Lesson 6 life_beyond_earth_词汇专用课件.pptVIP

Words and Expressions: Life beyond earth Life beyond earth [P1]Qualitatively: 从性质上讲 [P2]Notoriously: 非常 [P2]Replicate: 复制 [P4]Tantalizing: arousing desire or expectation for sth. unattainable or mockingly out of reach, intriguing but elusive. [P4]Millennium: 千周年, 一个一千年; 千年纪念, 千周年纪念 [P4]Extraterrestrial: adj. of or from outside the earth and its atmosphere.地球 和大气层外的; 来自天外的 [P4]Hubble Space Telescope: 哈勃太空望远镜 [P5]Scenario: imagined sequence of future events（对可能出现情况的）描述、推测 [P5]Galaxy: any of the large systems of stars in outer space 星系 [P5]Sk(c)eptic: 怀疑者 [P5]UCLA: University of California, Los Angeles.加州大学洛杉矶分校 Life beyond earth [P6]microbe: tiny organism that can only be seen under a microscope, esp. one that causes disease or fermentation 微生物; （尤指）病菌, 酵母菌 [P6]starship: 飞船 [P7]plausiblity arguments: reasons which appear to be convincing but which may not be true. 似乎可能的~，好像有道理的~ [P7]hunch: idea based on intuition or instinct and not on evidence 基於直觉的想法 [P7]ideology: ideas that form the basis of an economic or political theory or that are held by a particular group or person 思想（体系）; 思想意识 [P7] random ought-to-bes: possible things which are chosen without specific aim. [P7]carbon atom: 碳原子 [P7] burrow: make (sth.) by digging 挖掘成（洞穴等） [P8]envelop: wrap sth./sb. up; cover or surround sth./sb. completely (in sth.) 包住某事物[某人]; 将某事物[某人]覆盖, 包围（於某事物中）: plausible Such talk, however plausible, is actually specious and groundless. 这些话，讲起来好像有道理，实际上是毫无根据、似是而非的空谈。 He cast about in his mind for some plausible excuse for not turning up at the meeting. 他心里在算盘，想找一个什么说得过去的理由来解释他为什么没有到会。 hunch I have a hunch that something is going to happen. 不知道为什么，我总感觉要出什么事似的 Such an uncertainty may prevent you from acting on your hunch. 这个不明确因素可能阻挠你凭直觉行动。 Life beyond earth [P8]nebula: light or dark patch in the night sky caused by a cluster of very distant stars or a cloud of dust or gas 星云 [P8] exobiology: 外空生物学; 太空生物学 [P8]astrobiology: 天体生物学 [P8] bioastronomy: 生物天文学 [P9]infuse