SSS 2008-07-22
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(七)月
This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science, I’m Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute.
Not too long ago, scientists had to hoof 1 it to the library to review the literature. And they had to flip 2 through a card catalog to find that dusty old volume with the article they wanted. Not so today—the internet’s made things a lot easier. But maybe it’s a bit too easy. That’s what one sociologist 3 writes in the latest issue of Science. He analyzed 4 a database of 34 million scholarly articles and their citations 5, spanning six decades of research. The conclusion? He says articles from the online age actually cite fewer studies, from a shrinking pool of journals. And the same popular studies are mentioned over and over. It’s a bit counterintuitive, considering the internet’s made more articles available than ever before. So what’s going on? First, internet searches are really precise. Scientists might miss tangential 6 stuff they would have encountered browsing 7 through a print journal. And the author says the internet leads scientists to the most popular, talked-about research—which could overshadow the lone 8 dissenter 9. But perhaps the joy that scientists find in arguing with each other can be counted on to keep the enterprise from turning into an echo chamber 10.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American’s 60-Second Science, I’m Cynthia Graber.
- Suddenly he heard the quick,short click of a horse's hoof behind him.突然间，他听见背后响起一阵急骤的马蹄的得得声。
- I was kicked by a hoof.我被一只蹄子踢到了。
- I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
- Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。
- His mother was a sociologist,researching socialism.他的母亲是个社会学家，研究社会主义。
- Max Weber is a great and outstanding sociologist.马克斯·韦伯是一位伟大的、杰出的社会学家。
- The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The apt citations and poetic gems have adorned his speeches. 贴切的引语和珠玑般的诗句为他的演说词增添文采。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Some dictionary writers use citations to show what words mean. 有些辞典的编纂者用引文作例证以解释词义。 来自辞典例句
- Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues.太多的时间花在了讨论那些无关紧要的问题上。
- They thought the whole thing was a side-show, tangential to the real world of business.他们认为整件事情只是一个插曲，和真正的商界没有多大关系。
- He sits browsing over[through] a book. 他坐着翻阅书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Cattle is browsing in the field. 牛正在田里吃草。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
- She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。