时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:2007年VOA标准英语(七月)


英语课

By Peter Fedynsky
Moscow
26 July 2007


A Russian naval 1 expedition is sailing toward the North Pole to explore the bottom of the Arctic Ocean in an effort to stake Moscow's claim to territory that may contain significant undersea deposits of oil and natural gas.  VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky has this report from the Russian capital.






Russian Federation



The Academic Fyodorov resumed its voyage toward the North Pole on Thursday, after an engine failure left the research ship stranded 2 for one day in the Barents Sea.  The vessel 3 set sail Tuesday from the northern Russian port of Murmansk.  A nuclear-powered icebreaker is clearing the way for the Academic Fyodorov.


The ship's mission is to prove that large areas of the Arctic belong to Russia. Moscow contends that a large undersea geological formation in the area, known as the Lomonosov Ridge 4, is an extension of continental 5 Russia.  According to international law, nations may claim control of areas within 320 kilometers of their continental shelves. 


The Arctic until now has been considered international territory.  Nations with land bordering the Arctic Ocean, including the United States, reject Moscow's contention 6 that the area could belong to Russia.  Denmark, which controls Greenland, is cooperating with Canada in arguing that the Lomonosov Ridge is an extension of North America, not Russia.


Russian television journalists and two members of the Russian parliament are on board the Arctic-bound ship.  In remarks televised from the expedition, lawmaker Artur Chilingarov questioned competing claims.






There is growing optimism about the Arctic a href=


There is growing optimism about the Arctic maritime passage that runs across the top of Russia from the Bering Straits to the north Atlantic due to global warming (12 July 2007 file photo from Russia's Chukotka region)



The lawmaker says Russia should prove that the ridge is Russian, that there is a northern border to the Russian shelf.  He adds that the issue should be resolved not by words or diplomats 8, but rather by scientists working with deep-sea submersibles, which Russia has.


Russian scientists plan to explore the undersea terrain 9 in two mini-submarines. 


At stake is ownership of vast deposits of oil and natural gas.  The area in question is larger than the combined territories of several European nations. 


Global warming is melting vast portions of the Arctic Ocean, which would make it easier to drill for oil and gas there.



adj.海军的,军舰的,船的
  • He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
  • The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
a.搁浅的,进退两难的
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
  • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
  • You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭
  • We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
  • The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。
adj.大陆的,大陆性的,欧洲大陆的
  • A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
  • The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。
n.争论,争辩,论战;论点,主张
  • The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
  • The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道,争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。
adj.海的,海事的,航海的,近海的,沿海的
  • Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
  • The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 );有手腕的人,善于交际的人
  • These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
  • The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.地面,地形,地图
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • He knows the terrain of this locality like the back of his hand.他对这一带的地形了如指掌。
学英语单词
abatement claim
Adansonia digitata L.
after booster pump
agnominal
anoxia-photometer
autography
automated radar enroute services
Ayinyo
battery backup board
billy-oes
bosilka
bourcicault
carpentry shop
ceramic sensor
charcoal-burner
closed court
code compare
coherent accelerator
Colonia Morelos
combined machining
condensation compound
coprolalomania
depth of probe
Diagnostic Drawing Series
dingwad
dispersed latex
drop the veil
eidesis
entry condition(s)
establishment day
exciter armature
eyerolls
FACO
fancy plated stitch
FBG (fractional breeding gain)
fireproof structure
frequency deviation of sound carrier
gazella thomsonis
goofball
Gray Thursday
greasier
Hi-vision
highly detergent oil
histonuria
historical Marxism
horse latitude high
HTCIA
inglobing
Jubilate Sundays
lactoferricins
LAN parties
lanoconazole
likely as not
make good execution
metalloid oxidation
microbial breeding
mower rake
mud anchor
negotiation support system
newt gingrich
nixers
norheim
not give a dime a dozen
oared
oatman
one cycle process
pantaleones
Pekinologist
pipeline partitioning
plane of datum
protostrongyluss
pulmonary tuberculosis rate
punch drunk
put an end to
receiver decoder
research and design
right-eared
rights-of-way
run ticket
scancode
scotospore
separate curves
set against
sharon stone
stage balls
sul ponticello
telemetry modulation system
terdecamycin
to someone's surprise
trachelomonas hispida crenulatocollis
traumatic heart disease
tungsten pentachloride
unempathetic
unsunken
vaudeville
Wafangdian
wait state
washcoating
wet-on-wet painting
Xi Jiang
zero-g