SSS 2009-03-10
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(三)月
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson. This will just take a minute.
So check this out: "Hi my name is Adi Rajagopalan, I'm going on 18 in a few days, and my project was Modelling Synergistic Cellulolytic-Hemicellulolytic Enzyme 1 Complexes for Lignocellulosic Hydrolysis."
And this: "Hi my name is Christine Shrock, I'm 18 and my project is Effects of Lid Dynamics 2 on the Binding 3 of MDM2 to the Tumor 4 Suppressor Protein p53 with Implications for Cancer Therapeutics."
Now does that sound like any science fair project you created? Yeah me neither. But these two bright young students are finalists in the pinnacle 5 of all science fairs, the Intel Science Talent Search, sometimes referred to as the “baby nobels,” where 40 of America’s brightest scientific talents were chosen from more than 1,600 high school applicants 6.
Intel and the Society for Science and the Public, rewarded finalists with a trip to D.C., where they presented their projects at the National Academy of Sciences, and yesterday, discussed the importance of math and science in a meeting with President Obama.
Since its launch as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, in 1942, finalist alumni have won seven Nobel Prizes, two Fields Medals, three National Medals of Science and ten MacArthur Foundation Fellowships.
So let’s translate those two projects mentioned earlier.
Here’s Adi’s again, "Modelling Synergistic Cellulolytic-Hemicellulolytic Enzyme Complexes for Lignocellulosic Hydrolysis," Which means,"I basically built mathematical models which helped us reduce the cost of a type of alternative energy called cellulosic ethanol."
And here’s Christine’s: "Effects of Lid Dynamics on the Binding of MDM2 to the Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 with Implications for Cancer Therapeutics," and this translates to, "just changing the shape of a little part of a molecule 7 to help cure cancer."
Simple right? Uh yeah.
Tonight at a black tie gala award ceremony at the Mellon Auditorium 8 the best of the best will be awarded nearly a half a million dollars in scholarships and prizes, including the grand prize of $100,000. Stay tuned 9, results will be posted on SciAm.com.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson.
- Above a certain temperature,the enzyme molecule will become unfolded.超过一定温度，酶分子将会展开。
- An enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots.能溶解血凝块中的纤维的酶。
- In order to succeed,you must master complicated knowledge of dynamics.要取得胜利，你必须掌握很复杂的动力学知识。
- Dynamics is a discipline that cannot be mastered without extensive practice.动力学是一门不做大量习题就不能掌握的学科。
- The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
- Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。
- He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
- The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。
- Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.现在他正值事业中的顶峰时期。
- It represents the pinnacle of intellectual capability.它代表了智能的顶峰。
- There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
- He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。
- A molecule of water is made up of two atoms of hygrogen and one atom of oxygen.一个水分子是由P妈̬f婘̬ 妈̬成的。
- This gives us the structural formula of the molecule.这种方式给出了分子的结构式。
- The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
- The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。