英语听力：自然百科 神秘百慕大 bermuda triangle—11

 "You don't have to move far up shore before the depths are tremendous and to be able to find an individual wreck¹ in depths like that would be extremely difficult even with modern multibeam sonar technology, and certainly, incredibly difficult with a technology from earlier periods of time (year), and the classic needle and haystack situation."

 

The extreme depths of the Bermuda Triangle could explain the disappearance² of any evidence of 'Flight 19'. But the deadly water currents in the region may also have played a part . Powerful rush of warm tropical water known as the Gulf³ Stream travels through the Triangle.

 

"And one can easily imagine with current this strong that if a vessel⁴ were to sink in one spot, then these currents would sweep the debris⁵ very rapidly to the north. And not only with that happened, but with all the very ability all of these wiggles that you see within the currents, they get very rapid dispersion. For example, if a vessel’s sinking here, it might have part of its debris swept around this way and passed Miami, while other parts of the debris might take this split against Cuba and head the other way. So these currents would act very rapidly, stretch that debris across the ocean."

 

Science and logic⁶ prove that finding wreckage⁷ can be a near impossible task. 'Flight 19' may never be found. And according to a pilot in their search party, nothing that serious happened on that fateful day. 

 

"It was a simple matter of they got lost and they ran out of gasoline and they landed in the water. "

 

"All planes close up tight. And the first plane reaches ten gallons. We all go down together. "

 

"And I think that the planes broke up when they landed in the water and nothing was ever found."

 

Greg and Laura Little search for physical evidence to end the debate once and for all. 

 

"This is, of course just a single plane from what we can tell and so it’s exciting to see it might be a military plane, might be part of Flight 19. That'll be a wonderful find."

1 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

2 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

3 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

4 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

5 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

6 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。

7 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。