【英语时差8,16】伦敦水族馆的机器鱼-下

M: Professor Huosheng Hu of the University of Essex has developed the fish-bot to be able to find leaks in oil pipelines¹ and to detect mines. But it looks like a fish, and moves gracefully² like a fish. Chiledren:Just beautiful. They’re brilliant. They’re cool. They’re neat. They’re wicked. They’re massive. They’re powerful. M:The fish aim to swim at the same speed as tuna, have the acceleration³ of a pike, and the navigation skills of an eel⁴, and it seems, sunglasses for eyes. They’ve been developed at the University of Essex. The technology could one day be put to use on the sea bed, for example finding leaks in oil pipelines and detecting mines. But for now these little swimmers can be found at the London Aquarium⁵.

1 pipelines   

管道( pipeline的名词复数 )； 输油管道； 在考虑（或规划、准备） 中； 在酿中

参考例句：

• The oil is carried to the oil refinery by pipelines. 石油通过输油管输送到炼油厂。
• The oil carried in pipelines. 石油用管道输送。

2 gracefully   

ad.大大方方地；优美地

参考例句：

• She sank gracefully down onto a cushion at his feet. 她优雅地坐到他脚旁的垫子上。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line. 新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

3 acceleration   

n.加速，加速度

参考例句：

• All spacemen must be able to bear acceleration.所有太空人都应能承受加速度。
• He has also called for an acceleration of political reforms.他同时呼吁加快政治改革的步伐。

4 eel   

n.鳗鲡

参考例句：

• He used an eel spear to catch an eel.他用一只捕鳗叉捕鳗鱼。
• In Suzhou,there was a restaurant that specialized in eel noodles.苏州有一家饭馆，他们那里的招牌菜是鳗鱼面。

5 aquarium   

n.水族馆，养鱼池，玻璃缸

参考例句：

• The first time I saw seals was in an aquarium.我第一次看见海豹是在水族馆里。
• I'm going to the aquarium with my parents this Sunday.这个星期天，我要和父母一起到水族馆去。