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Murfreesboro is known for its diamonds. Visitors, like Hermansons come all the way from West Virginia, to the one-of-a-kind diamond park in town. Thomas Stolartz, a superintendent at the park knows why. “And that’s the neat thing here, there are actually here, there is actually treasure here, and you can actually look for it, and if you find it, it’s yours to keep.”

 

M镇因钻石而闻名。像H一样的游客，从西弗吉尼亚州远道而来，慕名来到城镇里的钻石公园。TS，一位公园主管这样向我们解释道。“这就是这里最好的东西，它们确实在这，这里也确实有宝藏，而且你可以寻找它们，如果你找到了，它就是你的了。”

 

Thomas Stolartz says for just $6, visitor can spend a whole day at the park to search and dig diamonds. “The search area is about 37.5 acres in size so there is plenty of room for everyone.

 

TS说只要花6块钱，游客就可以在公园待上一整天来寻找和挖钻石。“寻找区域有37.5英亩，所以对每个人来说都有地方。”

 

Diamonds are formed deep within the earth where heat and pressure create the necessary condition for carbon atoms to bond tightly. According to scientists, a volcanic eruption at the Crater of Diamonds location one hundred million years ago brought the diamonds to the earth’s surface.

 

钻石是在地下深处形成的，那里的高温和高压形成了碳原子紧密结合的必要条件。科学家说，100百万年前在Crater of Diamonds的一次火山喷发把钻石带上了地球表面。

 

Since the first diamond was found in the crater of diamonds in 1906, the park had several different owners until the State Kansas made it a state park in 1972.

 

自从1906年，在Crater of Diamonds发现第一颗钻石后，公园数次易主，直到1972年被堪萨斯州定为州际公园。

 

superintendent  n.主管, 负责人, 指挥者, 管理者

neat adj.整洁的, 灵巧的, 优雅的, (酒)纯的, 未搀水的，最好的[俚语]

volcanic adj.火山的, 象火山的, 猛烈的, 易突然发作的, 爆发的n.火山岩

eruption n.爆发, 火山灰, [医]出疹

To seek the answer to this mystery, NASA has launched five satellites abroad a Delta Rocket from Florida to train their instruments on the northern and southern lights. The project is called THEMIS.

 

为了寻找这个神秘现象的答案，NASA从佛罗里达用一枚Delta火箭发射了5枚卫星，搭载了他们研究北极及南极光。这个计划叫做“THEMIS”

 

Once in orbit, two of the THEMIS spacecraft will circle Earth about one-sixth the distance to the moon while the other two circle half way to the moon. A fifth will be a reserve, if the one of the others fails during the two-year mission.

 

一旦进入轨道，THEMIS计划的2枚卫星将在1/6地月距离上环绕地球运动，而其他两枚将在1/2地月距离运动。第五枚是备份卫星，防止其他卫星在2年的任务里失效。

 

Angelopoulos says a finding will help the scientists know more about the threatening solar storms and how our planet’s magnetic field works.

 

A说发现将帮助科学家们知道更多关于有威胁性的太阳风暴和我们星球上地磁场的工作方式。

 

Cramming five of miniature satellites into the nose of one launch rocket has a collateral engineering benefit. Each is a cube, less than one meter wide and high.

 

把5枚微型卫星挤入火箭前端有间接的工程利益。每一个立方都不足1米高和宽。

 

The THEMIS project manager with the University of California at Berkeley, Peter Harvey, says it has taught technicians how to make small satellites with little computer and other miniature instruments. “It’s been a challenging project to pack so much into five small spacecrafts. We look forward to some terrific scientific discoveries. ”

 

THEMIS计划经理，和加州大学贝克莱分校的Peter说，它已经教工程师如何用微型计算机制造小型卫星和其他微型设备了。“如何把这么东西都装进5个小卫星里曾经是一个挑战性的项目。现在我们希望会有惊人的科学发现。”

 

 

Cramming n.塞满, 填鸭式的用功

miniature n.缩小的模型, 缩图, 缩影adj.微型的, 缩小的

collateral adj.间接的

cube n.立方体, 立方

 

 

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1、get to the bottom of this
我们往往会从不同的人那里得到不同的信息，这时就需要我们做出判断，究竟谁说的是实话，谁在说假话。在这种情况下，我们往往会用get to the bottom of something这个习惯用语。比如说，在法庭上，一个法官听到双方的不同说法，法官就得想办法get to the bottom of something，弄清楚这个案件的真正事实。
eg. I didn't use my credit card last month. So I was shocked when I saw on the statement for last month that there's a new balance of 2000 dollars. I'm going to get to the bottom of this and find out who used my credit card.
上个月我没有用信用卡。当我在上个月帐单上看到我花了两千美元的时候，我真是大吃一惊。我得追根究底把事情弄清楚，找出到底是谁用了我的信用卡。

2、give a damn
在这里give a damn标准译为care，I don't give a damn = I don't care 约等于 I don't wanna know。另外，damn一词在此处可以用shit和fuck代替， 但是fuck表现更强烈一点，带有暴力性，译为我tmd才不管（天哪~~我都在教脏话）
eg. I don't give a damn what they say. 我才不在乎他们怎么说。

3、slip up
4、slipped up
slip up是固定用法（口语），意思是犯错误、疏忽大意，这个词当中加“-”就变成名词了，slip-up=mistake。

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The so called northern and southern lights, glow and shimmer colorfully, in what 19^th century Scottish poet W.E. Aytoun described as streamers shooting all night long across trembling sky.

 

被称作南北极光，发着多彩的微光，在19世纪苏格兰诗人W描述下，成为了布满整晚天空的锦带。

 

Despite their visual appeal, these brilliant light shows are actually storms—geomagnetic storms. Scientists call them substorms, a part of larger storm of energy propelled from the sun at supersonic speed toward earth and else where in the solar system.

 

忽略他们的外观，这些绝妙的光实际上是一种风暴——地磁风暴。科学家把称其为亚暴，是一种由太阳驱动，以光速推向地球和太阳系的其他地方的能量风暴的一部分。

 

This energy involves tons of charged particles, hurled our way in the so-called solar wind. Earth’s magnetic field repels most of this onslaught, but some occasionally leaks though as a result of a sudden, explosive release of these particles from the solar wind.

 

这种能量包含了巨大数量的带电微粒，形成太阳风吹向地球。地球磁场可以排除绝大部分冲击，但是一些从太阳风中突然爆发性释放的粒子穿过地磁场。

 

The outcome is the light show over the poles and sometimes the undesirable disruption of electrical power system and telecommunication on Earth and space craft in orbit.

 

结果就是在两极造成了极光，并且有时会非正常中断和地球和轨道飞行器的电力系统和通讯系统。

 

Solar physicist Vassilis Angelopoulos of the University of California at Berkeley says the precise point in Earth’s magnetic field where this explosive particle release occurs and the sequence of events leading to it have puzzled scientist for three decades.

 

加利福尼亚州立大学伯克利分校的太阳物理学家VA表示，地球磁场的从前的观点，为什么粒子这些粒子会在地磁场的确切地点释放以及导致其发生的原因的顺序已经困惑科学家30年了。

 

 

glow vi.发光, 发热

shimmer n.微光

streamer n.横幅, 长旗, 彩色纸带

propel vt.推进, 驱使

particle n.粒子, 点, 极小量, 微粒, 质点, 小品词, 语气

hurl vt.用力投掷, 愤慨地说出, 丢下, 推翻vi.猛投, 猛掷

onslaught n.冲击

occasionally adv.有时候, 偶而

disruption n.中断, 分裂, 瓦解, 破坏

sequence n.次序, 顺序, 序列

World Trade Center, a film in which Gyllenhaal costarred, relies on special effects to re-create the terror attacks of September, 2001. And Monster House used motion-capture technology that blended the work of actors like Gyllenhaal with computer images.

 

世界贸易中心，一部由G参演的电影，依靠特效技术重新塑造了2001年9月的恐怖袭击。 怪物房子，使用动态拍摄技术使得像G这样的演员的工作和计算机图像融合在了一起。

 

Some Sci-Tech awards are for highly technical process. Mary Ann Anderson shared a commendation with 11 other people for a new approach to putting sound on film. It uses cyan dye, which is environmentally friendly to create the audio track. The process saves 300 kiloliters of water for each film print.

 

一些科技奖是奖给高科技技术的。MAA和其他11人一同获得了一项奖励，因为一项新的向电影里加入声音的技术。它使用蓝色染料，环保且可以创建音轨。这项技术为每一部电影的节省了300多吨水。

 

Visual effects artist Richard Edlund has won four Oscar, for his work on Star Wars-The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Return Of The Jedi. This year he won a medal of a commendation for contribution the academy and the movie industry. He says engineers and technicians are important in Hollywood.

 

视觉效果师RE已经赢得了四项奥斯卡，因其在电影星球大战-帝国反击，夺宝奇兵和Jedi回归中的功劳。今年他又赢得了一枚奖牌，为其为协会和电影事业所做出的贡献。他表示工程师和技师在好莱坞是极为重要的。

 

“These are artists in their own way, and they just as creative in their way as the people who make movies. And they are basically creating the means to make movies better, more interesting and more visually spectacular.”

 

“这些艺术家们以他们自己的方式，并有着和电影拍摄者一样的创造力。他们基本上在创造方法来使得电影更好，更有趣同时也更加有视觉独特性。”

 

 

 

[生词]

costar n.合演者, 合演的明星vi.合演

blended (酒等)数种混合的 vt.混和n.混和

cyan n.蓝绿色, 青色

dye n.染料, 染色vt.染v.染

spectacular adj.引人入胜的, 壮观的

The film industry is a giant engine of economic growth, employing more than 750,000 people and boasting a surplus balance of trade with every single country in the world.

 

电影产业是经济增长的巨大动力，其雇佣了750，000名员工，并也在世界上任何一个国家都有贸易顺差。

 

The attendees met in small groups as well as some in formal symposia, and included filmmakers, lawmakers, cinema art students and other industry constituents from around the world.

 

会议形式有小型会议以及正式的座谈会，包括电影制片人，立法人，电影艺术学生和来自世界各地的其他产业代表们。

 

California senator Diane Feinstein reflected on both the art and commerce involved in filmmaking. “Great movies, I believe, shape who we are as American, in our own eyes, and in the eyes of the world. And this industry not only impacts American culture, it impacts our economy.”

 

加州议员DF在涉及艺术和商业上谈了自己的看法。“好的电影，我相信，会让我们看清我们美国人，用我们的眼睛，用全世界的眼睛。而且这个产业不仅仅影响美国文化，同样改变着我们的经济。”

 

An economic impact report will released at the conference finds that the U.S. film industry generates more than 1.3 million American jobs, pumping 60.4 billion dollars into the U.S. economy, and generating 10 billion dollars in tax revenue.

 

一份将在会议上发表的经济影响报告指出，美国电影业创造了130万个工作岗位，为美国的经济注入了604亿美元，而且创造了100亿的税收。

 

This revenue could be substantially higher, said the report, were it not for the global phenomenon of copyright theft. Illegal download and pirate DVDs cost the industry billions, a matter that is sure to be addressed in future conferences.

 

报告指出，如果不是卷入全球盗版事件中，税收应该更高。抵制非法下载和盗版DVD花了数10亿美元，这件事情在将来的会议上是要被讨论的。

 

 

 

surplus n.剩余, 过剩, [会计]盈余adj.过剩的, 剩余的vt.转让, 卖掉；贸易顺差

symposia n.座谈会, 评论集

constituent n.委托人, 要素adj.有选 举权的； 有宪法制定［修改］权的

commerce n.商业

pumping  抽吸[动、水、空]泵唧[送]汲取充[打]气, 泵作用；注入

substantially adv.充分地

theft n.偷, 行窃, 偷窃的事例, 偷窃行为

 

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