时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:自然百科2008年


英语课

 An underwater museum is open for visitors off the coast of Israel in the ancient town of Caesarea. The Port of Caesarea was commissioned by Herod the Great, King of Judaea, and the harbor quickly became the main political and economic artery 1 of the Roman Empire. Recent archaeological work that started in the 1950s brought the partially 2 sunken port back to life, along with Caesarea’s above-ground wonders.


 
Today the land level and underwater archaeological treasures are open to visitors. Over the years, archaeologists have drawn 3 four main diving paths, showcasing the best archaeological material discovered, from ancient anchors to shipwrecks 4 and stones showing the wonders of Roman engineering and the techniques used to create the old harbor wall.
 
 “We cover practically all of the points that you can see on this map. All along the harbor walls, uh…each point is the point of interest. For example, some of the points relate to the engineering aspect of the wall. You can see the different ways the engineers, the different techniques the engineers used to create this huge harbor wall. Some of them relate to cargo 5 that ancient ships brought, and for some reason they sank.”
 
The desire to capture the secrets and principles of Roman harbor installations and compare them to those of the Greeks and Phoenicians inspired Professor Avner Raban and his team to start underwater excavations 6 in Caesarea in 1975.
 
“After he died, I think it was my duty as a resident of this area and as a colleague, of Professor Raban to make his lifework known to the public whatever, I think this is….it’s the only underwater archaeological park in the world. In Professor Raban's time, we marked about between 20 and 30 points of interest and we've got professional divers 7 to mark them with poles, with metal poles. We attached numbers to the poles and there was also a rope leading from one pole to the next. So if the visibility is not perfect, the divers can direct themselves with the rope from one point of interest to the next.”
 
Theories abound 8 as to why Herod Caesarea port sank. Some theories suggest an earthquake may have been the cause, while others suggest it was simply due to the passage of time. Arenson indicates she thinks the port collapsed 9 under its own heavy weight as the planners built such huge structures on frail 10 sandy ground.

n.干线,要道;动脉
  • We couldn't feel the changes in the blood pressure within the artery.我们无法感觉到动脉血管内血压的变化。
  • The aorta is the largest artery in the body.主动脉是人体中的最大动脉。
adv.部分地,从某些方面讲
  • The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
  • The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静,宵禁部分解除。
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
海难,船只失事( shipwreck的名词复数 ); 沉船
  • Shipwrecks are apropos of nothing. 船只失事总是来得出人意料。
  • There are many shipwrecks in these waters. 在这些海域多海难事件。
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
n.挖掘( excavation的名词复数 );开凿;开凿的洞穴(或山路等);(发掘出来的)古迹
  • The excavations are open to the public. 发掘现场对公众开放。
  • This year's excavations may reveal ancient artifacts. 今年的挖掘可能会发现史前古器物。 来自辞典例句
adj.不同的;种种的
  • He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人,要他们和他作伴。
  • Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作,同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。
vi.大量存在;(in,with)充满,富于
  • Oranges abound here all the year round.这里一年到头都有很多橙子。
  • But problems abound in the management of State-owned companies.但是在国有企业的管理中仍然存在不少问题。
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
adj.身体虚弱的;易损坏的
  • Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.华纳太太已经九十六岁了,身体虚弱,不便独居。
  • She lay in bed looking particularly frail.她躺在床上,看上去特别虚弱。
学英语单词
acoustic imaging by Bragg diffraction
afterimpression
anchorage area
anticompensation
antisymmetrisation
antixerophthalmic
assistances in transitions
baseline crossing
be in agreement on sth.
benzvalenes
border crossing card
bull-nose tool
butchers knife
butyl sulfate
camel's
career self- efficacy
Castrocaro
CELR
conray131
continuous multistage press
crystallinity density
declaratory theory
detail report
difficult labor
Dome of the Rock
drawing-boards
eagerer
effuse branch
electrical impedance meter
extension field of finite degree
fiber optics communications for aerospace system (focas)
fiberization
fixed time control
forensic accounting
gerands
group mad ratio
Gyrus rectus
have jurisdiction over sb
headroom of flight
Hnggins-Miller-Jensen test
holder of certificate
housing window
interconnecting electronic mail system
intergovernmental partnership
iodinized
isocyanic acid ethyl ester
janthina
land mobile station
landform
lands of opportunity
leaf-roll
left hip
Machilus longipes
Mae Suai
market-goer
material limit
military ocean technology
misalleges
multicolor/graphics array
multipass automaton
multiplication division unit
natural gas purifying treatment
non-interlaced display
oncobiology
optical antenna
perronet
PFFD
phintella versicolor
Phl.
photoresponsive polymer
plush plating
pratkanis
psychosynthesis
pteropodids
puccinia invenusta
putin
radial flow reaction turbine
ray-ban
Real Programmer
Red Lake River
refractory castable
ribbed neck
rice-farming
rotary head
Sahel Prov.
sanding equipment
sanky-panky
sex-reversal
sexualiser
situation-specific
sowing-machine
spider-fear
sulphadiazines
Tenserpina
thawed state
thoracic sound
tone signalling
trappin'
tricholabion
Tulostomatales
vector descriptor
vibrating screen with push-rod drive