与美国小学生一起学英文第10册 第5期:宇宙大爆炸

 　　The Big Bang¹ 宇宙大爆炸

　　Do you know about the Big Bang? 你了解宇宙大爆炸吗？

　　The Big Bang was² the beginning³ of the universe⁴. 宇宙大爆炸是宇宙的开端。

　　The Big Bang happened at least⁵ 13.73 billion⁶ years ago. 它至少发生在一百三十七亿三千万年前。

　　Scientists⁷ believe⁸ that the older stars are 13.73 billion years old. 科学家相信古老的星球都有一百三十七亿三千万岁了。

　　And they think that the stars were born⁹ immediately¹⁰ after the Big Bang. 他们认为大爆炸之后星球就立即产生了。

　　Before the Big Bang, there was a small universe. 在大爆炸之前有一个小宇宙。

　　Then the Big Bang created¹¹ a huge¹² amount¹³ of energy¹⁴ into the universe. 大爆炸创造了大量能量注入到宇宙中。

　　So the universe became¹⁵ bigger and bigger. 所以，宇宙变得越来越广阔。

　　In fact¹⁶, the universe is still growing. 事实上，宇宙仍在增大。

　　Nobody¹⁷ knows what made¹⁸ the universe, but now we know that the Big Bang made it large. 没有人知道什么创造了宇宙，但我们现在知道大爆炸使它变大了。

1 bang   

n.巨响，猛击；vi.砰砰作响；vt.砰地敲，猛击

参考例句：

• Pack it up, you kids;or I'll bang your heads together!住手，你们这些小孩，再弄就揍你们！
• She fell and got a nasty bang on the knee.她摔倒了，膝盖猛撞在地上。

2 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

3 beginning   

n.开始的部分；起点

参考例句：

• This is only the beginning.这仅仅是开始。
• Children should form good habits from the very beginning.孩子们从一开始就应养成良好的习惯。

4 universe   

n.宇宙；世界

参考例句：

• Our world is a small part of the universe.我们的地球是宇宙的一小部分。
• I know seldom about universe.关于宇宙我知道得很少。

5 least   

adj.最小(少)的；adv.最少(小；不)；n.最小(少)

参考例句：

• He spends at least a part of his time in reading. 他至少有一部分空闲时间看书。
• The trip will take ten days,at least.这趟旅行顶少得10天时间。

6 billion   

num.十亿；数以十亿计；大量；一万亿

参考例句：

• A billion is a large number.十亿是个大数目。
• They've spent nearly a billion dollars on it already.他们已经在那上面花了近10亿美元。

7 scientists   

n.科学家( scientist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Scientists have established a connection between cholesterol levels and heart disease. 科学家已证实胆固醇含量与心脏病之间有关联。
• Scientists disagree about how the universe was created. 科学家对宇宙是怎样形成的有分歧。

8 believe   

v.相信；认为

参考例句：

• Believe it or not,that's the way it is.信不信由你，反正事情就是这样。
• I believe what you say.我相信你的话。

9 born   

v.动词bear的过去分词；adj.出生的，与生俱来的

参考例句：

• The baby can cry as soon as he is born.婴儿生下来就会哭。
• I feel as if I had been born again.我有一种再生之感。

10 immediately   

ad.立即地，即刻地；直接地，紧密地

参考例句：

• I'll change it immediately for you.我立刻给您换。
• I immediately become happy again.我立马就变的高兴起来了。

11 created   

adj.创造的v.创造( create的过去式和过去分词 )；引起；造成；封

参考例句：

• Scientists disagree about how the universe was created. 科学家对宇宙是怎样形成的有分歧。
• Emergent democracies created markets that were ripe for exploitation. 新兴的民主国家创造了可供开拓的成熟市场。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 huge   

adj.巨大的，庞大的

参考例句：

• He gave me a huge apple.他给了我一个大苹果。
• His acting raised a huge laugh.他的表演引起一阵大笑。

13 amount   

n.数量，总额；v.总计，等于

参考例句：

• What is the amount of this?这总共是多少？
• You'll have any amount of time after your exam.考试过后，你们会有很多的时间。

14 energy   

n.活力，精力，能力，能，能量

参考例句：

• He is full of energy.他充满了活力。
• It took a lot of energy to move the furniture.搬这些家具费了很大劲。

15 became   

v.(become的过去式)成为

参考例句：

• He became a doctor at the age of 27.他27岁时成了一名医生。
• He became a millionaire when he was still young.他还年轻时就成了百万富翁。

16 fact   

n.事实，实情，论据

参考例句：

• It is close to fact.这更接近于事实。
• I'm going there tomorrow,as a matter of fact.其实，我明天是准备去那里。

17 nobody   

pron.无人，没有任何人

参考例句：

• Nobody is in the house.没有人在房子里。
• Nobody knows where she lives.没有人知道她住哪里。

18 made   

v.make的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They were not made in china.它们不是中国制造的。
• The monkey made a long arm for the peach.猴子伸臂去摘桃子。