SSS 2012-02-13
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(二)月
英语课
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Sophine Bushwick. Got a minute?
Crickets make a big contribution to the sounds of a summer night. And they’ve been doing so for some 165 million years. Now paleontologists have reconstructed the song of a long-extinct bushcricket—based on its remains 1.
The researchers got hold of a bushcricket fossil from the Jurassic period with well preserved wings. Even the stridulating organs, which insects rub together to make noise, were visible, which allowed researchers to compare the extinct cricket to 59 living species.The scientists concluded that the crickets produced single frequencies in short bursts. And based on physiology 2 and the comparisons,they estimated the pitch and length of each note that the ancient species sang. Here’s the call
[Cricket sound]
The study is in the Proceedings 3 of the National Academy of Sciences.This work shows that the anatomy 4 to make music had already evolved over a hundred million years ago. Like modern bushcricket species, the ancient male crickets probably sang to advertise their presence and reproductive quality to potential mates. As a bonus, they’ve helped us know a bit about the sound of their long-lost world.
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.生理学，生理机能
- He bought a book about physiology.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize for achievements in physiology.他因生理学方面的建树而被授予诺贝尔奖。
n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼