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课内练习 1.试翻译划线部分 Washington – US instruments aboard Russian and US satellites have detected a “hole” in the ozone layer over Antarctica nearly as deep as the record reported in 1993 and as large as the North American continent in surface area. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, said preliminary satellite data indicate that the size of the Antarctic ozone hole is about as large as those that occurred during the last two years, covering an area of 24 million square kilometers. The largest hole ever observed was on September 27, 1992, when it was measured to cover a surface area of 24.4 million square kilometers. This year’s ozone hole is also nearly as deep as the record hole measured in October 1993. Ozone, a molecule made up of three atoms of oxygen, collects in a thin layer in the upper atmosphere and absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. The term “ozone hole” is used to describe a large area of intense ozone depletion that occurs over Antarctica during late August through early October and typically breaks up in late November. Scientists have determined that chlorine products from human activities, such as electronics and refrigeration uses, are a primary cause for the formation of the ozone hole. The latest Antarctic ozone levels were measured by NASA’s Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer, also know as TOMS, aboard the Russian Meteor-3 satellite, which has been measuring ozone since its launch in 1991 and has become the primary source of NASA’s ozone data. 参考译文 臭氧是一种由三个氧原子组成的分子，它在上层大气中聚集成一薄层，吸收来自太阳的有害的紫外线辐射。“臭氧空洞”一词是用以指南极上空的臭氧大面积锐减的现象，在每年8月底发生，一直持续到10月初，一般说来，到11月底就停止了。 科学家们确认，人类活动所生产的含氯产品，如电子仪器和制冷设备，是造成臭氧空洞的主要原因。 2. 翻译赏析 以下是第三届韩素音青年翻译奖的参赛原文。这是一片优美的科普散文，如果时间允许，大家不妨练练笔，然后再参照其后的翻译提示和参考译文，通过对比来发现自己的不足与长处。 原文： The Color of the Sky By Alfred Russel Wallace If we look at the sky on a perfectly fine summer’s day we shall find that the blue color is the mo