15岁加拿大男孩或发现消失的玛雅城市
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(五)月
AS IT IS 2016-05-13 Boy's 'Mayan' Discovery Not Likely a Lost City 15岁加拿大男孩或发现消失的玛雅城市
This is What’s Trending Today…
This week, news spread that a 15-year-old boy from Quebec, Canada, may have discovered a long lost Mayan city.
The boy, William Gadoury, said he used satellite imagery and to test his theory that major Mayan cities lined up with the stars in the sky.
A few years ago, Gadoury won a competition that let him present his theory at a conference. Next to him at the conference was the Canadian Space Agency 1 representatives. The agency decided 2 to help Gadoury with his research by pointing one of its satellites at an area in Mexico. The area was where Gadoury predicted he would find evidence of a lost Mayan city.
As Wired.com reported, the satellite images did seem to show possible “manmade structures.”
News that a Canadian teenager possibly discovered a “lost Mayan city” went viral on Tuesday. It was even a trending subject on Facebook.
But, within hours, experts were saying that people were getting too excited too quickly about the possibly discovery. Wired.com and other media spoke 3 with experts in many areas, including archaeology 4 and satellite imagery research.
Experts say the ruins that appear in the satellite images are probably an old corn field. They also say a connection between the stars and the location of Mayan cities is unlikely 5.
But, the experts also praised the 15-year-old for his dedication 6 to his research.
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location – n. a place or position?
dedication – n. a feeling of very strong support for or loyalty 7 to someone or something?
- This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
- He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- She teaches archaeology at the university.她在大学里教考古学。
- He displayed interest in archaeology.他对考古学有兴趣。
- It was very unlikely that he would do that.他不见得会做那种事。
- It is unlikely that she will come. 她不大可能来了。
- We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
- Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。