Vocabulary&Expression
Day11
1.interstellar:between the stars in the sky星際的
2.stromatolite:疊層石。從某一點或有限的表面開始增生，并聚集石化，形成逐漸增大的沉淀物生成構(gòu)造。
3.photosynthesis：the process by which green plants turncarbon dioxideand water into food using energy obtained from light from the sun光合作用
4.quebec：魁北克
5.This suugests that even very eary in its existence,Earth was hosting several different kinds of living organism.
6.basalt:a type of dark rock that comes from volcanoes玄武巖（深色的火山巖）
7.lava:hot liquid rock that comes out of ?a volcano（火山噴出的）熔巖，巖漿
8.outcrop:a large mass of rock that stands above the surface of the ground（巖石）露出地面的部份；露頭
9.jasper:a stone that is usually red or brown and is used to make jewellery and?ornaments
10.quartz:a hard mineral, often incrystalform, that is used to make very accurate clocks and watches石英
11.nodule:a small round lump or swelling, especially on a plant（尤指植物上的）節(jié)結(jié)，小瘤
12.rosette:a thing that has the shape of arose玫瑰形的東西
Eg:The leaves formed a dark green rosette.這些葉子聚在一起，像是一朵深綠色的玫瑰。
13.haematite:a dark red rock from which iron is obtained赤鐵礦
14.Some of these filaments form networks?anchored to a lump of haematite;?others are corkscrew-shaped
filament:a long thin piece of sth that looks like a thread細絲；絲狀物
anchor:to firmly base sth on sth else使扎根；使基于
Eg:Her novels are anchored in?everyday experience.她的小說取材自日常生活經(jīng)驗。
corkscrew:a tool for pullingcorksfrom bottles. Mostcorkscrewshave a handle and a long twisted piece of metal for pushing into thecork.瓶塞鉆；螺旋開瓶起子
15.The team contends that these bear?more than a passing resemblance to the?networks of bacteria that live in hydrothermal?vents—towering, crenellated structures?that form in the deep ocean above the?boundaries between tectonic plates,?where superheated mineral-laden water?spurts up from beneath the seabed.
crenellated:(城墻)有雉堞的In a castle, acrenellatedwall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
tectonic:connected with the structure of the earth's surface地殼構(gòu)造的
spurt:(of liquid or flames液體或火焰)to burst or pour out suddenly; to produce sudden, powerful streams of liquid or flames噴出；冒出spurt(from sth)
Eg:Blood was spurting from her nose.血從她鼻子里汩汩流出來。 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
16.microbe:an extremely small living thing that you can only see under amicroscopeand that may cause disease微生物
17.coiled:卷著的;盤繞的Coiledmeans in the form of a series of loops.
Eg:..a heavycoiledspring.重型螺旋彈簧
18.plausible:(of an excuse or explanation借口或解釋)reasonable and likely to be true有道理的；可信的
Eg:Her story sounded?perfectly plausible.她的說辭聽起來言之有理。
19.gradient:the rate at which temperature, pressure, etc. changes, or increases and decreases, between one region and another（溫度、壓力等的）變化率，梯度變化曲線
20.well up from:to rise to the surface of sth and start to flow涌出；冒出；流出；溢出Eg:Tears were welling up in her eyes.她熱淚盈眶。
2[intransitive]well(up)(literary)(of an emotion情感)to become stronger涌起；迸發(fā)
Eg:Hate welled up inside him as he thought of the two of them?together.他一想到他們倆在一起就恨得咬牙切齒。
21.crust:a hard layer or surface, especially above or around sth soft or liquid（尤指軟物或液體上面、周圍的）硬層，硬表面
Eg:a thin crust of ice一層薄冰
22.one-off:一次性事物You can refer to something as aone-offwhen it is made or happens only once.
Eg:Our survey revealed that these allergies were mainlyone-offs.我們的調(diào)查顯示這些過敏多為一次性反應。
Day12 神句文檔
1.The team contends that these bear?more than a passing resemblance to the?networks of bacteria that live in hydrothermal?vents—towering, crenellated structures?that form in the deep ocean above the?boundaries between tectonic plates,?where superheated mineral-laden water?spurts up from beneath the seabed
這個團隊認為，
2.Such a find is doubly intriguing because hydrothermal vents are seen as a plausible candidate for the cradle of life.
3.Although the sorts of bacteria apparently found by Dr,Papineau and his colleagues are too complicated to reveal much about the very earliest organism.the suggestion that hydrothermal vents have played host to life for so long is a strike in the theory's favor.
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