SSS 2008-05-13
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(五)月
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?
Robin 1 Williams thought that the platypus 2 was cobbled together by an inebriated 3 deity 4: “Let’s take a beaver 5. Let’s put on a duck’s bill.” Now we know how weird 6 the platypus is at the genetic 7 level. Because researchers published the sequence of the platypus genome in the May 8th issue of the journal Nature. Brown University biologist Kenneth Miller 8 commented on the platypus genome research that same night at the American Museum of Natural History:“The platypus…has been known for a long time to have a very curious amalgam 9 of anatomical features. So the interesting question is when we get a look at its DNA 10 would it also have a curious amalgam of genetic features…it sure does. In fact, parts of it apparently 11 were extremely difficult to sequence because they were so different from other mammalian genomes, to which we often compare sequences in order to align 12 them and put the sequence together. It has not just a curious combination of mammalian and reptilian 13 physiological 14 features, it has a curious combination of mammalian and reptilian genetic features as well.” “Okay, He’s a mammal. But he lays eggs!”
Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Steve Mirsky.
- The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
- We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。
- The platypus spends a great deal of its time looking for food. 鸭嘴兽要用大量的时间去觅食。
- One of the mascots was the platypus.吉祥物之一是鸭嘴兽。
- He was inebriated by his phenomenal success. 他陶醉于他显赫的成功。 来自互联网
- Drunken driver(a driver who is inebriated). 喝醉了的司机（醉酒的司机） 来自互联网
- Many animals were seen as the manifestation of a deity.许多动物被看作神的化身。
- The deity was hidden in the deepest recesses of the temple.神藏在庙宇壁龛的最深处。
- The hat is made of beaver.这顶帽子是海狸毛皮制的。
- A beaver is an animals with big front teeth.海狸是一种长着大门牙的动物。
- From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
- His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
- It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
- Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。
- Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
- The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
- To counter this myth,we explained that we're really an amalgam of little guys.为了打破这个神话，我们解释说，我们确实是由一群小小的老百姓所组成的混合体。
- American literature is to our eyes a curious amalgam of familiar and strange.我们认为，美国文学把我们所熟悉的和陌生的东西奇妙地结合起来了。
- DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
- Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- Align the ruler and the middle of the paper.使尺子与纸张的中部成一条直线。
- There are signs that the prime minister is aligning himself with the liberals.有迹象表明首相正在与自由党人结盟。
- The chick is ugly and almost reptilian in its appearance. 这只小鸡长得很丑，看起来几乎像个爬行动物。 来自辞典例句
- Being from Orion do Zetas contain DNA from the Reptilian race? 齐塔人是从猎户座而来，DNA来自爬虫族吗？ 来自互联网
- He bought a physiological book.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
- Every individual has a physiological requirement for each nutrient.每个人对每种营养成分都有一种生理上的需要。