每天三分钟学英语 第266期:英文"占星术"和"星座运势"怎么说?这些天文词汇你知道吗?

 情景对话：

Does he really live up there? I took basic astronomy and there was no mention of life, or children, on any other planets. Unless it's true that he came from a star, but that seems improbable.

知识点讲解：

There was no mention of…

没提到过…

【例句一】

What are you talking about? There was no mention of a due date during the meeting.

你在说什么呀？会议上没提到过截止日期呀。

【例句二】

Why did everyone bring a gift? There was no mention of it. Now what am I supposed to do?

为什么每个人都带了礼物？从来没有人跟我说过呀。现在我该怎么办啊？

小女孩说“不可能”用了这个词：

Improbable

不太可能

相比小女孩说的这句话：

But that seems improbable.

但是那不太可能吧。

我们口语中更常说：

But that's unlikely.

但是那不太可能吧。

【例句一】

Willy said he'll be here in 10 minutes, but that's unlikely. He's never on time.

Willy说他10分钟就到，但是不太可能。他从来不准时。

【例句二】

The worst they'll do is suspend you, but that's unlikely since they're shorthanded.

最坏的情况是他们会让你停职，但是不太可能，因为他们正缺人手。

继续剧情：

Not a star. An asteroid¹. Asteroid B-612.

不是恒星，是一颗小行星。小行星B-612。

【天文词汇】小科普：

Asteroid [??st??r??d] 小行星

Planet 行星

Star 恒星

Meteor 流星

Comet 彗星

Galaxy² 星系

Universe 宇宙

The cosmos³ 宇宙

Star sign [stɑr sa?n] 星座（常用）

Zodiac [?zo?di?k] 星座

Horoscope [?h?:r?sko?p] 星座运势

Astrology [??strɑ:l?d?i] 占星术

1 asteroid   

n.小行星；海盘车(动物)

参考例句：

• Astronomers have yet to witness an asteroid impact with another planet.天文学家还没有目击过小行星撞击其它行星。
• It's very unlikely that an asteroid will crash into Earth but the danger exists.小行星撞地球的可能性很小，但这样的危险还是存在的。

2 galaxy   

n.星系；银河系；一群(杰出或著名的人物)

参考例句：

• The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
• The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。

3 cosmos   

n.宇宙；秩序，和谐

参考例句：

• Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。
• Is there any other intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos?在宇宙的其他星球上还存在别的有智慧的生物吗？