英语听力：自然百科 金星和水星旅行指南 Venus and Mercury-8

 Reason/ you are going to go to Mercury as a travel destination would be this night sight view because it's going to be highly unique in the solar system. You have sodium¹ that’s atoms that are streaming off and giving enough to see yellow light, so you could almost look like you are standing² in a donut of sodium emission³.

 

With the sunrise 3 months away you have plenty of time to sit back and take in the view, framed in a halo of amber⁴ light. 

 

The sun sets, you could get a very nice light show and I know people go to Canada to look at the northern lights all the time and so, that would be a reason to go to Mercury. 

 

Not a night out? Then head into the light . But when you are this close to a stellar rotisserie, make sure you pack plenty of sunscreen. 

 

If you want a suntan you can't beat the dusty sands of Mercury, stretchout on the ground here and the sun crackles and fizzes right above you, appearing almost 3 times bigger in the sky and 7 times as hot. 

 

If you are walking on the surface of Mercury you need one heck of a spacesuit because if you are in the sun it will be extremely hot, you would see an enormous sun in the sky that would just, you know, burn you to death if you, you know, spend any time in it whatsoever⁵.

 

The Mercury really climbs on Mercury to a toasty 840 degrees Fahrenheit⁶ . That's about twice as hot as your kitchen oven on full heat. 

 

You need a bit more than SPF30 sunscreen here. To escape the heat you can always head to the dark side but dress warmly. With virtually no atmosphere to keep the heat in, the temperature plummets⁷ to minus 275 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

1 sodium   

n.（化）钠

参考例句：

• Out over the town the sodium lights were lit.在外面，全城的钠光灯都亮了。
• Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine.食盐是钠和氯的复合物。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 emission   

n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发

参考例句：

• Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
• Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。

4 amber   

n.琥珀；琥珀色；adj.琥珀制的

参考例句：

• Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?你过生日想要一条琥珀项链吗？
• This is a piece of little amber stones.这是一块小小的琥珀化石。

5 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

6 Fahrenheit   

n./adj.华氏温度；华氏温度计(的)

参考例句：

• He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
• The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。

7 plummets   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• As a result, blood sugar plummets, sometimes even going below the baseline. 结果，血糖浓度迅速掉落，有时甚至落于基线之下。 来自互联网
• State and local governments could continue to back as tax revenue plummets. 由于税收的直线下降，州和地方政府可能继续削减支出。 来自互联网