英语听力：自然百科 行星旅行：土星 Saturn—5

 With Saturn¹'s 62 known moons, Cassini finds itself in good company without of this world photo opportunity to make even a seething² professional gasp³. 

 

Saturn is the most photogenic planet in all the solar system, so I just, you know, I mean, you couldn't get luckier than me, right? 

 

The ones that give me shivers are Saturn with the rings where Saturn is a crescent. We are looking down on the ring from above and there is a moon in the background. They are just artistic⁴ compositions. You know, here I'm leading a team of scientists, our duty, our job is to take images and we have this fantastic target. Kind of have this feeling like on the, you know, standing⁵ on the bridge, looking out of the window, you know, that you have a very strong feeling of being at the forefront, being out there exploring myself. That's the thrill of it for me. 

 

The view from Cassini's bridge exceeds anything seen before. 

 

Lower and behold⁶ you get close enough and / look/ like the rings dissolved into all of these, you know, individual ring. It's looking a lot like grooves⁷ on a phonograph record for people who remember phonograph records then. It's just very exciting and to try/ and figure out what could be causing that structure., what look like rather featureless rings in a telescope now have, you know, thousands of features in them. 

 

I was surprised at how surprised I was at the clarity of the images because I thought to myself, well, for pity's sake, you know, I've been thinking about this for years, for 14 years I've been thinking about this. I've been planning these images for a decade or whatever it was. You think, I would have, you know, anticipated what we gonna have this kind of resolution, it's gonna look like this and I just hadn't. 

 

1 Saturn   

n.农神，土星

参考例句：

• Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings.天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。
• These comparisons suggested that Saturn is made of lighter materials.这些比较告诉我们，土星由较轻的物质构成。

2 seething   

沸腾的，火热的

参考例句：

• The stadium was a seething cauldron of emotion. 体育场内群情沸腾。
• The meeting hall was seething at once. 会场上顿时沸腾起来了。

3 gasp   

n.喘息，气喘；v.喘息；气吁吁他说

参考例句：

• She gave a gasp of surprise.她吃惊得大口喘气。
• The enemy are at their last gasp.敌人在做垂死的挣扎。

4 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

5 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。

6 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。

7 grooves   

n.沟( groove的名词复数 )；槽；老一套；（某种）音乐节奏v.沟( groove的第三人称单数 )；槽；老一套；（某种）音乐节奏

参考例句：

• Wheels leave grooves in a dirt road. 车轮在泥路上留下了凹痕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Sliding doors move in grooves. 滑动门在槽沟中移动。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》