FEBRUARY 3RD–9TH 2018-4

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2018年2月7日10:42:53

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Science and technology

A severn harrage:The wheel turns

泛读单词

1 barrage [水利]拦河坝
2 estuary 河口，江口
3 breast-shot water wheel （从中部进水的）水车

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4 picturesque 独特的，生动的
5 watermill 水磨
6 riverbed 河床
7 pump 抽水
8 mince 切碎
9 funnel 漏斗
10 taper 逐渐减少；逐渐变弱
11 obsolete 淘汰的
12 恐怕
Comparing the amount of steel in his water wheels with the amount used in offshore wind turbines (for which it is a significant cost) has convinced Mr Rainey that his scheme could be competitive.

精读结构

1 与在水车相比，使用在海边风车中的钢材数量使得
2 Rainey先生相信自己的计划将会很有竞争力
3 对于水车而言 钢材是一部分巨大的花费

There is a pleasing symmetry to the idea of fighting the planet-heating side-effects of fossil fuels with the help of an energy source they had supposedly made obsolete.

精读结构

1 这种想法是一种对称的美
2 在一种人类已经恐怕已经放弃了的能源的帮助下
3 与化石燃料延烧带来的全球变暖做斗争

The genetics of divorce:Family values

泛读单词

1 daunting 令人气馁的，令人让步的
2 sibling 兄弟姐妹