笃学奖-Topic4-B18378-甘比精读

Day 11 

单词作业:


Interstellar:星际

Stromatolites:a rocky massconsisting of layers of calcareous material and sediment formed by the prolificgrowth of cyanobacteria: such structures date back to Precambrian times

Mound:山丘

Photosyn:光

Debut:the first public

appearance of a performer or sports player(演员、运动员)首次亮相;初次登台(或上场):

Organisms:生物;有机体;微生物;有机组织;有机体系

Intriguingly:有趣的是

Swathe:一长条

Basalt:玄武岩(火山岩、深色)

Lava:熔岩

Jasper:〔呈红、黄、棕色,不大值钱的〕玉石

outcrop:(岩石)露出地面的部份;露头

quartz:石英

ash:灰

veins:矿脉;矿脉床;矿层;岩脉:

nodule:植物的〕小结节;〔人体的〕小瘤

micron:微米,百万分之一米

rosette:玫瑰形的东西

Diameter:直径

Haematite:赤铁矿(深红或灰色的常见矿石,可提炼出铁)

Mineralised:矿化

Oxide:氧化物

Filaments:细丝;丝状物:

Anchor:使扎根;使基于:

Corkscrew:开瓶器

Hydrothermal:Relating to ordenoting the action of heated water in the earth’s crust.

Vents:(空气、气体、液体的)出口,进口,漏孔:

Crenellated:有雉堞的

mineral-laden:富含矿物质的

spurt:喷出;冒出:

seabed:海底

microbes:微生物

coiled:盘绕的

Plausible:有道理的

Gradient:梯度

Primitive:原始的

Scrutiny:仔细检查;认真彻底的审查

palaeo-biologists:古生物学家

convert:转换

crust:地壳

one-off:一次性的


Day 12:

逻辑导图



神句翻译

1.The team contends that these bear more than a passing resemblance to the networks of bacteria that live in hydrothermal vents--towering, crenellated structures that form in the deep ocean above the boundaries between tectonicplates, where superheated mineral-laden water spurts up from beneath the seabed.

该团队认为, 这些和生活在深海热泉的细菌群落极为相似----深海热泉指的是: 深海中构造板块交界边缘上方高耸锯齿型的部分,富含矿物质的水从海底喷涌而出。

Bear more than a passing resemblance to:

passing指的是过关,及格线,more than a passing resemblance指远超及格线,非常相似。

这句句子结构相当复杂,从句套从句,还是提醒大家牢记就近原则,但是最后一个where打头的从句,前面一个逗号与破折号之间的部分是修饰hydrothermal vents的插入语,所以where修饰的也是hydrothermal vents。大家可以再仔细体会一下。

2.Such a find is doubly intriguing because hydrothermal vents are seen as a plausible candidate for the cradle of life.

这个发现更有趣的地方在于,人们认为深海热泉很有可能是生命的摇篮。

Plausible:有两种意思,一个偏褒义,另一个偏贬义,此处指appearing

worthy of belief:

eg. the argument was both powerful and plausible 褒义

建议大家好好研究下plausible的用法,高频词。

3.Although the sorts of bacteria apparentlyfound by Dr. Papineau and his colleagues are too complicated to reveal much about the very earliest organisms, the suggestion that hydrothermal vents have played host to life for so long is a strike in the theory’s favor.

尽管P教授和同事们发现的这类细菌太过复杂,无法更深入的揭示早期生命体的情况,但依然表明深海热泉养育生命的历史甚为悠久,这是支撑该理论的有力依据。

Too....to...太......以致不能......

You are too young to drive. 你太年轻,还不能开车。

strike=discover


碎碎念:最近的作业越来越难了,,全程一脸懵逼。完了,居然开始自卑了。有点方。

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