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英语自考学习 [by:如果您也喜欢 恒星英语学习网 请与您的朋友分享] [00:00.00]by:如果您也喜欢 恒星英语学习网 请与您的朋友分享Unit six Text A [00:02.09]第六单元 课文A [00:04.18]Diamonds [00:05.96]金刚石 [00:07.73]Diamonds are rare, beautiful, and also quite useful. [00:10.81]金刚石是稀有物质，美丽，并且有使用价值。 [00:13.90]They are the hardest substance found in nature. [00:16.27]金刚石是自然界所发现的最坚硬的物质。 [00:18.65]That means a diamond can cut any other surface. [00:21.17]这意味着金刚石能够切割其他任何物体表面。 [00:23.69]And only another diamond can make a slight cut in a diamond. [00:27.08]只有金刚石才能在金刚石上刻划很浅的痕迹。 [00:30.46]Diamonds are made from carbon. [00:32.78]金刚石的成分是碳。 [00:35.11]Carbon is found in all living things,both plant and animal. [00:38.30]碳存在于包括动物与植物在内的一切生物体中。 [00:41.48]Much of the carbon in the earth comes from things that once lived. [00:44.96]地球上的大部分碳来源于曾是有生命的物体。 [00:48.43]Scientists know that the combination of extreme heat and pressure [00:51.87]科学家认识到极高的温度和压力 [00:55.30] changes carbon into diamonds. [00:57.67]使碳变成了金刚石。 [01:00.03]Such heat and pressure exist only in the hot,liquid mass of molten rock [01:04.25]这样的高温与高压仅存在一地球内部深处 [01:08.47]deep inside the earth. [01:10.65]炽热的液态熔岩中。 [01:12.83]It is thought that millions of years ago [01:15.65]据认为，千百万年前 [01:18.47]this liquid mass pushed upward through cracks in the earths crust. [01:22.35]液态熔岩从地壳的裂缝间挤出地表。 [01:26.23]As the liquid cooled, the carbon changed into diamond crystals. [01:29.86]当熔岩冷却时，其中的碳便成了金刚石晶体。 [01:33.49]There are only four areas where very many diamonds have been found. [01:37.67]人们发现只有四个地区金刚石储藏量较多。 [01:41.85]The first known area was in India, [01:44.37]第一个周知的地区在印度， [01:46.89]where diamonds were found thousands of years ago. [01:49.71]那里的金刚石是几千年前发现的。 [01:52.54]In the 1600s, [01:54.77]16世纪初， [01:57.00]travelers from Europe brought back these beautiful stones from India. [02:00.63]来自欧洲的旅行家们将这些美丽的宝石从印度带回欧洲。 [02:04.26]Diamonds became very popular with the kings and queens of Europe. [02:07.84]于是金刚石成为欧洲各国国王与王后的宠爱之物。 [02:11.42]In the 1720s, diamonds were discovered in Brazil. [02:14.65]17世纪20年代