时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:2015年Scientific American(五)月


英语课

 Mummies, there are the staff of art movies and happy archaeologists. Now the American association of anonymous 1 sceptered their attention to mummies * entire latest issue of their journal, then * record to the subject. Papers in addition, comber topic, such as the bug 2 bodies of northern Europe, the intestinal 3 contents of Korean mummy, a key study for the Egyptian mummy with pro-study toll 4 and * research with ancient human remains 5. Most mummy researchers * actual discover remains, but some investigations 6 try to reconstruct mummification techniques to figure out just how ancient people did it. For example, in 1994 researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore attempted to recreate Egyptian mummification using a donated *. In a paper in the new mummy issue, scientists conducted a variety of scans on * to see if they could figure out the process without asking the researchers who did the 1999 for work. They determined 7 that the body was mild, like the elderly and probably modern professional in the * or lead social class. The others also described the insurgence 8 and the embalming 9 materials that they could ask team to scans, they then took the results to their regional embalmers who did their findings to be largely correct. This kinds of comparisons provided methods to test the accuracy of out evaluation 10 of mummies. Because many of the secrets of the ancient Egyptian embalmers are as has been said lost in a sands of time.



1 anonymous
adj.无名的;匿名的;无特色的
  • Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
  • The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。
2 bug
n.虫子;故障;窃听器;vt.纠缠;装窃听器
  • There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
  • The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。
3 intestinal
adj.肠的;肠壁;肠道细菌
  • A few other conditions are in high intestinal obstruction. 其它少数情况是高位肠梗阻。 来自辞典例句
  • This complication has occasionally occurred following the use of intestinal antiseptics. 这种并发症偶而发生在使用肠道抗菌剂上。 来自辞典例句
4 toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
5 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
6 investigations
(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查,但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
7 determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
8 insurgence
n.起义;造反;暴动;叛乱
  • US troops moved into the Afghan mountains in an offensive to stop Taliban insurgence. 美军日前进军阿富汗山区阻止塔利班组织的一次暴动。 来自互联网
9 embalming
v.保存(尸体)不腐( embalm的现在分词 );使不被遗忘;使充满香气
  • The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming. 尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They were experts at preserving the bodies of the dead by embalming them with special lotions. 他们具有采用特种药物洗剂防止尸体腐烂的专门知识。 来自辞典例句
10 evaluation
n.估价,评价;赋值
  • I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
  • The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。
学英语单词
6NF
alae pontis
alkatriene
American Colonization Society
amphibologically
ancap
angstrm unit
antenatus
automatic journal entries
bowwowed
cabrini-green
capacitance spectroscopy
chiri-san (jirisan)
churn room
decristo
demarcation between science and pseudo-science
Demir Kapija
devicedependent
dikinetic
domiciliating
drilling diameter
echoaortograph
Elapurus
empirical floral diagram
ethyl sym-collidine dicarboxylate
exogenous deformation
filatov
frequency domain analyzer
gave expression to
glucks
growability
half track tractor
hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
hillock plain
indices of prices
inferior quality high price
intenuate
karyozoic
Katonga
Keller L.
lapilli tuff
let something into
Licarpin
light blue drawing
low temperature cabinet
macabrer
macrophreate
made something of
main haulage roadway
manual element
Methylvola
MHW
microprocessor PASCAL
mid-parent index
mtshali
Norw.
obsecrations
overflow operation
palatalisation
perfect expectation damage
plumbator
point
poly-harmony
polyvinyl plunger
predoctoral
preferred libility
promiscuities
proptotic
pushmobile
radial flow rotor
radiopharmaceutics
redel
reference noise source
rejected grain
repetitive computation
resistance to acid
RJEP
rush transport
Saltrou
semi spherical
sir john cockcrofts
six sound timing
spin brakes
spooling operating system
stormings
suction static pressure
sustained ceilling current
teacheress
the low-down
torpedo body
traherne
translationally
unenforceable contract
vascular headache
Vest-Agder Fylke
voltage controlled variable delay line
weak ground
weight dropper
Weixelbaum
whoremongering
winden
xeropoium