【英音模仿秀】火星之旅

模仿文本：Last August, NASA landed a robotic explorer in the vast crater¹, close to the equator of Mars. Its first images were familiar: freeze-dried, brown, rocky desert. But a few weeks ago, that machine, Curiosity told us that aeons ago life might have been possible there. Water, the one scientists described as good enough to drink, poured or ran across the landscape. By studying the terrains² of Mars and the rocks from which they are built, we hope to solve the great biological question of Mars.

译文：去年八月，美国国家航空航天局的一台机器人探索器在靠近火星赤道的一个开阔陨石坑中着陆了。它最初得到的图像就是人们所熟知的火星：冰冻干燥、棕色、布满岩石的沙漠。但几周后，那台名为好奇号的探索器告诉我们，亿万年前那里或许曾有过生命。被科学家们誉为质量好得可供饮用的水，一度曾在这个星球表面四处流淌。我们希望能通过研究火星的地形和构成星球的岩石找到关于火星的生物学大谜题。

 

 

1 crater   

n.火山口，弹坑

参考例句：

• With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
• They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。

2 terrains   

n.地形( terrain的名词复数 )；地面；地域；地带

参考例句：

• Scientists call these pieces exotic or suspect terrains. 科学家们把这些小陆块叫外来或嫌疑地块。 来自辞典例句
• In the western of China are intricate terrains and many hilly regions. 我国西部地区地势复杂，多丘陵。 来自互联网