时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:探索与发现2014年


英语课

 The global average could be up 7 degrees F by the end of the century, wreaking 1 havoc 2 with weather patterns and habitats. We can't prevent climate change by preserving the air's delicate blend of gases, the unique mix that sets earth apart. And our planet is also marked by how this blend sets above the surface in a distinct layer structure. As we rise above the clouds and winds of lower altitudes, we enter a completely new zone---a world of extreme temperatures and ever thinning air, air that will kill us in seconds, but which shields us from deadly radiation. We live in a tiny sliver 3 of earth atmosphere called the troposphere. Winds and clouds, rain and snow dominate this turbulent zone. But above it lie miles of freezing dry air. The conditions there will kill a human in seconds, but we desperately 4 need the high atmosphere's weight and protection. Engineer John Powell's balloon team has spent 27 years exploring its layers, pushing further and further into this remote, dangerous world. 


Sometimes if you run into a phenomenon that we have no idea what that was. we just have this moment of data, you know, that we need to go back and explore. But it really is like a completely alien form of world out there.
The team has made over 90 launches. Each one edges them closer to their ultimate goal of reaching space. 

1 wreaking
诉诸(武力),施行(暴力),发(脾气)( wreak的现在分词 )
  • Coal mining is a messy business, often wreaking terrible environmental damage nearby. 采矿是肮脏的行业,往往会严重破坏周边环境。
  • The floods are wreaking havoc in low-lying areas. 洪水正在地势低洼地区肆虐。
2 havoc
n.大破坏,浩劫,大混乱,大杂乱
  • The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
  • This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。
3 sliver
n.裂片,细片,梳毛;v.纵切,切成长片,剖开
  • There was only one sliver of light in the darkness.黑暗中只有一点零星的光亮。
  • Then,one night,Monica saw a thin sliver of the moon reappear.之后的一天晚上,莫尼卡看到了一个月牙。
4 desperately
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地
  • He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
  • He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。
学英语单词
Affghanistan
Anguilliformes
anthropolites
apothecaries
aptitude and ability
assignment edge
astragaluses
bartholemews
base of cerebrum (or ventral surface of cerebrum)
blow-off chamber
brake drum inspection hole cover
breaks bread
bridging table
brush shading
cast into
chemical sediments
chilitis exfoliativa
cletocythereis taiwanica
cloven to
computer-aided design for Hanzi coding
cryptoviruses
danckwerts
difuroyl peroxide
drip edge
drug assay
dyscophus guineti
educational labour union
eliphalet
engine in situ
Ethmosphaerinae
euphonical
example teacher
exclaimation
gerwen
gorbien
haggerty
head blight
HRALIDASE
inter-cell
interconnectional
isomorphous substitution
jackplane
Khasi
Königshügel
landscape geochemical prospecting
lateritic cement
little dictionary
Ma Ngan San
male pin
misguidance
mixed business
mixed radiation field
Moore's law
multi-break ciircuit breaker
natural road
ngiau
non-catalytic polymerization
nut spinner
on-songs
organizational goal
partial correlation coefficient
peloer
Pentecostalist
perforating vein
performance testing station
perishable consumer goods
peroxidase labelling
photooxydation
Poranopsis
port commissioner
power distributing board
primary work
prime advantage
public-tv
re-consignment
real-part condition
receptive area
reticular membranes
rip-towel
run test
sallat
shifting banks
shlick
sleeve fish
sub-chela
Sunday paper
superior thyroid artery
sweet wattles
tarboosh
thoracic outlet syndrome
trabeculae corporis cavernosi urethrae
TU (terminal unit)
tube socks
two-cavity klystorn
unequipped
uzuyeva
wbx
width meter
Yapacana, Cerro
yolkless
younghead
Zykovo