2015-06-17 BBC:星光七纪元-43

 These are just the whole host of compounds we make. We found many of these compounds are very interesting because they play roles in life on earth. So, it’s clear we were making many the building blocks of life by these very processes that happened in space. These molecules¹ might hold the secret to how life began on our planet. If they were part of the process, they would have to firstly get to earth. And scientists have found delivery system. This is the part of meteorite² that crashed from outer space to earth in Australia. In it we found many of the organic compounds vital to life on our planet. These minute acids in this meteorite predict their arrival of this meteorite to the earth. So in fact the minute aids have been made in space and some environment. And so, the minute acids do exist out there in space and they do get delivered to planets. Perhaps life didn’t have to start from scratch here on earth. Could building blocks have been scattered³ from space. We don’t really know if the original life on earth owes existence to these kinds of materials being delivered from the space because we really don’t understand how life got started. However, the analogue⁴ I will use is that if you are trying to build a Lego castle, it’s probably a lot easier if the Lego falls out of the sky on you than if you have to actually build the Lego blocks from the scratch, and then make your Lego castle. And if those Lego pieces were available to earth, they could be available to planets orbiting other stars. Or, given that we know, just about anywhere when you were making this stars actually and you can make these Lego blocks, and facts are there a huge number of environments for this Lego blocks to be delivered. I personally would be quite surprised there isn’t other life out here.

1 molecules   

分子( molecule的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The structure of molecules can be seen under an electron microscope. 分子的结构可在电子显微镜下观察到。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules. 在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

2 meteorite   

n.陨石；流星

参考例句：

• The meteorite in Jilin Exhibition Hall is believed to be the largest in the world.吉林展览馆的陨石被认为是世界上最大的。
• The famous Murchison meteorite smashed into the Australian ground in 1969.1969年著名的默奇森陨石轰然坠落在澳大利亚。

3 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

4 analogue   

n.类似物；同源语

参考例句：

• The gill of a fish is the analogue of the lung of a cat.鱼的鳃和猫的肺是类似物。
• But aside from that analogue standby,the phone, videoconferencing is their favorite means of communication.除了备用的相似物电话，可视对话是他们最喜欢的沟通手段。