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专业英语期末翻译题 注：学号末位是‘1’和‘6’的同学做第一题；学号末位是‘2’和‘7’的同学做第二题；学号末位是‘3’和‘8’的同学做第三题；学号末位是‘4’和‘9’的同学做第四题；学号末位是‘0’和‘5’的同学做第五题。 请将自己的译文用A4纸打印，于下周五（12月20日）之前交给班长，班长收齐后上交给我。 各位同学按照自己学号选择相应短文翻译，如果翻译短文和学号不对应，期末没有成绩。如果有雷同卷，成绩无效！ 题目1： An exoplanet, called WASP-12b which is about 1,200 light years from Earth and 1.4 times the mass of Jupiter has been considered suitable for life existence, although a little hot. And its sibling planets could even be made of diamonds, according to new research findings. A team led by researcher Nikku Madhusudhan of Princeton University and scientist Joe Harrington of the University of Central Florida monitor WASP-12b during one of its orbits, particularly in the instants before it passed behind its home star. In those brief moments, the light from the star would flow through the planets atmosphere, allowing astronomers to study the wavelengths produced and infer the atmospheres chemical composition. They found some exoplanets, WASP-12b included, have carbon-rich chemistry: Some have atmospheres with a carbon-to-oxygen ratio of about 0.5. As for WASP-12b, however, there was more than twice the concentration of carbon as usual and almost 100 times more methane than expected. That has big implications for extraterrestrial biology, since life is based on carbon, and methane - which is made up of carbon and hydrogen - is a byproduct of metabolism. The planets carbon-heavy atmosphere could retain heat and light, providing energy for life to get started and thrive. That life would have to survive on comparatively little oxygen and water, and would have to be very tolerant of methane. As for some of the planets formed along with WASP-12b, they could easily be smaller, with rocky formations made not of silica, like Earths, but of graphite or - given enough time and enough pressure - precious diamonds. 题目2： Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists are using a new technique to see fingerprints on surfaces that typically make them invisible. The method uses a techn