Vocabulary&Expression
Day11
1.interstellar:between the stars in the sky星际的
2.stromatolite:叠层石。从某一点或有限的表面开始增生，并聚集石化，形成逐渐增大的沉淀物生成构造。
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玄武岩（深色的火山岩）
7.lava:hot liquid rock that comes out of a volcano（火山喷出的）熔岩，岩浆
8.outcrop:a large mass of rock that stands above the surface of the ground（岩石）露出地面的部份；露头
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）节结，小瘤
12.rosette:a thing that has the shape of arose玫瑰形的东西
Eg:The leaves formed a dark green rosette.这些叶子聚在一起，像是一朵深绿色的玫瑰。
13.haematite:a dark red rock from which iron is obtained赤铁矿
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细丝；丝状物
anchor:to firmly base sth on sth else使扎根；使基于
Eg:Her novels are anchored in everyday experience.她的小说取材自日常生活经验。
corkscrew:a tool for pullingcorksfrom bottles. Mostcorkscrewshave a handle and a long twisted piece of metal for pushing into thecork.瓶塞钻；螺旋开瓶起子
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:(城墙)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地壳构造的
spurt:(of liquid or flames液体或火焰)to burst or pour out suddenly; to produce sudden, powerful streams of liquid or flames喷出；冒出spurt(from sth)
Eg:Blood was spurting from her nose.血从她鼻子里汩汩流出来。
16.microbe:an extremely small living thing that you can only see under amicroscopeand that may cause disease微生物
17.coiled:卷着的;盘绕的Coiledmeans in the form of a series of loops.
Eg:..a heavycoiledspring.重型螺旋弹簧
18.plausible:(of an excuse or explanation借口或解释)reasonable and likely to be true有道理的；可信的
Eg:Her story sounded perfectly plausible.她的说辞听起来言之有理。
19.gradient:the rate at which temperature, pressure, etc. changes, or increases and decreases, between one region and another（温度、压力等的）变化率，梯度变化曲线
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.她热泪盈眶。
2[intransitive]well(up)(literary)(of an emotion情感)to become stronger涌起；迸发
Eg:Hate welled up inside him as he thought of the two of them together.他一想到他们俩在一起就恨得咬牙切齿。
21.crust:a hard layer or surface, especially above or around sth soft or liquid（尤指软物或液体上面、周围的）硬层，硬表面
Eg:a thin crust of ice一层薄冰
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.我们的调查显示这些过敏多为一次性反应。
Day12 神句文档
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
这个团队认为，
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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