英语听力：自然百科 金星和水星旅行指南 Venus and Mercury-12

 And that’s the first time; it was return black-and-white panoramas¹ of the Venus surface. These images were extremely important, because it was the first time, we ,human beings had a chance to see with our naked eyes completely different other world. We were very much proud of that.

 

Seven years later, Venera/13 and 14 sent back the first color postcards taken under Venusian skys. 

 

It means that standing² on the surface of Venus, you will meet absolutely incredible situation. First of all, we will see not the blue skies; you will see / red skies, orange in color. This is the hell, real hell.

 

Hell is a good description. This is what it's like to enter the Venusian underworld, a volcanic³ landscape ruled by crushing pressure and searing heat. No probes survive here for much more than a few hours and none have ever returned. 

 

What happened to our twin world? Was Venus always as barren and hostile as it appears to be?

 

One of the most intriguing⁴ things about Venus is that we know at some point in Venus’ history it had an ocean like the one we have here on / earth.

 

There has been chemical measured in the atmosphere that tell you, at some point, Venus had an ocean’s worth of water that is now gone.

 

Atlanta, Houston, everything down here looks real good to us.

 

1 panoramas   

全景画( panorama的名词复数 )； 全景照片； 一连串景象或事

参考例句：

• Meeting room that free your imagination by opening to grand panoramas. 面对城市全景的会客厅任你的想象驰聘。
• The grand panoramas of NORWAY prove irresistible to adventurers. 挪威的壮丽景色有着让人无法抵制的魅力。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

4 intriguing   

adj.有趣的；迷人的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的现在分词)；激起…的好奇心

参考例句：

• These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。
• It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》