SSS 2012-07-20
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(七)月
You might picture Neanderthal cavemen gnaw 1 on bones around campfire. Which wouldn’t be inaccurate 2. But Neanderthal mayhave also dieted on roasted vegetables and known a bit about medicinal plants,too. So says a study in a journal N, the science of nature. Researchers analyzed 3 hard in dental plaque 4 from five Neanderthal found in O cave, in northern Spain.Yes, fifty thousand year old dental plaque. And they found a lot lurking 5 between the teeth. Like evidence of nuts, grasses and green veggies, chemical traces of wood smoke and tiny intact stachy granules, proved Neanderthals ate their c… . In one individual, they detected a compound from medicinal chamomile in Y. Y is known in nutritional 6 value. And since Neanderthals did have the genes 7 to detect Y’s bitter taste. Researchers speculate that the cave dwellers 8 ate so much m.. not as food but to self medicate. Not too farfetched they say, because primate 9 like chimps 10 also use medicinal plants. Luckily for scientists doing this detective works, Neanderthals may have known athing or two about medicine, but they didn't get regular check-ups at the dentist.
- Dogs like to gnaw on a bone.狗爱啃骨头。
- A rat can gnaw a hole through wood.老鼠能啃穿木头。
- The book is both inaccurate and exaggerated.这本书不但不准确，而且夸大其词。
- She never knows the right time because her watch is inaccurate.她从来不知道准确的时间因为她的表不准。
- The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There is a commemorative plaque to the artist in the village hall.村公所里有一块纪念该艺术家的牌匾。
- Some Latin words were engraved on the plaque. 牌匾上刻着些拉丁文。
- Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？
- There is a suspicious man lurking in the shadows. 有一可疑的人躲在阴暗中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
- The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。
- You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪
- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes. 城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They have transformed themselves into permanent city dwellers. 他们已成为永久的城市居民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 14 percent of primate species are highly endangered.14%的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。
- The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。
- Chimps are too scarce, and too nearly human, to be routinely slaughtered for spare parts. 黑猩猩又太少，也太接近于人类，不可以作为人器官备用件说杀就杀。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命
- And as nonprimates, they provoke fewer ethical and safety-related concerns than chimps or baboons. 而且作为非灵长类，就不会产生像用黑猩猩或狒狒那样的伦理和安全方面的顾虑。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命