[科学美国人60秒] SSS 2015-10-27
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：2015年Scientific American(十)月
英语课
This is scientific american sixty seconds science.I'm Julie Rosen, got minute.
Each fall, thousands cohort samen flock to northwest river to spone. but many never get the chance especially near bit city like Seatle.and some of these urban areas'90 percent of female were dieing before this bound, which is not a good thing for a population.Julen Spronberg, a talkscologist affiliated 1 with northwest fishery science center.researcher suspect this death were partly a matter of bad timing 2.The fish often reach stream during the first showers of the raining season, which flush chemicals from the roads and parking lots into the water.Now Spronberg and his colleagues have procuced the first direct evidence that is run off kills cohort samen. Their study is in a journal of plant ecology.The researchers found that fish expose to storm water from Seatle area highways quckly grew second died. Surprising ledou the samen didn't seem to mind taking a step cocktailer of common road polluance including hydrocarbons 3 and metals, that detail suggest the chlorine grading in them of may be a different chemical or little combination of several componts."there is whole what stofen here we have any automeasure or don't have capability 4 measuring at this point." Spronberg says there is way to help fish even before the scientist count on the cooperate.Her team also found fortune run-off just fuel fit of soil made storm water safe for samen. City can implement 5 this simple form of clean water technology by building more systems including roadside ringers to collect run off from paved areas, and passage to soil before enters urban waterway. literally,a quick undirty solution.
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1 affiliated
adj. 附属的, 有关连的
- The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
- All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。
2 timing
n.时间安排，时间选择
- The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
- The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。
3 hydrocarbons
n.碳氢化合物，烃( hydrocarbon的名词复数 )
- Hydrocarbons (HC), like carbon monoxide, represent unburned and wasted fuel. 碳氢化合物(HC)像一氧化碳一样，为未燃尽的和被浪费掉的燃料。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- With this restricted frequency range it is not applicable to hydrocarbons. 这个较紧缩的频率范围不适用于烃类。 来自辞典例句
4 capability
n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等
- She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
- Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。