001-科學60秒聽寫練習

【科學60秒】 地震和潮汐

http://ting.hujiang.com/sixtysecondscience/163701155768/生詞短語

So the researchers crunched a bunch of numbers, by looking at more than 10,000 medium and large earthquakes, they found that the proportion of large events increased when tidal stress was high.

• bunch 束，串，捆；一群，一夥（口語）

  句子聽寫

  So, at the initial stage, it』s very difficult to distinguish small or large earthquake.

  造句練習

  他們是一夥好朋友。（bunch）

  They are a friendly bunch.

  【科學60秒】 舉足輕重http://ting.hujiang.com/sixtysecondscience/163705391113/生詞短語

  Remmers and his colleagues discovered that elephant footprints are a critical habitat for aquatic invertebrates, like water beetles.

  • aquatic invertebrates 水生無脊椎動物

  Because elephants are crucial for other creatures to exist.

  • crucial 至關重要的，關鍵性的 ~ (to/for sth)

  They disperse seeds in their copious droppings.

  • copious 大量的；豐富的；（近義詞：plentiful, abundant…）

    句子聽寫

    Not only would we have lost one of the planet』s most charismatic, extraordinary creatures.

    造句練習

    她以大量的例證來充實自己的理論。（copious）

    She supports her theory with copious evidence.

    【科學60秒】 飽暖的人造毛http://ting.hujiang.com/sixtysecondscience/163705731112/生詞短語

    So rather than taking after big marine mammals, what if we could learn from the littler ones, like beavers and otters?

    • big marine mammals 大型海洋哺乳動物

    Scientists have known about this air-trapping insulation mechanism for a long time, but they had not teased out the details of how it works.

    • air-trapping insulation mechanism 限制空氣形成的絕熱機制

    The researchers then created a system to gather data when their pelts entered and moved through a liquid - in this case not water, but silicone oil, which makes it easier to see air bubbles.

    • pelt 動物的皮（尤指）毛皮；投擲~ sb (with sth)/~ sth (at sb)；（雨等）下的很大

      句子聽寫

      Whales, seals and walruses stay warm in chilly water because they have a thick layer of blubber.

      造句練習

      群眾紛紛向演講人扔臭雞蛋。（pelt）

      The crowd pelted bad eggs at the speaker.

      大雨傾盆。（pelt）

      The rain was pelting down. /It was pelting with rain.

      【科學60秒】 推薦信中的性別偏見http://ting.hujiang.com/sixtysecondscience/163705741112/生詞短語

      Men score higher starting salaries, they have more mentoring, and they have better odds of being hired.

      • starting salaries 起始工資

      Studies show they』re also perceived as more competent than women in STEM fields.

      • STEM fields 科學技術工程領域（STEM:science , technology , engineering , and mathematics）

      • competent 能勝任的；足夠的；有決定權的；有能力的~ (as/at/in sth)/~ (to do sth)

        句子聽寫

        Rather the point is to use the results of this study to open up meaningful dialogues on implicit gender bias, you know be it at a departmental level or an institutional level or even a discipline level.

        造句練習

        他沒有看小孩的本事。（competent）

        He』s not competent to look after young children.

        【科學60秒】 分子機器——2016年諾貝爾化學獎http://ting.hujiang.com/sixtysecondscience/163706281247/生詞短語

        This year』s Nobel Prize in Chemistry is about the world』s smallest machines. G?ran Hansson, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, earlier this morning.

        • the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 皇家瑞典科學研究院

        Sauvage was born in Paris and is now an emeritus professor at the University of Strasbourg.

        • an emeritus professor 榮譽教授

        So indeed, we think of transporters, like in your body there are many motors and machines that make it possible that your cells divide, that your muscles work, that there is transport in the cells, etc.

        • muscle 肌肉，加強，使勁擠入

          muscle in (on sb/sth)強行擠入某事物以分享利益（貶義）

          做加強講時的近義詞：

          reinforce，bolster，strengthen，enhance，boost

          句子聽寫

          Sauvage was born in Paris and is now an emeritus professor at the University of Strasbourg.

          造句練習

          書是我寫的, 現在她卻要分享其成, 硬說是她給我的構思。（muscle）

          I wrote the book, and now she』s trying to muscle in on its success by saying she gave me the ideas.

          【科學60秒】 揭秘物質的特性——2016年諾貝爾物理學獎http://ting.hujiang.com/sixtysecondscience/163706291247/生詞短語

          And this year』s Nobel Laureates have in their theoretical work discovered a set of totally unexpected regularities in the behavior of matter, which can be described in terms of an established mathematical concept, namely that of topology.

          • laureate 接受了榮冠的人,受獎者,得獎人

          • Nobel Laureates 諾貝爾獎獲得者

          • poet laureate 桂冠詩人

          • 知識拓展：

            斯堪的納維亞的吟唱詩人（kald），威爾士的吟遊詩人（bard），盎格魯—撒克遜的吟遊詩人（scop）都和英格蘭的桂冠詩人有相似之處，都依附於某個宮廷，為其服務。為宮廷娛樂而設的專職詩人，如威廉一世時的宮廷詩人，亨利一世時的御前詩人，到了亨利三世時，便成為王室詩人，成為英國皇家成員。

            句子聽寫

            All three new Laureates were born in the U.K. and went on to U.S. institutions.

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