时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:探索与发现2014年


英语课

 The global average could be up 7 degrees F by the end of the century, wreaking 1 havoc 2 with weather patterns and habitats. We can't prevent climate change by preserving the air's delicate blend of gases, the unique mix that sets earth apart. And our planet is also marked by how this blend sets above the surface in a distinct layer structure. As we rise above the clouds and winds of lower altitudes, we enter a completely new zone---a world of extreme temperatures and ever thinning air, air that will kill us in seconds, but which shields us from deadly radiation. We live in a tiny sliver 3 of earth atmosphere called the troposphere. Winds and clouds, rain and snow dominate this turbulent zone. But above it lie miles of freezing dry air. The conditions there will kill a human in seconds, but we desperately 4 need the high atmosphere's weight and protection. Engineer John Powell's balloon team has spent 27 years exploring its layers, pushing further and further into this remote, dangerous world. 


Sometimes if you run into a phenomenon that we have no idea what that was. we just have this moment of data, you know, that we need to go back and explore. But it really is like a completely alien form of world out there.
The team has made over 90 launches. Each one edges them closer to their ultimate goal of reaching space. 

1 wreaking
诉诸(武力),施行(暴力),发(脾气)( wreak的现在分词 )
  • Coal mining is a messy business, often wreaking terrible environmental damage nearby. 采矿是肮脏的行业,往往会严重破坏周边环境。
  • The floods are wreaking havoc in low-lying areas. 洪水正在地势低洼地区肆虐。
2 havoc
n.大破坏,浩劫,大混乱,大杂乱
  • The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
  • This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。
3 sliver
n.裂片,细片,梳毛;v.纵切,切成长片,剖开
  • There was only one sliver of light in the darkness.黑暗中只有一点零星的光亮。
  • Then,one night,Monica saw a thin sliver of the moon reappear.之后的一天晚上,莫尼卡看到了一个月牙。
4 desperately
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地
  • He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
  • He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。
学英语单词
absorber tube
accordion graft
amnioserosa
amroths
analysis of business profit
and arrival
anguishes
antiparkinsonism
Anyuyskoye Nagor'ye
auropex
Badajós
balushi
be hot on sb's trail
beglamoured
bell signal
bermudan rigs
bilinigrin
birss
buccal fat pad
cat-harpin
champs-elysees
chemical shutdown
claims bureau
clarionist
coccidiosis
containment system
cut out to be
disk lead-in spiral
disturbance stream function
dorm-like
driven member
dual-diversity receiver
dysphgia
earlier technology
electroselenium
ephermeris
estuary
evil thoughts
first data point
funaki
funkin
head cheeses
herbert gold
Hintikka set
hypotriglyceridemia
income from gifts and grants
indicator valve
Isil'kul'
ith
jarvik hearts
jinggangshanensis
jotuns
ketchupless
laser drill
leggate
limited service gentex office
linear electron accelerator
lycopodium serratum thunb.
magnetic age dating
marena
medinilla taiwaniana
minimum time path
model production tree
modified silicone-resin-base paint
nihil est
nothing to crow about
off-lining
parallax stereogram
pasteque
peachcare
phasograph
pipejacked
Plaju
plasmodesmata
PPM (pulses per minute)
process-control display
prosternal membrane
Ranunculus sceleratus
Sam Sen
Scharnegoutum
second process machine
Shinrone
single-break circuit breaker
sistina
sound burst
splint armour
split-casing pump
spreading centre
spurwheel
stalactited
statistic inductive methods
stonewalls
tadem
Ten Broeck's guinea-pig disease virus
ten-ven
trespass against sb
ullage reference
voice frequency binary-code sendind equipment
weighted relative value
went missing
what can you see
working capital provided by operation