时间:2019-01-31 作者:英语课 分类:VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)


英语课
By Paul Sisco
Washington
17 December 2007
 


2007 was a year notable for further evidence about global warming, terrestrial and extraterrestrial discovery and scientific breakthroughs. VOA's Paul Sisco takes a look back at some of the top science stories of the year.


Global warming tops our list of science stories in 2007. Scientists say there is new evidence that the polar ice caps are melting at a faster pace. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says it is 90 percent certain that human activity is linked to rising temperatures.


Panel Chairman Rajendra Pachauri explains, "...what you have is solid scientific evidence."


Pachauri's U.N. panel shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. Vice 1 President Al Gore 2, who said, "I'm going to speak an inconvenient 3 truth, My own country is principally responsible for obstructing 4 progress here in Bali. We all know that."


Gore's Academy Awarding winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, documents the effects of climate change.


In other news, scientists uncovered a previously 5 unknown, human settlement around Stonehenge, announced a new theory on the building of the Pyramids, and put King Tut on public display for the first time in 3,000 years.


Scientists also had a remarkable 6 discovery in Kenya - a 10 million year old jaw 7 bone that may link mankind to the great apes.


 


And in the fossil of a T-Rex, American researchers decoded 8 soft tissue proteins linking the monstrous 9 reptile 10 to birds.


Japan and China jumped into the space race in 2007, both launching their first lunar probes. NASA shared 3-D (three dimensional) images of the sun, and with three shuttle missions, stepped up construction of the International Space Station. Mechanical problems halted a fourth shuttle launch in December, but station construction resumes in 2008.


 




n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
n.凝血,血污;v.(动物)用角撞伤,用牙刺破;缝以补裆;顶
  • The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
  • Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。
adj.不方便的,令人感到麻烦的
  • You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
  • Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗?
阻塞( obstruct的现在分词 ); 堵塞; 阻碍; 阻止
  • You can't park here, you're obstructing my driveway. 你不能在这里停车,你挡住了我家的车道。
  • He was charged for obstructing the highway. 他因阻碍交通而受控告。
adv.以前,先前(地)
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的
  • She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
  • These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训
  • He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
  • A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。
v.译(码),解(码)( decode的过去式和过去分词 );分析及译解电子信号
  • The control unit decoded the 18 bits. 控制器对这18位字进行了译码。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Scientists have decoded the dog genome. 科学家已经译解了狗的基因组。 来自辞典例句
adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的
  • The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.浓烟开始盘旋上升,形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
  • Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在课堂上的行为真是丢人!
n.爬行动物;两栖动物
  • The frog is not a true reptile.青蛙并非真正的爬行动物。
  • So you should not be surprised to see someone keep a reptile as a pet.所以,你不必惊奇有人养了一只爬行动物作为宠物。
学英语单词
2H
amplitide-modulated transmitter
at a low
axiom of infinity
Bahindi
Bloch's scale
Blow Lunch
bovy
broochophony
burst forth like a fire
carychium noduliferum
charadrius dubius curonicus
chlorolymphoma
chlorophenylalanine
commercial forest land
computer program validation
cotransfections
Cynoglossum furcatum
dual projector
duloctil
electrically controlled attenuator
endomycosis
environmental impact analysis
ethical sociology
expense belonging to the preceding fiscal year
exteriorscapes
f-d-a
Fernlee
fibered manifold
first inner apical nervure
Fistful of Dollars
folded doublet
Gavīleh
genus passers
geometric mean diameter
Grabo
grey-coated
ground-state splitting
hatching method
hobelar
horizontal shading signal
induction charging
industry standards
ipsiversive
isocephalism
It is not the case.
lassaba hsuhonglini
left-handed cigarettes
linearity sector
liquid explosive drill
logatomes
long exposure
long-period average flow
louekoskis
low interest
low water flow
magnetic test coil
magneto-elastic load cell
marine dataset
mesh of grid
metallogenetic
minimoon
naked molten metal
Namburis
natural antitoxic immunity
neo-positivist epistemology
nonstarving
optimum cutting speed
organotropism
outofround
oversea chinese commercial bank
penalty free throws
polypary
Porez
quadratic response
radiocartograph
rapid translocation
rhytido-
road foreman of engines
secondhand rail
siliqua fasciata
skin actinomycosis
southbank
spell ... out
Stapledon
stearne
stoiques
suma
superhard tool material
Tarannon shales
tax colloector
teloi
Tha Li
tourism group
transducted
transformer bracket
Tricarico
tuyere arch
Undivided Account
Vaygach, Ostrov
wastebasket
watchful