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Book3Lesson55Part1LeadinFromtheearth:Greetings

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RecentdevelopmentsinastronomyhavemadeitpossibletodetectplanetsinourownMilkyWayandinothergalaxies.?單詞：astronomy

n.天文學(xué)astro-詞根表示_____________astrology________astronaut_______astrophysics__________astronomer__________astronomical

_________占星術(shù)宇航員和星星相關(guān)的天體物理學(xué)天文學(xué)家天文學(xué)的(1)

RecentdevelopmentsinastronomyhavemadeitpossibletodetectplanetsinourownMilkyWayandinothergalaxies.?單詞：galaxy：銀河系

?詞組：MilkyWay：銀河（橫跨星空的一條乳白色亮帶）?翻譯：飛機的發(fā)明使得人們能夠環(huán)游世界。_______________________________________________________________Theinventionoftheaeroplanehasmadeitpossibletotravelaroundtheworld.(2)Thisisamajorachievementbecause,inrelativeterms,planetsareverysmallanddonotemitlight.?單詞：emit：v.散發(fā)（光，熱，聲音等）?詞組：amajorachievement:一個重要的成就

?單詞：relativeadj.相對的詞組：inrelativeterms相對而言翻譯：Theynowliveinrelativecomfort._______________________近義詞：___________名詞：relative：_____他們現(xiàn)在過得比較舒適。comparative親戚(3)

Findingplanetsisprovinghardenough,butfindinglifeonthemwillproveinfinitelymoredifficult.?單詞：infinitelyadv.無限地（尤用于比較）翻譯：Thereisaninfinitelybrightfutureaheadofyouyoungpeople.______________________________翻譯：我們的新教室比原來的舊教室要好多了。_____________________________________________擴展：形容詞：_______你們年輕人都有無限光明的前途。Ournewclassroomisinfinitelybetterthantheoldone.infinite(3)

Findingplanetsisprovinghardenough,butfindinglifeonthemwillproveinfinitelymoredifficult.?語法：finding：動名詞作主語?句型：前半句用“hardenough”,后半句則換為“infinitelymoredifficult”,語氣上強烈遞進、極有氣勢，用詞豐富、不重復(fù)。?翻譯：學(xué)習(xí)一門外語已經(jīng)被證明是很難的了，但同時學(xué)習(xí)三門外語則是難上加難。__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Learningaforeignlanguageisprovinghardenough,butlearningthreeforeignlanguagesatthesametimewillproveinfinitelymoredifficult.(4)

Thefirstquestiontoansweriswhetheraplanetcanactuallysupportlife.?詞組：supportlife維持生命?語法：不定式作定語：不定式與名詞構(gòu)成_________。動賓關(guān)系(5)

Inourownsolarsystem,forexample,VenusisfartoohotandMarsisfartoocoldtosupportlife.?單詞：solaradj.太陽的，太陽系的solarsystem:_______solarcell___________solarpower______solarwind______月亮的：_____陰歷：____________?翻譯：她總是給我們太多作業(yè)。_____________________________________太陽能太陽能電池太陽風(fēng)太陽系lunarlunar

calendarShealwaysgivesusfartoomuchhomework.(5)

Inourownsolarsystem,forexample,VenusisfartoohotandMarsisfartoocoldtosupportlife.?單詞：Venusn.金星?單詞：Marsn.火星太陽系的行星都是用希臘神話里面的人物名來命名的。戰(zhàn)神（Mars）和愛神維納斯（Venus）在一起看起來很融洽。這里說明Venus是充滿愛的，所以用來指金星，而且金星是非常熱，表明了Venus的愛。而戰(zhàn)神是主管戰(zhàn)爭的，所以非常冷酷，而Mars火星就是非常冷的，所以我們從英文角度來理解這兩顆星星，就會比較容易了。(6)OnlytheEarthprovidesidealconditions,andevenhereithastakenmorethanfourbillionyearsforplantandanimallifetoevolve.?單詞：idealadj.完美的、理想的，沒有比較級、最高級

?單詞：evolvev.進化?語法：only修飾earth不用部分倒裝(7)(Ph2)Whetheraplanetcansupportlifedependsonthesizeandbrightnessofitsstar,thatisits“sun”.?詞組：depend

on取決于?語法：whether引導(dǎo)的________主語從句(8)

Imagineastaruptotwentytimeslarger,brighterandhotterthanourownsun.?詞組：upto數(shù)目上達(dá)到e.g.Icantakeupto4peopleinmycar.(9)

Aplanetwouldhavetobeaverylongwayfromittobecapableofsupportinglife.?詞組：becapableof能夠擴展：be

capable

of

doing

sth.能夠做某事翻譯：知道自己仍然有能力解出高數(shù)題目還是非常的高興。______________________________________________________________________________________Ifindit

incredibly

exciting

to

know

that

I‘m

still

capable

of

workingoutadvancedmathematics

problems.(10)Alternatively,ifthestarweresmall,thelife-supportingplanetwouldhavetohaveacloseorbitrounditandalsoprovidetheperfectconditionsforlifeformstodevelop.?單詞：alternativelyadv.擴展：alternativeadj.&

n.?語法：虛擬語氣翻譯：要是現(xiàn)在沒有下雨，我就去散步。_________________________________________翻譯：如果戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)了，你會怎么做？__________________________________Ifthewarbrokeout,whatwouldyoudo?Ifitwerenotrainingnow,Iwouldgoforawalk.(10)Alternatively,ifthestarweresmall,thelife-supportingplanetwouldhavetohaveacloseorbitrounditandalsoprovidetheperfectconditionsforlifeformstodevelop.?單詞：orbitn.軌道(11)Buthowwouldwefindsuchaplanet?Atpresent,thereisnotelescope

inexistencethatiscapableofdetectingthepresenceoflife.?單詞：telescope天文望遠(yuǎn)鏡?詞組：atpresent目前

?詞組：inexistence______現(xiàn)存的(12)

Thedevelopmentofsuchatelescopewillbeoneofthegreatastronomicalprojectsofthetwenty-firstcentury.?單詞：astronomicaladj.天文學(xué)的(13)(Ph3)Itisimpossibletolookforlifeonanotherplanetusingearth-basedtelescope.?詞組：earth-based放置在地球上的aChicago-basedcompany____________________總部設(shè)在芝加哥的公司(14)

Ourownatmosphereandtheheatgeneratedbythetelescopewouldmakeitimpossibletodetectobjectsassmallasplanets.?單詞：generatev.產(chǎn)生翻譯：Thecomputerindustryhasgeneratedhundredsofnewjobsinthearea._______________________________________________翻譯：據(jù)說，大陸板塊的移動產(chǎn)生了地震和火山噴發(fā)。_______________________________________________________________________________擴展：_________

一代人計算機行業(yè)已在該地區(qū)創(chuàng)造出數(shù)百個新的就業(yè)機會。generationItissaidthatthemovementofcontinentalplatesgeneratesearthquakesandvolcaniceruptions.(14)

Ourownatmosphereandtheheatgeneratedbythetelescopewouldmakeitimpossibletodetectobjectsassmallasplanets.?語法：it做形式主語、形式賓語翻譯：和他掙一樣多的錢是不可能的。__________________________________________It’simpossibletoearnasmuchmoneyashedoes.(15)Evenatelescopeinorbitroundtheearth,liketheverysuccessfulHubbletelescope,wouldnotbesuitablebecauseofthedustparticlesinoursolarsystem.?單詞：particlen.粒子，微粒翻譯：Therewasnotaparticleoftruthinwhatyousaid._______________________他說的話沒半點是真的。(16)

AtelescopewouldhavetobeasfarawayastheplanetJupitertolookforlifeinouterspace,becausethedustbecomesthinnerthefurtherwetraveltowardstheouteredgeofourownsolarsystem.?單詞：Jupitern.木星?翻譯：越是在空氣中暴露的時間長，石頭就越堅硬。_____________________________________________Thelongerthestoneisexposedtoair,theharderitgets.(17)Oncewedetectedaplanet,wewouldhavetofindawayofblottingoutthelightfromitsstar,sothatwewouldbeableto‘see’theplanetproperlyandanalyseitsatmosphere.?單詞：blotv.遮暗詞組：blotsth.out遮蔽(尤指陽光),記憶,忘卻，抹掉(不快的記憶)翻譯：火山噴發(fā)出來的氣體和灰塵遮住了陽光。_________________________________________翻譯：Shehadblottedoutallmemoryoftheaccident.___________________________________她已經(jīng)抹去了對那次事故的所有記憶。Gasanddustfromthevolcanoblottedoutthesun.(17)Oncewedetectedaplanet,wewouldhavetofindawayofblottingoutthelightfromitsstar,sothatwewouldbeableto‘see’theplanetproperlyandanalyseitsatmosphere.?單詞：analysev.分析翻譯：Afteryouanalyzeasentencegrammatically,youshouldbeabletounderstanditsmeaningbetter._______________________________________________________________翻譯：有些物理學(xué)家是專門分析宇宙的發(fā)展。__________________specializedinanalyzingthedevelopmentoftheuniverse.擴展：名詞：_______

形容詞：_________當(dāng)你從語法上分析一個句子以后，你就能更好地理解這個句子的意義。analysisanalyticalSome

physicists

are(18)

Inthefirstinstance,wewouldbelookingforplantlife,ratherthan“l(fā)ittlegreenmen”.?詞組：inthefirstinstance首先翻譯：首先，我們要收集足夠的證據(jù)，而不是急于得出結(jié)果。____________________________________________________________________________Inthefirstinstance,weshouldcollectenoughevidence,ratherthanjumpingtoconclusions.(19)Thelifeformsmostlikelytodeveloponaplanetwouldbebacteria.

?單詞：bacterian.細(xì)菌擴展：單數(shù)：_________virus：病毒形容詞：________bacteriology_______細(xì)菌學(xué)bacterialbacterium(20)

Itisbacteriathathavegeneratedtheoxygenwebreatheonearth.?單詞：oxygenn.氧氣?語法：Itis…that…_______翻譯：正是莎士比亞寫了那么多我們至今仍在閱讀的劇本。__________________________________________________強調(diào)句ItisShakespearethatwrotesomanyplayswereadtilltoday.(21)Formostoftheearth’shistorytheyhavebeentheonlyformoflifeonourplanet.(22)

AsEarth-dwellers,wealwayscherishthehopethatwewillbevisitedbylittlegreenmenandthatwewillbeabletocommunicatewiththem.

?單詞：dweller居民?翻譯：他總是存有這樣的希望：有一天他會中大獎，可以過上奢華的生活。___________________________________________________________________________________________Healwayscherishesthehopethathewillwinalotteryonedaysothathewillbeabletoleadanextravagantlife.(23)

Butthishopeisalwaysintherealmsofsciencefiction.?翻譯：這種故事只發(fā)生在文學(xué)作品里。__________________________________________________Thiskindofstorywouldonlyhappeninthere