新概念第三册 Lesson55.pptVIP

NASA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)美国航空航天局 Lesson 55 From the earth: Greetings Ling New words and expressions To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. William Blake 《To see a world in a grain of sand》 他过去不相信上帝的存在，但是现在他相信了。 He didnt believe in the existence of God, but now he does. 这是现存最古老的希伯来语（Hebrew）手稿。 This is the oldest Hebrew manuscript in existence. 巴基斯坦（Pakistan）在战后开始作为一个独立的国家存在。 Pakistan came into existence as an independent country after the war. e.g - 没有丝毫支持这个论点的证据。 - There was not a particle of truth of evidence to support the case. (physics) 粒子 ~ accelerator 粒子加速器 blot v. (-tt-) 遮盖；有意地忘记 n. 污点；墨渍 blot sth out / blot out sth e.g - Clouds blotted out the sun. - He tried to blot out the image of Helens sad face. idom: a blot on the landscape 影响景观的物体（尤指丑陋的建筑物） In our own solar system, for example, Venus is far too hot and Mars is far too cold to support life. far可以与too及原级形容词连用，表“太／过于” e.g - It is far too dangerous to go out in a storm． - 暴风中外出太过危险。 e.g - He is far too busy to deal with the trifles． - 他太忙碌，无暇处理这些琐碎的事情。 Only the Earth provides ideal conditions, and even here it has taken more than four billion years for plant and animal life to evolve. Whether a planet can support life depends on the size and brightness of its star, that is its sun. depend on依赖,依靠;取决于,随…而定 e.g - 结果将依我们表现的好坏而定。 - The outcome will depend on how well we perform. Imagine a star up to twenty times larger, brighter and hotter than our own sun. A planet would have to be a very long way from it to be capable of supporting life. Alternatively, if the star were small, the life-supporting planet would have to have a close orbit round it and also provide the perfect conditions for life forms to develop. provide sb. with sth. provide sth. for sb. But how would we find such a planet? At present, there is no telescope in existence that is capable