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friendjihaoUID：2362302

2010-7-17


Whaddya get when you cross a planet with a comet? Well, HD 209458b looks like a candidate. It’s a gas giant（巨大的） planet also called Osiris, and it’s orbiting so close to its star that some of its atmosphere gets blown away by the stellar wind. Astronomers think that it may then have a tail like a comet’s.

The researchers studied the odd object using the Hubble Space Telescope and reported their finding in the July 10th issue of The Astrophysical Journal.

The planet is about 153 light-years from Earth, and weighs a bit less than Jupiter. But its zippy（敏捷的） orbit is a hundred times closer to its star than Jupiter’s is.

Astronomers got information about the planet by observing its effect on its star’s light when it moved in front of the star from our point of view. They found that most of the gas being driven away from the planet by its star was moving at 22,000 miles per hour. But don’t worry about the planet disappearing entirely any time soon. The current best estimate to complete the vaporization（蒸发，气化）: a trillion years.

婧榭居士UID：2852563

217# hardtrip
哇。原来是这样呢。

非常感谢：）

婧榭居士UID：2852563

Whaddya et when you cross a planet with a comet? Well, HD 209458b looks like a candidate. It’s a gas giant planet also called Osiris, and it’s orbiting so close to its star that some of its atmosphere gets blown away by the stellar wind. Astronomers think that it may then have a tail like a comet’s.

The researchers studied the odd object using the Hubble（拼写） Space Telescope and reported their finding in the July 10th issue of The Astrophysical Journal.


The planet is about 153 light-years from
(多听了一个the)Earth, and weighs a bit less than Jupiter. But its zippy orbit is a hundred times closer to its star than Jupiter’s is.

Astronomers got information about the planet by observing its effect（不是in fact= =||） on its star’s light when it moved in front of the star from our point of view. They found that most of the gas being driven away from the planet by its star was moving at 22,000 miles per hour. But don’t worry about the planet disappearing entirely any time soon. The current best estimate to complete the vaporization: a trillion years.


红色：听错
ps。
zippy   adj. <非正>能迅速移动的
trillion  万亿,兆

ilovelssUID：2809027

怎么没更新了哈？

StefanaUID：2143510

因为网站昨天没更新=。=

今天更新2个=。=

longxue26UID：2687755

It's a restful song waves, unless they happen<ed> to be submerging the island you call home. A combination of climate change and bad environmental practices like coral mining is now swamping some low lying lands.

Take the island off the coast of Panama, these islands regularly find themselves inundated with sea water for days and some indigenous inhabitants have begun to move to hill sides on the mainland.

New researches from national center for atmospheric research suggest that climate change is alreday causing even greater sea level rise along the coast line of Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java-- coast lines inhabitants by hundreds of millions of people. The same climate change is also responsible for falling sea level around Seychelles  and potential weakening in the monsoons.

Satellite images and historical photos in other reasearch suggest some Pacific islands have proven resillent to sea level rise, largely thanks to coral continuing to provides steady supply of island building material. But rising sea level thanks to global warming is problem we'd better be prepared for.

爱落红尘UID：2830913

我看了，很不错

iscongcongUID：2592112

It's a restful sound, waves, unless they happen to submerging the island or coastal plain you call home. Accompanision( A combination of ) climate change and bad environmental practices like coral mining is now sweeping(swamping) some low line(low-lying) lands.

Take the islands offcoast(off the coast)of Panama. These Caribbean islands regularly find themselves inadate(inundated) with see water for days—and some dangerous(indigenous) inhabitants have begun to move to hillside on the mainlands.

New research from the national center for atmosphere(Atmospheric) research suggests that the  climate change is already causing even greater sea level rise along the coastlines of the beer bangle(Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java)- coastlines inhabited by hundreds of millions of people.The same climate change is also responsible for falling sea levels around the seashells(Seychelles) and a potential weakening of the monsoons.

Satelite images and historical photos in another(other) research suggest that some Pacific island have proven resilient to sea level rise of roughly 17centimeters over the last century, largely thanks to coral continuing to provide a steady supply of island building material.

But rising sea level thanks to global warming is a problem we better be prepared for.
血红的一片啊。。。要努力了啊哭。。。。。

iscongcongUID：2592112

A new study finds <out> that mammals with larger brain relative to body size tend to live longer.
It’s been a question(s) evolution (evolutionary biologists have) spend years tried(trying) to answer why would Nature favorite the developed(development of) large brain, Something they (that) require much more time to mature and use up so much more energy.(?)
A(The) Classic thinking has been that larger brains provide the setern kind of competity(sort of cognitive capacity) needed to survive in cetern change(ever-changing) environment like the sudden lost(loss) of food and (or)  the appearances of a new predator.

Now scientist have added a new factor to consider. Large-brained mammals live longer than those with smaller brains and so can not only have more chances to reproduce, but also have a longer reproductive cycle to allow more time for child rearing.


They(The team) analyzes nearly 500 species of mammals across the globe, from bats to felins , , ungulates and marsupials  And They found that deep and larger brains tend to live longer than those with smaller brains. A (the) study was published this week in the jounarl of evolutionary biology. The researchers analyzed other variables that could affect longevity like diet, environment, metabolic rates and found that the most significant predictor was brain size.


The authors stress, however, their finding is a correlation, and does not show causation. So on the one hand a larger brain favors a long lifespan but the opposite could also be true, that a longer lifespan favors a large brain.  

In any event it seems size does matter, at least when it comes to grey matter.

friendjihaoUID：2362302

2010-7-20


Earth

It's a restful(宁静的) sound, waves, unless they happen to be submerging（淹没，emerge：露出，出现） the island or coastal plain（平原） you call home. A combination of climate change and bad environmental practices like coral mining is now swamping（陷入沼泽） some low-lying lands.Take the islands in the Caribbean（加勒比海）off the coast(在海面上) of Panama（巴拿马）. These islands regularly find themselves inundated（淹没；注意这个的读音） with seawater for days—and some indigenous（本土的） inhabitants have begun to move to hillsides（山坡，山腹） on the mainland.

New research from the National Center for Atmospheric Research suggests that climate change is already causing even greater sea level rise along the coastlines of the Bay（海湾） of Bengal（孟加拉，发音似乎跟中文没什么联系）, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka

(斯里兰卡), Sumatra（苏门答腊岛(在印尼西部)） and Java—coastlines inhabited by hundreds of millions of people. The same climate change is also responsible for falling sea levels around the Seychelles（塞舌尔(群岛)[非洲]） and a potential weakening of the monsoons（季候风，（印度等地的）雨季，季风）.

Satellite images and historical photos in other research suggest that some Pacific islands have proven resilient（弹回） to sea level rise of roughly 17 centimeters over the last century, largely thanks to corals continuing to provide a steady supply of island-building material.

But rising sea levels thanks to global warming is a problem we better be prepared for.

friendjihaoUID：2362302

2010-7-18

这篇的文本好像有些对不上！

A new study finds that mammals with larger brains—relative to body size—tend to live longer.

It’s been a question evolutionary biologists have spent years trying to answer: Why would nature favor the development of a large brain, something that requires more time to mature and uses up（用完，耗尽） so much more energy? The classic thinking has been that large brains provide the sort of cognitive capacity needed to survive in an ever-changing（不断变化的） environment, like the sudden loss of food or the appearance(出现) of a new predator.

Now scientists have added a new factor to consider. The analyse nearly 500 species of mammals from across the globe（地球）, from bats to felines（猫科的）, ungulates（有蹄类动物） and marsupials（有带的动物）. And they found that indeed Large-brained mammals tend to live longer than those with smaller brains-the study was published this week in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology, but the ? according to the authors that those mammals with long lifespan ,not only have more chances to reproduce, but also have a longer reproductive cycle to allow more time for child rearing（培养，培育）.The researchers analyzed other variables that could affect longevity like diet, environment, metabolic rates and found that the most significant predictor of longevity was brain size.

The authors stress（强调）, however, this is just correlation but not causation. So on the one hand it might be that a larger brain favors a long lifespan but the opposite could also be true, that a longer lifespan favors a large brain.


In any event it seems size does matter, at least when it comes to grey matter（（.中枢神经系统的）灰质，灰白质），也可指头脑）

StefanaUID：2143510

桔子susanUID：2754084

7.19
听错了的
听漏了的
拼写错误
New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte had to leave Sunday’s game against Tampa in the third inning because of a strained groin. He thus slightly beat the odds. Because his injury happened after the All-Star Game, which was last Tuesday. And a new study finds that more than three-quarters of injuries to major league pitchers during the course of a season occur before the all-star break.
The data on baseball injuries was presented the same day as Pettitte’s early departure at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine in Providence, Rhode Island. Which makes sense because that’s Red Sox country and most of the Sox seem to be on the disabled list.
The study looked at all players who were put on the disabled list from 2002 to 2008. Pitchers were 34 percent more likely than non-pitchers to suffer injuries. And pitchers accounted for almost two-thirds of all the time spent too hurt to play.
Most injuries to non-pitchers also happened before the all-star break. Although I wonder if that stat might reflect a greater unwillingness to disable list a player during the pennant drive. Oh, Pettitte’s out for at least a month—providing new data for further research.

strained groin 腹股沟扭伤
pennant drive 锦标赛。pennant：a flag emblematic of championship (as in a professional baseball league); also : the championship itself
beat the odds -- 克服困难
这篇关于棒球的有很多该方面的词汇，听得我都晕了。

flyingpoemUID：2757529

停了一个月，俺又回来了，继续坚持

0719

  红色
没听懂的，听错的
蓝色
拼写错的

绿色
听漏的

橙色
和答案有冲突的



New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte had toleave Sunday’s game against Tampa in the third inning because of a strainedgroin. He thus slightly beat the odds.Because his injury happened after the All-Star game, Which was last Tuesday. And anew study finds that more than three quarters of injuries to major league picchers during the course of a season occur before the all-star break.
The data on baseball injuries waspresented the same day as Pettitte’s early departure at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for the sports Medicinein Provindence, Rhode Island. Which makes sense becausethat’s Red Sox country and most of the Sox seem to be on the disabledlist.
The study looked at all the playerwho were put on the disabled list from 2002 to 2008. Pitchers were 34 percentmore likely than non-pictures to sufferinjuries, and pitchers accounted for almosttwo-thirds of all the time spent too hurt toplay.
Most injuries of non-pitchers also happenedbefore the all-star break Although I wonder ifthat stat might reflect a greater unwillingnessto disable list a player during the pennant drive. Oh, Pettitte’s out for at least a month- providing newdata for further research..

longxue26UID：2687755

New york Yannkees pitcher Andy Pettitte had to leave Sunday's game against Tampa in the 3rd inning because a strained groin. It thus slightly beat the odds, because his injury happened after the all star game which was last Tuesday. And a new study finds that more than tree quarters of injuries to major league pitchers in this course of a season occur before the all star break.  

The date on baseball injuries was presented the same day as Petties's earlier departure at the annal meeting of American Orthopaedic society for sports medicine in providence Rhode island, which makes sense becasue that's Red Sox country and most of the sock seem to be on the disable list.

The study looked all players who were put on the disable list from 2002 to 2008, pitchers were 34% more likely to non-pitchers to suffer injuries. And pitchers accounted for almost two thirds of all time spent too hurt to play.

Most injures to non-pitchers also happened before the all star break, although I wonder if that star might reflect to greater unwillingness to disable list a player during pennant drive, oh Pettitte's out for at least a month, providing new date for further research.

inning --- 棒球的一局 回合
strained groin
beat the odds -- 克服困难
major league -- 大联赛
pennant drive 啥意思啊