资勘专业英语段落翻译.doc

Unit1 Cosmic Beginnings宇宙的起源 1．Where and when does the history of the Earth begin? Only in the last few decades could this question be asked with any hope of a scientific answer. 地球的历史上是何时何地开始的?只有在过去的几十年里,这个问题才有了一个比较科学的回答来解释。Certainly one good point at which to start is the time when the materials that were to become the Earth became separated in space from materials that were to become other members of the solar system. 当然存在一个较好的说法是地球的起源时间是当组成地球的物质在宇宙中开始与太空中组成太阳系其它成员的物质分离的时候.Although the story could well commence here, a great many important questions would remain unanswered. 虽然故事很可能开始在这里,许多重要的问题仍悬而未决。 Something needs to be said about the materials that make up the Earth, and this pushes the question of origin to a more remote period. 一些有必要提及的物质构成了地球,这将推动更偏远的起源问题。Earths partners in space must also be considered. 地球在太空的合作伙伴也必须加以考虑。Now that we know from first-hand observations a great deal about physical conditions on other planets we can seek reasonable answers as to why early Earth was different from early Mars and early moon. 现在我们知道从其他星球上得到的第一手观察的物理条件，这让我们可以尽早寻求合理的答案，为什么地球是不同于早期火星和月球。To understand differences and similarities, we must study the entire solar system including the sun. 为了理解差异和相似之处,我们必须研究包括太阳的整个太阳系。To understand stars of the class to which the sun belongs, we need to know more about other bodies in the Milky Way Galaxy. 为了了解恒星太阳所属的类,我们需要知道更多关于银河系的其他天体。 4. The solar system occupies a vast, flattened, lens-shaped region of space, in which the planets and most of the smaller components move in an almost perfect plane around the sun. 4．太阳系在太空中是一个巨大的,平坦的，透镜状的区域，行星和大部分的更小的组件沿着一个几乎完整的面绕着太阳转。This structure has naturally been compared to the spiral galaxies and to the planet Saturn with its satellites and puzzling rings. 这个结构好比与螺旋星系和土星和它的卫星或不明飞行体一样。Although the solar system is unlike either of these aggregations in detail, the concept of a large central body with flattened encircling rings or spiral arms remains as the starti