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#生命#
Why do we have to "follow the water" to find life on other planets?【譯】為什麼我們要「跟著水走」才能在其他星球上找到生命?【單詞】follow ['fol-oh]['fl] v. 跟隨;追趕;緊接著;注意;遵循;沿著【單詞】planets 原型:planet ['plan-it]['plnt] n. 行星
Couldn't life exist without water on another planet?【譯】在其他星球上沒有水,生命就不能存在嗎?【單詞】exist [ig-'zist][ɡ'zst] v. 存在;生存;活著
Because we know that life can exist with water.【譯】因為我們確切知道有水就可以有生命。
If non-water based life even can exist, we don't know how and therefore don't know how to look for it.【譯】如果有非基於水的生命甚至可以存在,我們不知道是怎樣(存在的),因此也不知道如何尋找它。【單詞】based 原型:base [beys][bes] vt. 以 ... 作基礎,基於
So we look for the one sign of life that we do know about, even though there may be others.【譯】所以我們暫時只能尋找一個我們知道的生命跡象,儘管可能還有其他的。【詞法】even though是「儘管」的意思,為連詞,引導讓步狀語從句用於引導讓步狀語從句。如:He went out even though it was raining. 儘管在下雨,他還是出去了。【單詞】sign [sahyn][san] n. 符號;跡象
It could, sure.【譯】當然可以。
However, we need to have some kind of criteria when searching for life.【譯】然而,我們在尋找生命的時候需要有某種標準。【單詞】criteria 原型:criterion [krahy-'teer-ee-uhn][kra'trin] n. 標準;準則【單詞】searching 原型:search [surch][st] v. 搜尋;探求;調查
We don't KNOW that life without water is possible so what would we even look for?【譯】我們並不能確定沒有水的生命是可能的,那麼我們到底在尋找什麼呢?
Instead we start by looking for the prerequisites for the only type of life that we actually know.【譯】相反,我們從尋找我們真正了解的唯一類型生命的先決條件開始。【單詞】prerequisites 原型:prerequisite [pri-'rek-wuh-zit, pree-][pri'rekwzt] n. 先決條件;前提 adj. 作為前提的;必備的
Life could, in theory, exist without water.【譯】理論上,生命可以沒有水而存在。
We just have no real evidence to support that statement yet.【譯】我們只是還沒有真正的證據來支持這一說法。
Every living thing on Earth requires at least some water (even if it is very little) to survive.【譯】地球上的每一個生物都至少需要一些水(即使水很少)才能生存。【短語】at least 至少;例句:At least, I asked him not to. 至少,我告訴過他不要這樣做。【單詞】requires 原型:require [ri-'kwahyuhr][r'kwa] v. 要求;需要;命令;規定
【單詞】survive [ser-'vahyv][s'vav] vi. 活著;繼續存在【專有名詞】Earth [urth][θ] n. 地球;世間
One of the biggest reasons water is important for life is the fact that it floats when it freezes.【譯】水對生命重要的一個最大原因是當它結冰時它會漂浮。【單詞】floats 原型:float [floht][flt] v. 漂浮;浮現;飄動【單詞】freezes 原型:freeze [freez][friz] v. 凍結;冷凍;凝固
This creates an insulating layer on the top of a lake and provides a constant and safe environment for small organisms to slowly develop the defenses needed to face solar radiation through their atmosphere.【譯】這就在湖面上形成了一個隔離層,為小生物提供了一個穩定和安全的環境,使它們能夠緩慢地發展抵禦太陽輻射的能力。【單詞】creates 原型:create [kree-'eyt][kri'et] v. 創造;造成【單詞】insulating 原型:insulate ['in-suh-leyt, 'ins-yuh-]['nsjulet] vt. 使絕緣;隔離【單詞】layer ['ley-er]['le] n. 層【單詞】lake [leyk][lek] n. 湖;湖泊
【單詞】constant ['kon-stuhnt]['knstnt] adj. 不變的;經常的
【單詞】safe [seyf][sef] adj. 安全的;安然無恙的;可靠的
【單詞】organisms 原型:organism ['awr-guh-niz-uhm]['ɡnzm] n. 有機體;生物體;有機組織【單詞】slowly ['sloh-lee]['slli] adv. 緩慢地【單詞】develop [dih-'vel-uhp][d'velp] v. 發展;發育【單詞】defenses 原型:defense ['dee-fens][d'fens] n. 防衛;防衛物【單詞】solar ['soh-ler]['sl] adj. 太陽的;太陽能的【單詞】radiation [rey-dee-'ey-shuhn][redi'en] n. 輻射;放射線【單詞】atmosphere ['at-muhs-feer]['tmsf] n. 大氣;空氣;氣壓
All other liquids sink when they freeze, in effect making the whole ocean or lake freeze solid from the bottom up never allowing the womb that water provides for extended evolutionary development.【譯】所有其他的液體在結冰時都會下沉,事實上使整個海洋或湖泊自下而上凍結為固體,而水所提供的孕育場所無法進行長期的進化發展。【單詞】liquids 原型:liquid ['lik-wid]['lkwd] n. 液體【單詞】sink [singk][sk] v. 下沉;沉沒【單詞】ocean ['oh-shuhn]['n] n. 海洋【單詞】solid ['sol-id]['sld] adj. 固體的;實心的 n. 固體【單詞】bottom ['bot-uhm]['btm] n. 底部;底端 adj. 底部的【單詞】womb [woom][wum] n. 子宮;孕育處;發源地【單詞】extended 原型:extend [ik-'stend][k'stend] v. 延伸;延長;伸展;擴展;提供【單詞】evolutionary [ev-uh-'loo-shuh-ner-ee][iv'lunri] adj. 進化的;發展的;演變的