、How to Stop Global Warming如何阻止全球變暖Global warming may or not be the great environmental crisisof the 21st century, but regardless of weather it is or isn't 一we won't do much about it. We will ar

12、gue over it and mayeven, as a nation, make some fairly solemn-soundingcommitments to avoid it. But the more dramatic andmeaningful these commitments seem, the less likely they are to be observed.全球變暖有可能是21世紀巨大的環(huán)境危機，也有可能不是，但是無 論它是或不是我們對此都無能為力。我們會爭論不休，作為一個國家, 或許會做出一些聽起來相當認真的承諾來避免這一危機。但是這些承諾看起來越是令人印象深刻

13、、越是有意義，就越是不太可能被遵守。Al Gore calls global warming an a inconvenient truth, “ as if merely recognizing it could put in on a path to a solution. But the real truth is that we don't know enough to believe global warming, and with our major technological breakthroughs 一 we can't do much about it.Al

14、 Gore稱全球變暖是一個“讓人感到麻煩的事實”，似乎只要認識 到它的存在就可以把我們帶往一條解決問題的途經(jīng)上去。但是真正的 事實是，我們沒有掌握足夠的知識去緩解全球變暖， 并且如果沒有重 大的技術突破，我們對此也束手無策。No government will adopt rigid restrictions on economic growth and personal freedom (limits on electricity usage, driving and travel)that might cut back global warming. Still, politicians

15、want to show they're "doing something ”. Consider the Kyoto Protocol. It allowed countries that joined to punish those that didn't. But it hasn't reduced CO? emissions (up about 25% since 1990), and many signatories didn't adopt tough enough policies to hit their 20082012 target

16、s.沒有哪個政府會對經(jīng)濟增長和個人自由(限制電力的使用，駕駛和旅 游)采取嚴格的限制令，雖然這樣的限制可以緩解全球變暖。即便事 實如此，執(zhí)政者們還是想表明他們在“采取措施”。就拿京都協(xié)議 來說吧，它允許其成員國懲罰非成員國。但是它并沒有起到減少二氧 化碳的排放量(自從1990年以來上升了 25%)的作用，并且，許多簽 字國并沒有采取足夠嚴格的政策來盡力完成他們所制定的2008 2012年度的目標The practical conclusion is that if global warming is a potential disaster, the only solution is new

17、technology. Only an aggressive research and development program might find ways of breaking our dependence on fossil fuels or dealing with it.比較實際的結論是，如果全球變暖是一個潛在的災難，那么唯一的解 決辦法就是新技術。只有積極進取的研究開發(fā)項目才可能會找到辦法 打破我們對于化石燃料的依賴，或者找到應對這一難題的辦法。The trouble with the global warming debate is that it has become a m

18、oral problem when it's really engineering one. The inconvenient truth is that if we don't solve the engineering problem, we're helpless.全球變暖這場辯論所存在的問題是， 它本是一個技術問題，卻都已經(jīng) 變成了一個道德問題。這個被忽視的真相就是，如果不能解決這個技 術問題，我們將對此束手無策。英語單詞詞匯整理：1. solemn adj. 嚴肅的，莊重的eg : His solemn little face broke into smile

19、s.他那嚴肅的小臉綻開了笑容。短語solemn promise 莊嚴承諾；誓言；鄭重承諾；莊嚴的誓言solemn profession 終身圣愿；隆重終身圣愿solemn serious 岸然2. commitment n. 承諾，托付eg: They made a commitment to peace.他們承諾要維護和平。短語：commitment fee 承擔費;承諾費;承約費loan commitment貸款承諾;貨款承諾;放款承諾;貸款委托書Service commitment服務承諾;效勞許諾Management commitment管理承諾;管理委員會；管理的承諾Commitme

20、nt Document承諾文件3. dramatic adj. 引人注目的，戲劇性的eg: Their arrival was dramatic and exciting.他們的到來令人激動不已，難以忘懷。短語：Dramatic Lyrics 戲劇抒情詩；詩劇抒懷詩Dramatic Arts 戲劇藝術Dramatic Writing編劇;話劇寫作dramatic rights 改編權4. observe v. 遵守，觀察eg: Everyone should observe the law.任何人都必須遵紀守法。短語: witness observe 目睹；目擊observe silence

21、默哀observe things觀察事物；觀察東西observe that 對某人說5. breakthrough n. 突破eg: Scientists have made a breakthrough in their treatment of that disease.科學家在治療那種疾病方面已有突破。短語：breakthrough point 切入點;突破點breakthrough time 突破時間technological breakthrough 技術突破6. aggressive adj. 進取的，攻擊性強的eg: The dogs are trained to be aggr

22、essive.這些狗被訓練得具有攻擊性。短語：aggressive mode積極模式;主動模式;挑戰(zhàn)模式;激進模式aggressive active積極主動aggressive Driving侵略性駕駛；攻擊性駕駛7. fossil fuel礦物燃料eg: Coal is usually referred to as a fossil fuel.煤通常被稱為礦物燃料.短語：Fossil-Fuel Resources Utilization in China 中國能源資源消費及其經(jīng)濟性分析fossil-fuel power station 火力發(fā)電廠fossil-fuel boiler化石燃料鍋

23、爐佳句采摘：We will argue over it and may even, as a nation, make somefairly solemn-sounding commitments to avoid it. But the moredramatic and meaningful these commitments seem, the lesslikely they are to be observed.我們會爭論不休，作為一個國家，或許會做出一些聽起來相當認真的承諾來避免這一危機。但是這些承諾看起來越是令人印象深刻、越是有意義，就越是不太可能被遵守。3、 Advantages

24、and disadvantages of older workers老員工的優(yōu)勢與劣勢Older staff are more productive than their younger colleagues, say researchers. More mature members of staff may be weaker and less agile than their junior counterparts, but they more than compensate with their greater experience, ability to work in teams,

25、and success at coping when things go wrong. The researchers say: While older workers make more errors, perhaps due to declining physical attributes, they hardly make any severe errors, perhaps due to more experience. It is experience that prevents severe errors.有專家經(jīng)過研究發(fā)現(xiàn)：公司的老員工比年輕一輩，特別是新一代的大 學生更有競爭力

26、。雖然他們相對年輕的同業(yè)者來說，可能身體不夠強健，思維不夠敏捷，但是他們經(jīng)驗更豐富，團隊合作能力更強，處理 危機的能力也更強。專家總結：因為年齡的原因，年紀越大，生理功 能下降，老員工有可能會犯很多小錯誤；但是另一方面，由于老員工 擁有更多的經(jīng)驗，他們不會犯許多大的、嚴重的錯誤。The scientists who studied production lines at aMercedes-Benz truck factory in southern Germany also found that younger, more highly educated workers were less

27、productive than those who had fewer qualificationsperhaps because the educated workers got bored more easily. The researchers, from the University of Mannheim, said their findings debunked the idea that older workers should be made redundant to boost productivity.在德國 南部梅賽德斯奔馳工廠生產(chǎn)線的科學家發(fā)現(xiàn)，年輕、教育水 平更高的工作比那些證書拿得少的員工（老員工）生產(chǎn)效率要低很多?？茖W家分析，教育程度高的年輕人在工作中容易感覺無聊，不懂得沉 下心去研究工作。來自Mannheim 大學的研究員稱，這項研究徹底 顛覆了 一一老員工才對工作產(chǎn)生懈怠感覺的理論。英語單詞詞匯整理：1. productive adj.有成效的eg: Science and technology are part of the productive forces