第3章 埃文斯牧师的宇宙 The Reverend Evans's Universe · 第4讲S3
课程:《万物简史》慕课教程(WANWUJS001)主讲:余俊英副教授(数字人)词汇 7 条句型 1 条要点 0 条
二、核心词汇(7)
| 词条 | 释义 / 讲解 |
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| inescapable | adj. 无法逃避的。in-(不)+ escape(逃脱)+ -able(可…的)。 |
| doom | n. 灾难,厄运。此处指超新星爆炸带来的毁灭性后果。 |
| deliver | v. 递送,运送。此处指将庄稼送到商店。 |
| ridiculously | adv. 荒谬地,极其地。修饰 close,强调距离近到不可思议。 |
| fabulous | adj. 极好的,惊人的。此处指极光景象令人难以置信地壮丽。 |
| shimmering | adj. 闪烁的,波光闪闪的。形容光线微弱而颤动。 |
| spooky | adj. 阴森可怕的,诡异的。形容极光虽美但伴随危险。 |
三、句型与语法点(1)
| 要点 | 说明 |
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| advancing toward | 现在分词作后置定语,修饰 doom,表示“正朝我们逼近”。 |
四、课堂讨论题
1. 老师,讲稿里说超新星爆炸的破坏力是以光速传播的,那我们根本没法提前四年多预警,这到底是啥意思呀?
2. 文中提到超新星爆炸会产生 fabulous auroras(惊人的极光),但为什么作者紧接着说 'This will not be a good thing' 呢?
3. 讲稿里把超新星爆炸产生的宇宙射线比作 'shimmering curtains of spooky light',这个比喻具体是指极光长啥样?
4. 为什么超新星爆炸会 'blow away the magnetosphere'(吹散磁层)?磁层没了对我们人类有啥具体的致命危害?
5. 既然离超新星太近(10光年内)会死,那如果离得远一点,虽然看不到那种恐怖的极光,还会受到辐射伤害吗?
五、Discussion Questions (English)
1. Teacher, the script says the destructive force of a supernova explosion travels at the speed of light, so we can't get a warning years in advance. What exactly does that mean?
2. The text mentions that a supernova explosion would produce 'fabulous auroras,' but why does the author immediately say, 'This will not be a good thing'?
3. The script compares the cosmic rays from a supernova to 'shimmering curtains of spooky light.' What exactly does this metaphor refer to regarding the appearance of the aurora?
4. Why would a supernova explosion 'blow away the magnetosphere'? What specific fatal harm would the loss of the magnetosphere cause to humans?
5. Since being too close to a supernova (within 10 light-years) is deadly, if we are further away and don't see that terrifying aurora, would we still suffer from radiation damage?
六、听力 / 讲稿全文
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What would it be like if we had four years and four months
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to watch an inescapable doom advancing toward us,
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knowing that when it finally arrived,
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it would blow the skin right off our bones?
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如果我们真的有四年多的时间,
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四年零四个月的时间去观看一个 inescapable,
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无法逃避的 doom advancing toward us.
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不可避免的大灾难朝
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着我们逼近
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我们难道就这样眼睁睁地看着吗明知道当它到达的时
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候
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我们所有人都将屁股无存 would people still go to work
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would farmers plant crops would anyone deliver them to
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the stores 还有人把自己种的庄稼送到商店去吗
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deliver
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送货 weeks later back in the town in New Hampshire where
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I live I put these questions to John Thorstensenan
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astronomer at Dartmouth Collegeoh no he said laughing
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the news of such an event
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这
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一事件的消息是以光速传播的但是它的破坏性也是以
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光速传播
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所以你不可能有四年多的时间去等待这个
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Inescapable Doom
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你会在知晓这一事件的那一刻就被它杀死 But
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don't worry,this is not going to happen For
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the blast of a supernova explosion to kill you,
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he explained You would have to be ridiculously close
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Blast 是爆炸产生的冲击波要想让超新星爆炸杀死你
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那也不是那么容易的你得要靠它非常近近到
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ridiculous 近到荒谬可笑的地步 Probably within 10
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light years or so 大概是十光年以内吧十光年虽然已经
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是我们无法想象的距离了但是对于宇宙空间来说它还
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是 ridiculously close
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The danger would be various types of radiationcosmic
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rays and so on 危险主要在于各种各样的辐射宇宙射线
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等等
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These would produce fabulous aurorasshimmering
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curtains of spooky light that would fill the whole sky
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This will not be a good thing These refers to cosmic rays
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Fabulous means unbelievable or wonderful Aurorus 就
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是极光是由太阳发出的太阳风也就是宇宙射线沿着磁
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力线向南北两极移动以极快的速度进入地球大气层的
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上空使得高层大气分子或原子激发或电离产生这种绚
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丽的光芒
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但现在当超新星爆炸的时候不单是太阳发出了宇宙射
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线这些超新星也发出了大量的宇宙射线也将会产生这
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种 fabulous auroras 它们是 shimmering curtains of
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spooky lightshimmering 就是
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这种感觉波光闪闪的感觉 curtains
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You can see that some of the auroras are like
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curtainsalthough some look like stripes
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Spooky means it's so frightening,
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so strange that it makes you think of ghost 阴森可怕的
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This
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will not be a good thing 虽然很绚丽多彩但可不是好事
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对人的伤害是很大的整个句子是说这些宇宙射线会制
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造出惊人的极光整个天空成了布满闪闪幽光的光幕
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Anything potent enough to put on such a showwell blow
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away the magnetospherepotent means
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powerfulmagnetospheremagnet 这是磁场磁力的意思
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sphere 是球体球状的大家可以联想一下 atmosphere 大
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气层 magnetosphere 就是磁层
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它跟大气层一样是包裹着整个地球的 the
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magnetic zonehigh above the earth 它是地球上空的磁
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力区域
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这个磁层呢平时会保护我们免受紫外线的袭击
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ultravioletviolet 是紫罗兰也是指紫色的意思那
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ultra 是外的大家可以想一想如果是红外线英语该怎
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么说呢它
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可以使我们免受紫外线和其他宇宙射线的
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assaultsassaults means attacks
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就是袭击攻击 anything potent enough to put on such a
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show 凡是有能力制造出这样一种奇观的东西其实这里
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指的就是超新星的爆炸它完全可以 blow away the
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magnetosphere 可以把地球的磁层摧散把它摧毁掉
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没有了磁
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层
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的保护哪个倒霉蛋要是走到阳光里去的话很快就会变
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成像一个烧焦的比萨饼那样
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七、课堂练习(AI 生成)
1. 根据构词法,单词 inescapable 由前缀 in-、词根 escape 和后缀 -able 组成,它的意思是?
A. 无法逃避的
B. 容易逃脱的
C. 正在逃脱的
D. 已经逃脱的
答案:A · 前缀 in- 表否定,-able 表可…的,结合词根 escape 可知意为“无法逃避的”。
2. 在课文语境中,名词 doom 用来指代超新星爆炸带来的毁灭性后果,它的中文含义是?
A. 奇迹
B. 灾难
C. 探索
D. 旅程
答案:B · 根据板书要点,doom 在此处特指灾难或厄运。
3. 语法点 advancing toward 在句中作后置定语修饰 doom,该结构属于什么词性?
A. 过去分词
B. 现在分词
C. 不定式
D. 动名词
答案:B · 板书明确指出 advancing toward 是现在分词作后置定语,表示“正朝我们逼近”。
4. 副词 ridiculously 用来修饰形容词 close,强调距离近到不可思议,它的含义是?
A. 极其地
B. 缓慢地
C. 遥远地
D. 模糊地
答案:A · 根据材料,ridiculously 意为“荒谬地,极其地”,此处起强调作用。
5. 形容词 shimmering 用来形容光线微弱而颤动,它对应的中文意思是?
A. 闪烁的
B. 刺眼的
C. 昏暗的
D. 静止的
答案:A · 板书指出 shimmering 意为“闪烁的,波光闪闪的”,专门形容光线微弱而颤动的状态。