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理工阅读（B级） 孙老师提示： 如果有一定的阅读能力，尽可能到文章中抓中心。 1. 如何抓住文章中心 (提问中有mainly mostly title) 1. 文章的中心思想—第一句(如是否定应在第二句)，如第二句是 but， today，this day，now，so，yet，therefore，however，new…..应在第二句。 第三＋八篇 Life Form Found on Saturns Titan（级） 土卫六上发现了生命迹象 Scientists say they have discovered hints 线索of alien不同 life1 on the Saturns moon2. The discovery of a sort of life was announced after researchers at the US space agency, NASA3,analyzed data from spacecraft Cassini4,which pointed to the existence of methane-based form甲烷为基础的 of life on Saturns biggest moon. 　科学家们说，在土卫六上发现了外星生命迹象并宣布了这一发现。美国国家航空航天局(NASA)的研究者们对卡西尼号探测器所传回来的数据进行了分析，数据表明，土星卫星中最大的一颗卫星有以甲烷为基础的生命的存在迹象。Scientists have reportedly discovered clues showing primitive简单的 alien 不同beings 生命arebreathing in Titans dense atmosphere filled with hydrogen. 　据报道，科学家们已经找到了在土卫六高浓度氢气大气层里“呼吸”的原始外星生命的线索。They argue that hydrogen氢气 gets absorbed 吸收before hitting 到达Titans planet-like surface covered with methane lakes and rivers. This, they say, points to the existence of somebugs5微生物consuming the hydrogen at the surface of the moon less than half the size of the Earth. 　　他们认为，氢气在到达布满甲烷河流湖泊的土卫六类似行星一样的表层前就已经被吸收了。这就证明在这个不及半个地球大小的卫星表面有某种微生物在依靠氢气生存。 We suggested hydrogen consumption because its the obvious gas for life to consume on Titan, similar to the way we consume oxygen on Earth,says NASA scientist Chris McKay.If these signs do turn out to be a sign of life, it would be doubly exciting because it would represent a second form of life independent from water-based life on Earth. 美国国家航空航天局的科学家Chris Mckay说，“我们提出有氢气的消耗，是由于它是土卫六上生命赖以生存的显而易见的气体，就像我们地球上用氧气呼吸一样。如果这些迹象最终证明是生命的迹象，它会加倍令人兴奋，因为它会代表完全不同于地球上水基生命的第二种生命。” To date, scientists have not yet detected this form of life anywhere, though there are liquid-water-based microorganisms on Earth that grow well on methane or produce it as a waste product. On Titan, where temperatures are around 90 Kelvin6(minus 290 degrees Farenheit),a methane based organism would have to use a substance that is liquid as its medium f