The Lost Continent 遗失的大陆-22
Based in Tobay, England, Jim Allen is a former aerial photography analyst 1 for the British Royal Air Force. And it is by analyzing 2 aerial photography that Jim Allen believes he has discovered one of the lost continent’s most distinctive 3 landmarks-the vast irrigated 4 flood plain of Atlantis.
Many people talk about Atlantis, a lost continent city, whatever you want to call it. But nobody bothers to talk about the rectangular plain and the large part of Plato’s story is, is a very geographic 5 description of this actual area.
Jim Allen believes the continent of Atlantis was actually South America. High upon the rugged 6 flood plain in Bolivia called the Alti Plano, Jim thinks he has found the plain which Plato described.
There was a plain said to have been the fairest of all plains and very fertile. It was smooth and even, and of oblong shape, and canals of a hundred feet were cut through it.
Could the Alti Plano of Bolivia really have been the plain of Atlantis? Despite several expeditions, Jim has found concrete proof elusive 7. And academic experts refuse to even examine his ideas.
Though some time ago I wrote to the leading archeologist in Cambridge who is head of a Cambridge College. And he returned all my material unexamined and he wrote 'Atlantis is a subject in which I have never been interested.' And I think that reflects the archeological opinion around the world.
Undeterred, Jim hopes that advances in technology will eventually force skeptical 8 experts to sit up and take notice of what he believes is a watertight theory.
Modern technology, satellite mapping which is only available in last 20 or 30 years shows we can prove quite positively 9 this is the irrigated rectangular plain that Plato talked about.
Jim Allen is not alone in hoping that modern technology will reveal the location of the lost continent.
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oblong shape: n. 长方形
elusive: adj. 逃避的不易被抓获、觉察、理解或记忆的
undeterred: adj. 未被吓住的
watertight: adj. 无懈可击的
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
- He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句
- She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
- This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。
- They irrigated their crops with water from this river. 他们用这条小河里的水浇庄稼。
- A crop can be sown, weeded, irrigated, and fertilized uniformly. 一种作物可以均匀一致地进行播种，除草，灌溉和施肥。
- The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
- The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。
- Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
- Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。
- Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
- Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。
- She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
- The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。