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
Aconitum ludlowii
alignment bearing
alphl
amaurotic familial idiocy
amblyopia crapulosa
analog performance
attentation
automated decision system
automatic traffic distributor
backward jump
badmus
Belt-conveyer
Berrigan brother,the
bill of adventure
bismuth iodide
bonards
buccal nerve cord
building slip
castmembers
centrifugal casting machine
chestplate
CIOF
class-subclass
compound fold
cultivated carrots
Dalébougou
Desdemona
design basis natural events
designed elevation mark
differential series winding
directly controlled sys-tem
dump moorings
effectism
employed labo(u)r force
firesafe
fleet safety
flickered
fuckall
gear shaving cutter
get with
glue-sniffing
hair grafting
Haliion's tests
Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William
hemiphaedusa lini
horseracing
in the fresh air
invitro-fertilisations
jet blacks
joint meter
lamarres
laminated pole piece
Largentière
Lepospondyli
lesser vestibular gland
linseed substitute
lithoaphis lithocarpi
lobate feet
main shaft angle
minionly
Moweaqua
multiple access sequential selection
mysteriousness
Neo-Cantil
net commission payable
no-good
nolles
notosinister subaura
order myrtaless
other optical measurement equipment
patronymical
perishable tool inventories and consumption
phillip
piteous
plug in pump
POL storage mechanization
priority encoder
pyrocatechinic
quantitative diagnosis
radial contact bearing
random telegraph signal
saccharetin
Sangdong
santalols
search radius
stable isotope tracer
struthionids
sulphur hexafluorides
sun-spot index number
symbol manipulationlanguage
thorium alloy
tropiano
trouve
Tārjīl
Uo-shima
valeological
vincotto
weld metal buildup surface
wet hookup
wood spirits
wooden fuselage
zeuxis scalaris