万花筒 2009-09-25&09-26 月球上有水？

Three separate missions examining the moon have found clear evidence of water there. Apparently¹, concentrated at the poles and possible formed by the solar wind.  US Geological Survey scientist, Roger Clark.

 

“Now what’s astounding² about this result is that the water and hydroxyl exist at all latitudes³ on the moon in direct sun light where it's really quite hot, in fact, hotter at the equator than boiling water.”

 

The findings to published in the journal Science on Friday show the water may be actively⁴ moving around, forming and reforming as particle mixed up in the dust on the surface of the moon.  Next month, NASA’s Lunar CRater⁵ observation and Sensing Satellite mission will try to detect water by deliberately⁶ crashing a large spacecraft onto the moon. 

 

John Decker, Reuters.

 

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 astounding   

adj.使人震惊的vt.使震惊，使大吃一惊astound的现在分词)

参考例句：

• There was an astounding 20% increase in sales. 销售量惊人地增加了20%。
• The Chairman's remarks were so astounding that the audience listened to him with bated breath. 主席说的话令人吃惊，所以听众都屏息听他说。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 latitudes   

纬度

参考例句：

• Latitudes are the lines that go from east to west. 纬线是从东到西的线。
• It was the brief Indian Summer of the high latitudes. 这是高纬度地方的那种短暂的晚秋。

4 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

5 crater   

n.火山口，弹坑

参考例句：

• With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
• They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。

6 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。