英语听力：自然百科 神秘百慕大 bermuda triangle—12

 They looked for anything that may help identify the plane in the murky¹ depths.

 

“You can see that may be 2,3 meters in front of you, yet at back, tremendous bottom motion of the water, if you don’t hang on to something, it will move you really quickly. So, it’s just very difficult condition.”

 

Low visibility hinders the search. But it's soon obvious that this plane is much bigger than the Flight-19 aircraft. After years of lying on the ocean floor, clues from the plane emerged.

 

“We did find some pieces that we think may have numbers on, they look very promising².”

 

“I am sure this has numbers on it somewhere and once we clean this up we can probably could find. We may be able to identify the kind of plane once we get the numbers.”

 

Back on Bimini island ,the Littles take a closer look at the evidence.

 

“This is one of the most interesting pieces. We got several figures of what it could be,maybe this was attached solely³ to something and this was like a grounding wire.”

 

The plane's individual registration⁴ number can’t be found. But they find another clue that may be the key to the plane’s identity. 

 

“There is something written on the side here. I am not seeing that. That is a real part number there, a whole sequence of  numbers, razed⁵, there’s numbers on the side,here, perhaps the manufacturer’s name. And I should got the ID of the plane, I think it would be able to figure out exactly what kind of plane this is from this. That number should work,that's actually pretty exciting.”

 

Laura makes a discovery of her own.

 

“The one that I'm most exciting about it is on the end - a big ‘48’ which makes you wonder if possibly the plane, this particular part, was manufactured in 1948.”

1 murky   

adj.黑暗的，朦胧的；adv.阴暗地，混浊地；n.阴暗；昏暗

参考例句：

• She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
• She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。

2 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

3 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

4 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

5 razed   

v.彻底摧毁，将…夷为平地( raze的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The village was razed to the ground . 这座村庄被夷为平地。
• Many villages were razed to the ground. 许多村子被夷为平地。 来自《简明英汉词典》