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vocabulary

cloud of dust/smoke/gas etc: a mass of dust, smoke etc in the air, or a large number of insects flying together.

interstellar: happening or existing between starst.

stromatolite: 疊層石

mound: a pile of earth or stones that looks like a small hill./a large pile of something

photosynthesising bacteria: 光合細菌

intriguingly: something that is intriguing is very interesting because it is strange, mysterious, or unexpected.

in question: the things, people etc in question are the ones that are being discussed.

? ? ? ? ? ?if something is in question, there is doubt about it.

swathe: a long thin area of something, especially land.

? ? ? ?swathe of…

? ? ? ?cut a swathe through something: to destroy a large or part of something.

hudson bay: 哈德森灣

lava: hot liquid that flows from a volcano, or this rock when it has become solid.

outcrop: a rock or group pf rock above the surface of this ground. 露頭

jasper: a red, yellow, or brown stone that is not very valuable. 碧玉

quartz: 石英砂

nodule: (尤指植物上的)節結,小瘤

micron: a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter. 微米

rostte-shaped: 玫瑰形

conclusive: showing something is definitely ture.

conclusive proof/evidence/findings etc.

hematite: 赤鐵礦

flament: 細絲

anchor: to fasten something firmly so that it cannot move.

be anchored in something: to be strongly connected with a particular system, way of life.

lump: a small piece of something solid, without a particular shape.

a lump in/to somebody’s throat: a feeling that you want to cry.

take your lump(AmE): to accept the bad things that happen and not let them affect you.

corkcrew: 螺旋

contend: to argue or stte that something is true. ? ?contend that

to compete against something in order to gain something. ? contend for

to have to deal with something difficult or unpleasant. ? ? contend with something

hydrothermal vent: 深海熱泉

plate tectonics: 板塊構造論

laden: heavily loaded with something, or containing a lot of something

having a lot of a particular quality, thing etc.

mineral-laden: 富含礦物質的

crenellated: 鈍鋸齒形的

spurt: if liquid or flames spurts from something, they come out of it quickly and suddenly.

coiled:圈狀的

branching: 分支的

remnant: a small part of something that remains after the rest of it has been used, destroyed, or eaten.

a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

a small piese of cloth left from a larger ad solid cheaply..

plausible: reasonable and likely to be true or successful

pore: one of the small holes in your skin that liquid, especially sweat, can pass through, or a similar hole in the surface of a plant.

doubly: much more than usual

in two ways or for two reasons.

microscopic pore: 微孔

cell wall: 細胞壁

strike: the discovery of something valuzble under the ground

a conspious success

two/three strikes against somebody/something: a condition or situation thatmakes it extremely difficult for someone or something to be successful.

in somebody’s favour: is something is in someone’s favour, it gives them an advantage over someone else.

palaeobiologist: 古生物學家

well up: if a liquid wells or wells up, itcomes to the surface of something ans starts to flow out.

if a feeling wells or wells up in you, you start to feel it strongly.

crust: 外殼

one-off: something that is done or made only once.

confine something to something: to keep something within the limits of a particular activity or subject.

phrases

the signature of living organism. ?活體生物的跡象

that made him sit up: 這讓它為之一振

bear more than a passing resemblance: 有許多相似之處

well-preserved fossil remnants of these microbes: 保存完好的微生物遺跡

play host to life: 是生物體的寄主/生命體寄宿在…

fierce scrutiny: 嚴苛的檢查

convert sunlight into sugar: 把光轉化成糖

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