SSS 2008-03-10
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(三)月
This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?
Astronomers 1 have discovered a star that’s running away from home. The star is speeding away at a blistering 2 2.6 million kilometers an hour, apparently 3 after being cast out of a neighboring galaxy 4 to us, the Large Magellanic Cloud, probably by a massive black hole. The speeding star is the first hint that there may indeed be a black hole in the LMC. The astronomers writing in an upcoming issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters reckoned that the flung fugitive 5 was sent on its way must like a slingshot propels a stone. They think it was part of a two-star or binary 6 system. Its companion got sucked into the black hole and this one known as HE 0437-5439 was tossed on its way. The astronomers say that the star cannot be one of our own Milky 7 Way buddies 8, because the elements composing it in different amounts from those in the Milky Way. HEO-437 is not the only star fling the Milky Way though, the researchers say there are 9 others beating away from our galaxy, but they say it’s clear that those are Milky Way natives.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky.
- Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings. 天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The runners set off at a blistering pace. 赛跑运动员如脱缰野马般起跑了。
- This failure is known as preferential wetting and is responsible for blistering. 这种故障称为优先吸湿，是产生气泡的原因。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
- The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。
- The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
- The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。
- Computers operate using binary numbers.计算机运行运用二进位制。
- Let us try converting the number itself to binary.我们试一试，把这个数本身变成二进制数。
- Alexander always has milky coffee at lunchtime.亚历山大总是在午餐时喝掺奶的咖啡。
- I like a hot milky drink at bedtime.我喜欢睡前喝杯热奶饮料。