VOA慢速英语2015 泰国曼谷天降火球并爆炸
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2015年VOA慢速英语(九)月
AS IT IS 2015-09-09 Meteor Explodes in Skies Over Thailand 泰国曼谷天降火球并爆炸
A meteor exploded over the sky in Thailand in a bright streak 1 of gold.
Meteors are also known as "falling stars." This meteor crashed through the Earth's atmosphere in the daytime. It was recorded on many video cameras that drivers keep on the dashboards of their cars.
"It is a normal occurrence, but the meteor this morning was especially big and very bright," explained Voravit Tanvuttibundit, an adviser 2 to the National Astronomical 3 Research Institute of Thailand, to AFP on Monday.
He said he witnessed the meteor around 8:40 a.m. local time, or 0140 UTC.
A meteor weighing 10,000 tons exploded above the Ural Mountains in October 2013. It was recorded on many dashcams in Russia. It left meteor debris 4 -- rocks from space -- over a wide area. More than 1,000 people were injured.
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streak -- n. a long thin line, in this case, across the sky
dashboards -- n. the panel or shelf inside the windshielf of a car or plane
astronomical -- adj. related to the stars and planets
Ural Mountains -- n. mountain range that runs through Russia
dashcams -- n. video cameras that are fixed 5 to the dashboard of a car
debris -- n. fragments or pieces that are scattered
- The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
- Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- He was an expert on ancient Chinese astronomical literature.他是研究中国古代天文学文献的专家。
- Houses in the village are selling for astronomical prices.乡村的房价正在飙升。
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。