【Day 11】單詞梳理
1.mound
noun
- a large pile of earth or stones; a small hill 小山丘嗡呼， 土丘
e.g. The castle was built on top of a natural grassy mound.
- a pile 一堆
e.g. a small mound of rice/sand
- heap 許多晤锥，大量
e.g. I've got a mound of paperwork to do.
2.debut
noun
- the first public appearance of a performer or sports player 首次亮相矾瘾，初次登臺(tái)
e.g. He will make his debut for the first team this week.
the band’s debut album
3.push back
- to make the time or date of a meeting, etc. later than originally planned 推遲壕翩，延遲
e.g. The start of the game was pushed back from 2?p.m. to 4?p.m.
4.intrigue
verb
- to make somebody very interested and want to know more about something 激起興趣放妈，引發(fā)好奇心
e.g. There was something about him that intrigued her.
- to secretly plan with other people to harm somebody 秘密謀劃芜抒，密謀
noun
- the activity of making secret plans in order to achieve an aim, often by tricking people密謀
e.g. The young heroine steps into a web of intrigue in the academic world.
- a secret plan or relationship, especially one which involves somebody else being tricked陰謀詭計(jì)
e.g. I soon learnt about all the intrigues and scandals that went on in the little town.
intriguing : adj, very interesting;非常有趣的宅倒，引人入勝的
e.g. These discoveries raised intriguing questions.
5.swathe
noun
- a long strip of land, especially one on which the plants or crops have been cut一長(zhǎng)條田地
e.g. The combine had cut a swathe around the edge of the field.
- a large strip or area of something 一長(zhǎng)條拐迁，一長(zhǎng)片
e.g. The mountains rose above a swathe of thick cloud. 云海
verb
- to wrap or cover somebody/something in something包裹线召，覆蓋
e.g. He was lying on the hospital bed, swathed in bandages.
6.contend
verb
- to say that something is true, especially in an argument 聲稱多矮，主張塔逃，認(rèn)為
= maintain
e.g. I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point.
- to compete against somebody in order to gain something 競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，爭(zhēng)奪
e.g. Three armed groups were contending for power.
7.vent
noun
- an opening that allows air, gas or liquid to pass out of or into a room, building, container, etc.通風(fēng)口患雏，排氣口
- the opening in the body of a bird, fish,reptile or other small animal, through which waste matter is passed out肛門
- a long thin opening at the bottom of the back or side of a coat or jacket ?開衩鹏溯，背衩
verb
- to express feelings, especially anger, strongly表達(dá)，發(fā)泄
e.g. He vented his anger on the referee.
8.spurt up
噴射淹仑，迸出
9.microbe
an extremely small living thing that you can only see under a microscope and that may cause disease 微生物丙挽，細(xì)菌
10.remnant
noun
- a part of something that is left after the other parts have been used, removed, destroyed, etc.殘余部分肺孵，剩余部分
= remains
e.g. Many of the traditions are remnants of a time when most people worked on the land.
- a small piece of cloth that is left when the rest has been sold 零頭，零料颜阐，布料
11.cradle
noun
- a small bed for a baby which can be pushed gently from side to side搖籃
e.g. She rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle.
- the place where something important began 發(fā)源地
e.g. Greece, the cradle of Western civilization
- a small platform that can be moved up and down the outside of a high building, used by people cleaning windows, etc.吊架平窘，吊籃
- the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests 電話的聽筒架
verb
- to hold somebody/something gently in your arms or hands 輕輕抱著
e.g.The old man cradled the tiny baby in his arms.
12.scrutiny
noun
- careful and thorough examination 仔細(xì)徹底檢查
e.g. Her argument doesn't really stand up to scrutiny.
13.food chains of such ecosystem
生態(tài)系統(tǒng)食物鏈
14.crust
noun
- the hard outer surface of bread 面包皮
e.g. sandwiches with the crusts cut off
- a layer of pastry, especially on top of a pie 糕餅，酥皮
e.g. Bake until the crust is golden.
- a hard layer or surface, especially above or around something soft or liquid 硬層凳怨，硬表面
e.g.a thin crust of ice
15.one-off
adj
- made or happening only once and not regularly 一次性的瑰艘，非經(jīng)常的
e.g. a one-off payment.
【Day 12】翻譯&邏輯導(dǎo)圖
翻譯
1.The team contends that thesebear more than a passing resemblanceto 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.
團(tuán)隊(duì)爭(zhēng)辯稱紫新，這些結(jié)果不僅僅意味著與生活在深海熱泉的細(xì)菌絲的相似之處，深海熱泉是一種形成在地質(zhì)板塊交界處的深海中的高聳的堆疊結(jié)構(gòu)偶芍，在這里裝載著礦物質(zhì)的過(guò)熱水從海底噴涌而出。
2.Such a find isdoubly intriguingbecause hydrothermal vents are seen asa plausible candidatefor the cradle of life.
這樣的發(fā)現(xiàn)更加引起了人們的興趣材彪，因?yàn)樯詈崛獙W(xué)說(shuō)是一種關(guān)于生命的起源的可信說(shuō)法凤类。
3.Although the sorts of bacteria apparently found by Dr. Papineau and his colleagues aretoo complicated to revealmuch about the very earliest organisms, the suggestion that hydrothermal vents have played host to life for so long is a strike in the theory’s favor.
盡管帕皮諾博士和他的同事發(fā)現(xiàn)的這種微生物太過(guò)復(fù)雜，還不能揭示太多最早的生物體的形成信息，但關(guān)于深海熱泉扮演生命的孕育環(huán)境如此久遠(yuǎn)的理論也震驚了整個(gè)理論界坐桩。
思維導(dǎo)圖
【Day 13】小結(jié)
生命的起源一直是一個(gè)眾說(shuō)紛紜的問(wèn)題，第一天讀這篇文章荆残，簡(jiǎn)直一臉懵逼。第二天補(bǔ)了一點(diǎn)背景知識(shí)俘闯，關(guān)于深海熱泉學(xué)說(shuō)，真是學(xué)到了很多蜜猾。
https://www.zhihu.com/question/36821220?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=1
文章其實(shí)就是在說(shuō)Papineau博士和他的團(tuán)隊(duì)發(fā)現(xiàn)的新的化石赶么。根據(jù)這種奇怪的化石推測(cè)它的年代在38~43億年前清钥。他認(rèn)為他的奇特的紋理結(jié)構(gòu)和小結(jié)有可能證明了那個(gè)時(shí)代生物的形成。然后他將化石樣本交給他的博士學(xué)生MatthewDodd研究篡悟，結(jié)果在化石中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些赤鐵礦形成的立方孔洞。之后他們覺(jué)得填充這些孔洞的絲狀結(jié)構(gòu)類似生活在深海熱泉的生物急凰，因而根據(jù)深海熱泉學(xué)說(shuō)推測(cè)生命的起源可能在這個(gè)化石的年代疾忍。
這些學(xué)說(shuō)也改變了很多固有的理論勿璃，比如生命的起源是依賴陽(yáng)光的歧沪，最初是光合作用制造了生命所需的能量，但是深海熱泉的生物并沒(méi)有陽(yáng)光撵孤，他們依賴的是化能作用咬清。
生命之源是個(gè)很難解決的問(wèn)題影钉，也是個(gè)永恒的問(wèn)題……在逐漸的探索中，發(fā)現(xiàn)其涉及的東西越來(lái)越多越來(lái)越復(fù)雜，證據(jù)越來(lái)越模糊，也需要人類更深入的探索吧，需要不同領(lǐng)域的專家共同努力……
