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新编研究生英语系列教程 博士研究生英语综合教程 （第二版/教师用书） 北京市研究生英语教学研究会 主 编 陈大明 徐汝舟 副主编 刘 宁 王焱华 许建平 编 者 赵宏凌 邹映辉 杨凤珍 来鲁宁 张 剑 柳君丽 曹 莉 郑 辉 中国人民大学出版社 Key to the Exercises Unit One Science Text 1 Can We Really Understand Matter? I. Vocabulary 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. B 8. C II. Definition 1. A priority 2. Momentum 3. An implication 4. Polarization 5. the distance that light travels in a year, about 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion km. 6. a contradictory or absurd statement that expresses a possible truth 7. a device that speeds up charged elementary particles or ions to high energies III. Mosaic 1. The stress: (Omitted) Pronunciation rule: An English word ended with –tion or –sion has its stress on the last syllable but one. 2. molecule 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. A IV. Translation (Refer to the relevant part of the Chinese translation) In September 1995, anti-hydrogen atom—an anti-matter atom—was successfully developed in European Particle Physics Laboratory in Switzerland. After the startling news spread out, scientists in the West who were indulged in the research of anti-matter were greatly excited. While they were attempting to produce and store anti-matter as the energy for spacecraft, they raised a new question: Many of the mysterious nuclear explosions in the recent one hundred years are connected with anti-matter. That is to say, these hard-to-explain explosions are tricks played by anti-matter. They are the “destruction” phenomenon caused by the impact between matter and anti-matter. V. Grouping Uncertainty: what if, illusory, indescribable, puzzle, speculation, seemingly, in some mysterious way Contrast: more daunting, the hardest of hard sciences, do little to discourage, from afar, close scrutiny, work amazingly well C. Applications of Quantum mechanics: the momentum of a charging elephant, building improved gyroscopes 1. probabilitie