英语听力：自然百科 金星和水星旅行指南 Venus and Mercury-19

 Valor¹ will be tackling the acid clouds of Venus with little help from flying pan technology. This being two weather balloons are we watched Venus in the mid-1980s. This with wagon² machines there were two sep balloons that the Russians put them in the atmosphere. The one thing we knew it is, was put teflon on that hot balloon and the balloons worked perfect for two days just as design. And so we know, the teflon works. Battering³ violent updraft in acid clouds. These non stick pioneers were swept nearly half way around the planet. 

 

Calvin expects Valor to go further. We've second navigate⁴ the planet that is flying around the world of Venus not just once, but of that five times. And if we do that, we accomplish that we 'll by far have the world's record, actually the universal record for flight in the skies of any planet anywhere. Unexplored and unbelievable alien, the hot- zone planets are finally being recognized as prime space travel destinations. Mercury, a planet that both freezer and furnace. As a geologist⁵, if I can just bring back one rock, one sample, I mean that would increase our knowledge of Mercury by, you know, nearly ten fold or sth. 

 

I hope like to go to these work craters⁶ looking at what is in it. Even if it's not water, it's sth very unusual, very fascinating. And Venus, our unfortunate twin sister. What we'd like to do explore the reason is haven't been explored before and so I would pick Elfogia here, that's probably the first place I would go. I love to go see those snow filled mountain peaks with metallic⁷ snow and see if we can figure what's going on there, maybe some new sports that could be created and sliding down those metallic snows. 

 

Many postulated⁸ the future story what's going to happen to earth and its future and that's another reason we're really interested in Venus because the ultimate fate of the earth is too, look like Venus looks today. Venus and Mercury, two planets of wonder, but trapped in their own alien house. Perhaps not obvious destinations to discover more about our home planet, but that's the beauty of travelling the solar system, it's just for, of surprises.

1 valor   

n.勇气，英勇

参考例句：

• Fortitude is distinct from valor.坚韧不拔有别于勇猛。
• Frequently banality is the better parts of valor.老生常谈往往比大胆打破常规更为人称道。

2 wagon   

n.四轮马车，手推车，面包车；无盖运货列车

参考例句：

• We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
• The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。

3 battering   

n.用坏，损坏v.连续猛击( batter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。
• He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。

5 geologist   

n.地质学家

参考例句：

• The geologist found many uncovered fossils in the valley.在那山谷里，地质学家发现了许多裸露的化石。
• He was a geologist,rated by his cronies as the best in the business.他是一位地质学家，被他的老朋友们看做是这门行当中最好的一位。

6 craters   

n.火山口( crater的名词复数 )；弹坑等

参考例句：

• Small meteorites have left impact craters all over the planet's surface. 这个行星的表面布满了小块陨石留下的撞击坑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The battlefield was full of craters made by exploding shells. 战场上布满弹坑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 metallic   

adj.金属的；金属制的；含金属的；产金属的；像金属的

参考例句：

• A sharp metallic note coming from the outside frightened me.外面传来尖锐铿锵的声音吓了我一跳。
• He picked up a metallic ring last night.昨夜他捡了一个金属戒指。

8 postulated   

v.假定，假设( postulate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They postulated a 500-year lifespan for a plastic container. 他们假定塑料容器的寿命为500年。
• Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct. 弗洛伊德曾假定我们所有人都有生存本能和死亡本能。 来自辞典例句