英文原版对话1000个:1056 More Moon Hoax

 　　Todd: Jonathan we are talking about conspiracy¹ theories. What about the one where the sound? That when the rocket lands, they have actually audio of the rocket landing and you can't hear the rocket engine, and the rocket engine should be making a really loud noise?

 

　　Jonathan: I don't remember if I've heard that one before. I would think that perhaps though the engine might be situated² in such a location that the noise is being dispersed³ out into open space.

 

　　Todd: So you're saying that because in space there's no pressure. There's nothing for the sounds to bounce off of so it would just be silent.

 

　　Jonathan: I mean, people have grown up watching movies like Star Wars and they think that when spaceships go through outer space that they go "vooooom" as they travel. The reality is that there is no sound in space. You know, there are no lasers that go "tchoo tchoo tchoo" as they go from one ship to another. It makes great entertainment. It doesn't make great science.

 

　　Todd: Fair enough. What about the buggy? Some people say that they buggy is going slow-mo. That maybe they filmed it in Area 51?

 

　　Jonathan: Yes, I've read about this. That apparently⁴ if you speed up the footage to a certain point that it looks as if they are walking around normally and such, but the think is that when you take into account the gravitational pull, they've sped it up too much for it to be realistic. I don't remember the exact figures but it's something like if you speed it up to and a half times instead of three and a half times as the conspiracy theorists did then it looks completely natural, that like they're on the surface of the moon.

1 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

2 situated   

adj.坐落在...的，处于某种境地的

参考例句：

• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
• She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。

3 dispersed   

adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的

参考例句：

• The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
• After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。