英语听力：自然百科 神秘百慕大 bermuda triangle—14

 Hurricanes may have helped build the myth. But writer John Quiza believes they can’t explain all of the disappearances². Anything can disappear in foul³ weather, but for it qualify as a Triangle disappearance¹, it has to have the unexplainable quality to it, in my research, I don’t consider things that are in foul weather, because it’s not really a mystery, it’s merely a disappearance. 

 

The Bermuda Triangle mystery continues to confounded. One explanation lies in an oceanic phenomenon that was once disregarded as a myth. For centuries, mariners⁴ were marked for their storeys of huge waves up to ten storeys high, hitting their ships unexpectedly. But today, scientists regard the myth's fact--“rogue⁵ waves”. 

 

A rogue wave is typically a single wave that occurs out of nowhere, as an example, you could have even high waves, ten feet, fifteen feet, if now you have a wave coming through, that is two-three times the size, that’s called a rogue wave, because it’s totally unexpected.

 

Scientists still debate why they happen. It’s thought that the crest⁶ type of a series of small waves combines to create a monster.

 

Could a rogue wave have caused the disappearance of one of the Triangle’s most famous victims? October 26th, 1980, the SS Poet is due to report her position as being northeast of Bermuda. But the report is never given. And the ship and her crew of 34 are never found. Grabber uses his wave machine to investigate the effects of a rogue wave on a cargo⁷ ship, like the SS Poet. 

 

 

The ship is floating and it’s weighted in such a way that would represent a typical full load of a cargo ship. The rogue wave slowly builds. The model falls into a deep trough, and is then violently struck by the wave, within seconds, she is taking on water and sinks rapidly.       

1 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。

2 disappearances   

n.消失( disappearance的名词复数 )；丢失；失踪；失踪案

参考例句：

• Most disappearances are the result of the terrorist activity. 大多数的失踪案都是恐怖分子造成的。 来自辞典例句
• The espionage, the betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions, the disappearances will never cease. 间谍活动、叛党卖国、逮捕拷打、处决灭迹，这种事情永远不会完。 来自英汉文学

3 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

4 mariners   

海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）

参考例句：

• Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。
• The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。

5 rogue   

n.流氓；v.游手好闲

参考例句：

• The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
• They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。

6 crest   

n.顶点；饰章；羽冠；vt.达到顶点；vi.形成浪尖

参考例句：

• The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
• He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。

7 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。