Very期待，每日一篇！
知音 - 尋寶 - 探星 - 補天
代溝
中國人常說：「三歲一代溝，五歲一鴻溝。」
「代溝」，指年輕一代與老一代由於經驗、觀點、習慣和行為等的不同而存在心理距離或心理隔閡（a situation in which older and younger people do not understand each other because of their different experiences, opinions, habits, and behavior）。
實際上，「代溝」一詞是由英文「the generation gap」直譯而來，這個概念是美國人類學家M.米德提出的。由於譯法貼切而新穎，加上易於記憶，所以馬上成了漢語常用語。
例句：
作為一個年輕的政治家，她設法彌合了新老兩代政治家之間的代溝。
She's a young politician who manages to bridge the generation gap.
「A negative mind will never find success. I have never heard a positive idea come from a person in a negative state.」
— Jay Samit, CEO
「持負面心態的人絕不會成功，我從沒聽過一個正面見解是出自持負面思維的人。」
– 傑伊‧薩米特(執行長)
傑伊‧薩米特(1961- ) 是美國多螢產品公司SeaChange International 總裁，他是數位媒體的創新者，在音樂及視訊的傳播、社群媒體與電子商務的推廣，可謂產業中的先驅。
火星一直是科幻小說的主題。關於火星上是否存在生命、水甚至文明的理論一直存在。現在，人類似乎離登陸火星的日子越來越近，但我們究竟為什麼要去火星呢？
Why are we trying to go to Mars? 人類為什麼要去火星？It sounds like something from the realms of
science fiction – a
space expedition into the
vast expanse of space, heading towards
the Red Planet. While we’re not quite ready to put a person on
terra firma, the question we ask today is: why are so many countries interested in going to Mars?The
space race saw the USA and USSR compete to achieve firsts in
spaceflight. The Soviet Union released Sputnik 1, an
artificial satellite, before anyone else, and the US landed on the Moon first. Now it appears that Mars is the
celestial body of desire. While the kudos and bragging rights to be the first nation to
touchdown is an obvious draw, there are other reasons we want to get there.One of these could be the survival of our
species. You only have to look at the fossilised remains of the dinosaurs to see the benefit of finding another
habitable planet. While Mars doesn’t have the right conditions to call it home just yet, there’s always the concept of
terraforming – changing the environment of a planet to suit our needs.However, not everyone agrees. Leading
astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has said the concept of altering
habitability of another planet because of the damage we have done to
Earth makes no sense when we can simply terraform Earth. It seems the main reason at the moment is the search for
extraterrestrial life. It has long been believed that, at one time, Mars was abundant with life. Now seemingly dead, the potential fossils could answer questions about our own evolution and that of our planet. One theory is that
bacterial life on our planet didn’t start here, but was transferred via
asteroid from Mars.One benefit championed by scientists like Neil deGrasse Tyson is that landing on Mars may inspire more people to become interested in science and
astronomy. Surely inspiring a new generation to visit the stars is reason enough.詞彙表science fiction 科幻小說
space expedition 宇宙探險
vast expanse 廣闊的區域
the Red Planet 火星
terra firma 陸地
space race 太空競賽
spaceflight 宇宙飛行
artificial satellite 人造衛星
celestial body 天體
touchdown 著陸
species 物種
habitable 適於居住的
terraforming （外星環境）地球化
astrophysicist 天體物理學家
habitability 可居住性
Earth 地球
extraterrestrial 地球外的
bacterial life 細菌生命體
asteroid 小行星
astronomy 天文學
測驗與練習1. Which two countries were involved in the space race?2. What was the purpose of the space race?3. Why does Neil deGrasse Tyson think terraforming Mars makes no sense?4. Where do some people think bacterial life on Earth originated?5. What benefit of heading to Mars does Neil deGrasse Tyson support?1. Planets like Mars need to be _______ before they are habitable.terraform terraformed terraforms terraforming2. The _______ saw nations trying to achieve firsts in spaceflight.
space race asteroid Red Planet astronomy3. I’m studying to be an _______ at university.astronomy asteroid terra firma astrophysicist4. We have _______. We have landed on the planet’s surface!extraterrestrial touchdown celestial body asteroid 5. Mars is an example of a _______.celestial body astronomy space race asteroid
答案1. Which two countries were involved in the space race?
The USA and the USSR (sometimes known as the Soviet Union).2. What was the purpose of the space race?
The purpose was to achieve firsts in spaceflight.3. Why does Neil deGrasse Tyson think terraforming Mars makes no sense?
Because we would probably want to terraform Earth instead.4. Where do some people think bacterial life on Earth originated?
Some people believe bacterial life began on Mars and arrived via asteroid.5. What benefit of heading to Mars does Neil deGrasse Tyson support?
The benefit of inspiring a new generation to be interested in the stars.2 . 選擇意思恰當的單詞或詞組來完成下列句子。1. Planets like Mars need to be
terraformed before they are habitable.2. The
space race saw nations trying to achieve firsts in spaceflight.3. I’m studying to be an
astrophysicist at university.4. We have
touchdown. We have landed on the planet’s surface!5. Mars is an example of a
celestial body.
10個只有高智商的人才有的問題
區別辨析burden、cargo與load
這些名詞均有「負擔，負荷」之意。
burden : 指沉重、令人不快的負擔；指精神負擔時常有不堪忍受的意味。
The little donkey struggled under its heavy burden.
小毛驢馱著重物艱難前行。
the burden of responsibility
責任的重擔
My elderly mother worries that she's a burden to me.
我年邁的母親擔心她成為我的拖累。
Buying a house often places a large financial burden on young couples.
買房子往往會讓年輕夫婦背上沉重的經濟負擔。
cargo : 指用輪船、車輛或飛機長距離運載的貨物。
load : 普通用詞，含義廣泛，指人、畜、車、船等負載的東西，指精神負擔時，可與burden換用，但無感情色彩。
The maximum load for this elevator is eight persons.
這部電梯的最大載客量為8人。
One truck involved in the accident was carrying a heavy load of coal.
事故中的一輛卡車上裝了大量煤炭。
I wish I could do something to lighten your load (= make your situation easier).
我真希望能做點什麼幫你減輕一些負擔。
give and take咱們生活中常有這樣的人：能力強，熱心腸，點子多，可就是聽不得別人說「不」。給這種人提意見，很難被採納。因為他們不喜歡「give and take」。give是「給」的意思，take則是「拿」，give and take有給有拿，則引伸為「有商有量、妥協折衷、互相遷就忍讓」。Those who don't appreciate
give and take are not likely to listen to others.
那些不喜歡
妥協折衷的人不太可能聽取別人的意見。It's natural for couples to argue once in a while. But whether those two people will have a long future together often depends on how well they work out their differences. Conflicts shouldn't always be about one person being right and the other wrong. There has to be a healthy
give and take. Without that ability to negotiate, couples can't survive.
夫妻間有時發生爭吵是很正常的。但是兩人是否能長久地一起生活下去通常取決於他們能不能調和彼此間的差異。在有衝突時，並不一定要分出誰對誰錯。倆人之間必須有健康的
商量妥協。如果倆人都不肯低頭，那日子過不長久。很多幸福夫妻都說，過日子的秘訣是寬容對方的缺點，而不是爭辯是非對錯。英文裡有句話叫「my way or the highway!」意思就是「不按我說的做就拉倒！」，大有順我者昌逆我者亡的意味。Do you negotiate with others or do you feel that
give and take is a sign of weakness?
你會和別人妥協麼？還是覺得
和別人商量就等於服軟？其實，遇事和他人有商有量，達成大家都喜歡的結果，對一個團隊是非常有益的。Our labor union has few complaints with the managers of our factory. That's because everyone works pretty well together. Whenever there's a conflict, we sit down together and discuss the best way to deal with it. Each side is willing to let the other get some of what it wants. That
give and take makes for a much better environment.
我們的工會從來不會收到對工廠管理人員的投訴。這是因為大家共事得相當愉快。每次有矛盾出現時，我們都坐下討論最好的解決辦法。每一方都願意讓另外一方達到部分目的。這種凡事
有商有量的方式營造了一個更優良的環境。這種相互尊重的態度往往能帶來雙贏的結果。不是說偏聽則暗，兼信則明麼。國際：BBC，VOA，CNN，科學美國人，讀者文摘，時代周刊，紐約時報、商業周刊等網絡視聽讀資源。國內：chinadaily.com.cn，hjenglish.com，kekenet.com，enfamily.cn，okread.info，dailyenglishquote.com，qq.com，163.com，...僅供學習交流參考，未用作商業用途。如對本公眾號發布的文章存有異議，歡迎留言告知，編輯將在24小時內回復處理。