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BBC纪录片《月球之谜》(视频+MP3+中英字幕) 第8期

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  • It was a barren and bleak place.
  • 月球是个荒凉、严酷的地方
  • A dead rock in the sky.
  • 是一颗空中的死寂岩石
  • We'd built it up in our imagination
  • 千百年来我们用想像力
  • for tens of thousands of years;
  • 美化月球
  • and the disappointment was crushing.
  • 这下大失所望,难以自已
  • People thought maybe there were people alive on the moon,
  • 我们一直以为也许月球上有人
  • you know, maybe there were things up there
  • 或是有些什么生物
  • and what we learned when we got there is indeed you know what we saw was the case,
  • 到了才发现
  • it's a very cold place and it's desolate
  • 月球寒冷荒芜
  • and you know it's not capable of supporting life as we know it.
  • 毫无生机
  • the lunar surface for the last time,
  • 太空人金赛南,最后一次踏上月球表面
  • it was no giant leap for mankind but the last stumble of a dying era.
  • 这不再是人类的一大步,而是一个垂死年代的最后一次踉跄
  • NASA cancelled the next three moon missions
  • 航太总署取消了其后三次登月任务
  • and quietly drew the Apollo programme to a close.
  • 悄悄地结束了阿波罗计划
  • Cernan was the last human being ever to walk on the moon.
  • 赛南是最后一个在月球上漫步的人类
  • To this day, no one has returned.
  • 至今没人回去过
  • The love affair was over.
  • 爱情故事结束了
  • But although the public's relationship
  • 虽然大众
  • with the moon had gone sour,
  • 对月球的爱消情逝
  • for a small band of dedicated scientists,
  • 但对一小群科学家而言
  • the romance was just beginning.
  • 浪漫情愫才刚开始萌芽
  • They now had actual pieces of the moon to study.
  • 如今他们可以研究来自月球的碎片
  • Nearly 400 kilos of lunar rock
  • 太空人带回来
  • had been brought back by the astronauts.
  • 将近四百公斤的月岩
  • They hoped that these rocks would
  • 科学家希望这些岩石
  • unlock the unanswered mysteries of the moon.
  • 能为他们解答有关月球的谜题
  • Because despite the moon landings,
  • 虽然登月计划成功了
  • scientists still didn't know the answer to the big questions;
  • 科学家仍然有几个重要的问题
  • where had the moon had come from, and how had it formed?
  • 月球来自何处?又是如何形成的?
  • One of those starry eyed young scientists was Gary Lofgren,
  • 其中一名乐观的年轻科学家,叫做盖瑞罗夫根
  • a geologist working for NASA.
  • 他是一名任职于航太总署的地质学家
  • He was given the job of cutting up each sample ready for study.
  • 他的工作是切割样本,以便进行研究
  • You just had no idea what you were going to see,
  • 你压根不知道自己会看到什么
  • looking at these really strange-looking rocks um,
  • 这些奇特的岩石
  • that were justjumbles of debris.
  • 看起来像是一堆碎片
  • I mean it was a chance to really just to look at them closely,
  • 我们很幸运能有机会近距离观察它们
  • to er, er not actually touch them but come very close
  • 虽然不能摸但是能就近观察
  • and realised we'd never seen anything quite like that on earth,
  • 我们发现在地球上没看过像这样的东西
  • or at least we had never recognised it on earth.
  • 至少是没有辨识出这样的东西
  • Most scientists had assumed that the moon would be similar to earth
  • 多数科学家以为月球应该和地球十分类似
  • there'd be a mixture of young and old rocks,
  • 应该可以找到年代
  • formed in many different ways.
  • 和形成方法各不相同的许多岩石
  • They were in for a surprise.
  • 这下他们可要大大吃惊了
  • It turned out that our thinking about the moon was really wrong.
  • 事实证明,我们对月亮的想法完全错误
  • Science had not done a very good job of guessing
  • 科学家在揣测月球样貌时的表现
  • what the moon was going to be like.
  • 令人失望
  • People did think it was probably fairly old.
  • 人们大概已经猜到月球相当古老
  • But they didn't realise it was as old as it turned out to be.
  • 但没想到,它的年代居然这么久远
  • We found rocks that are almost 4 and a half billion years old,
  • 我们找到将近45亿年前的岩石
  • almost the age of our solar system.
  • 几乎和我们的太阳系年代相当
  • You know some of these rocks formed just 50,100 million years
  • 有些岩石是在此星体诞生后的
  • after the beginning of the planet.
  • 五千万到一亿年后形成的
  • We just don't find rocks that old on earth.
  • 地球上找不到这么古老的岩石


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重点讲解:
1.build up 逐步建立;增进;积累

例句:He said the United States must build up its sea power, too, if it wanted to be a great nation.
他说美国如果想成为一个伟大的国家的话,也必须建立起自己的海上力量。

2.up there 在那儿;在那上面;坐在上边

例句:Makes it a lot easier to put a colony up there.
这使得人类在月亮上建立殖民地简单多了。

3.not capable of 没有能力

例句:The company is not capable of handling such a large order.
该公司没有能力处理这么一大宗订单。

4.a small band of 一小群

例句:The former president still has a small band of supporters.
前总统仍有一小群支持者。

5.in for a surprise 吃了一惊

例句:If you're thinking that, given his diet, that unfortunate event might happen soon, you could be in for a surprise.
如果你认为以他这种饮食方式,这个不幸的事件很快就会降临,但是你一定会很惊讶。

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planet ['plænit]

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n. 行星

 
sample ['sæmpl]

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n. 样品,样本
vt. 采样,取样

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assumed [ə'sju:md]

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adj. 假装的;假定的

 
capable ['keipəbl]

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adj. 有能力的,足以胜任的,有 ... 倾向的

 
bleak [bli:k]

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adj. 萧瑟的,严寒的,阴郁的

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stumble ['stʌmbl]

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n. 绊倒,失策
vi. 绊倒,失策,踌躇,无

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disappointment [.disə'pɔintmənt]

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n. 失望,令人失望的人或事

 
unfortunate [ʌn'fɔ:tʃənit]

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adj. 不幸的,令人遗憾的,不成功的
n.

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band [bænd]

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n. 带,箍,波段
n. 队,一群,乐队

 
dedicated ['dedi.keitid]

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adj. 专注的,献身的,专用的

 

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