英语听力：自然百科:行星旅行指南 火星(18)

When we reconstruct our imaginations,

当我们重新发挥我们的想象,

Mars are 3 billion years ago.

火星在30亿年前是何等模样。

We tend to make it like Earth, warm and cozzying,

我们往往会使它像地球一样,温暖并且舒适,

but it wasn't.

但它不是。

Mars back in its wettest warmth face which probable like Earth today in its coldest regions.

火星的最潮湿的温暖可能像在地球最寒冷的地区。

So I'm imagining a place where snow and ices melting in the summer deform¹ tracing and pounds of strings² of ice-covered lakes.

所以我想象一个地方,雪和冰在夏天融化形成很多冰封的湖泊。

Its cold, its wet, but it could be rich with life.

寒冷,潮湿,但对生命来说异常丰富。

This is the Mars that we want our astronauts to get there hands on,

这就是火星,是我们的宇航员想要到达的地方,

to bring back and study the weep Mars of odd where we might find the evidence of life.

从火星上带些奇怪的东西回去研究,我们也许会发现生命的证据。

The fourth rock from the sun has always had a special car to play,

来自太阳的第四岩石一直有一辆特别的车在操作,

the chances of meeting Martians.

这是见到火星人的机会。

And in recent years,

近年来,

the odds³ of a closing counter have been steadily⁴ improving.

接触的可能性一直在提高。

If you want to find life on Mars, first you need to find water.

如果你想找到火星上的生命,首先你需要找到水。

And not all of the planet's water story is inch history.

并不是这颗行星的所有水的故事都是写在历史当中。

1 deform   

vt.损坏…的形状；使变形，使变丑；vi.变形

参考例句：

• Shoes that are too tight deform the feet.(穿)太紧的鞋子会使脚变形。
• Ice crystals begin to deform measurably.冰晶就产生某种程度的变形了。

2 strings   

n.弦

参考例句：

• He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。

3 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

4 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。