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Life on Mars? (1)
http://www.sina.com.cn 2002/02/19 10:23  空中美语

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  Conversation A

  Greg sees his sister, Maggie, reading.

  Greg: What are you reading? Do you have your nose in a science fiction book again?

  Maggie: Actually, I’m reading a magazine that’s talking about life on Mars.

  Greg: I know that’s a popular theme for science fiction movies, but people can’t really live there, can they?

  Maggie: Not yet. But humans might be able to live there someday.

  Conversation BGreg: People are preparing for the end of the world, huh? So how could people possibly live on Mars? Isn’t it really cold there?

  Maggie: Yeah, it’s cold. But it’s the planet with a climate closest to Earth’s. We’d have to change some things before people could live there.

  Greg: Like what?

  Maggie: We’d have to make Mars warmer. That would also melt5 the ice there, so we could drink the water.

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  Sentence_4u

  have one’s nose in a book“埋头看书”,例如:

  A: Mark sure studies a lot.

  B: Yeah, whenever I see him, he has his nose in a book.

  A:马克真能学啊。

  B:对啊,每次我看到他,他都在埋头看书。

移民火星行不行?(1)

  翻译

  Translation—Conversation A

  格雷格看见他的妹妹玛吉在读书。

  格雷格:你在看什么书啊?是不是又在埋头看科幻小说了?

  玛吉:实际上,我在看一本关于生活在火星上的杂志。

  格雷格:我知道那是科幻电影里非常受欢迎的一个主题,但是人类实在无法在那里生活,是吧?

  玛吉:目前还不行。但有一天人类也许能够在那里生活。

  Translation—Conversation B

  格雷格:人类在为世界末日做准备吗?人类怎么可能在火星上生活呢?火星不是真的很冷吗?

  玛吉:对啊,是冷。但它是气候与地球最近似的一颗行星。我们必须先改善一些条件,人类才能生活在那儿。

  格雷格:比如说?

  玛吉:我们必须让火星更暖和一些。那也会让那里的冰融化,这样我们才会有水喝。




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空中美语 专栏

Annotation

1. science fiction (sci-fi) n. phr.科幻小说
People interested in science usually like science fiction movies.
对科学感兴趣的人通常喜欢科幻电影。

2. theme n.主题
Love is the most common theme in pop songs.
爱情是流行歌曲里最常见的主题。

3. planet n.行星
Earth is the third planet from the Sun.
地球是离太阳第三近的行星。

4. climate n.气候
This plant grows best in a hot dry climate.
这种植物在炎热干燥的气候下生长得最好。

5. melt v.融化
Be careful; your ice cream is melting.
小心点,你的冰淇淋化了。


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