英语听力：2013-09-04 《流言终结者》 第11季 第8集 完全爆炸手册—15

 By my calculation, it should explode in three, two, one.

 

How did you do that?

 

Magic.

 

Oh, my god. It went everywhere.

 

Next up, time to join the Q.

 

Q is for quagmire¹.

 

The one disadvantage to working at the bomb range is that when it rains, it becomes a horrendous² place to work. And it rains a lot!

 

Kari’s right. Gas canister rocket was a deluge³ disaster.

 

I thought the dangerous part was going to be the exploding propane tank. 

 

You’re right.

 

Oh, no.

 

Sounds bogus was a seasonal⁴ monsoon⁵.

 

You know when I love the bomb range? I don’t like it so much when it rains. The mud is basically clay. When you walk around, you get stuck. When you drive around, you get stuck. Think we got away with that one? Usually really hard. 

 

No one likes a good bang more than the Mythbusters. But in their explosive encyclopedia⁶, R somewhat surprisingly stands for rockets. 

 

That’s surprising because technically⁷ rockets are not explosive. But this being Mythbusters, things can and do go wrong. 

 

That’s why our rockets turn into explosives sometimes.

 

To be fair, most Mythbusters rockets (Watch out!) h ave flown straight and true. But that’s not always been the case. 

 

First, there was the salami rocket. I’m making a rocket out of meat, which was less meat missile and more baloney bomb. But that’s nothing compared to the most epic⁸ rocket fail. 

 

Time to install the rocket.

 

The jato rocket car revisit. 

 

The goal of the experiment was to get a 67 impala to fly. So Adam and Jamie’s spent up more than 20,000 dollars on this super-sized rocket which should be more than enough to get the job done.

1 quagmire   

n.沼地

参考例句：

• On their way was a quagmire which was difficult to get over.路上他俩遇到了—个泥坑,很难过得去。
• Rain had turned the grass into a quagmire.大雨使草地变得一片泥泞。

2 horrendous   

adj.可怕的，令人惊惧的

参考例句：

• He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life.他形容这是自己一生中最可怕的经历。
• The mining industry in China has a horrendous safety record.中国的煤矿工业具有令人不安的安全记录。

3 deluge   

n./vt.洪水，暴雨，使泛滥

参考例句：

• This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.雨大的时候，这条小溪能变作洪流。
• I got caught in the deluge on the way home.我在回家的路上遇到倾盆大雨。

4 seasonal   

adj.季节的，季节性的

参考例句：

• The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
• The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。

5 monsoon   

n.季雨，季风，大雨

参考例句：

• The monsoon rains started early this year.今年季雨降雨开始得早。
• The main climate type in that region is monsoon.那个地区主要以季风气候为主要气候类型。

6 encyclopedia   

n.百科全书

参考例句：

• The encyclopedia fell to the floor with a thud.那本百科全书砰的一声掉到地上。
• Geoff is a walking encyclopedia.He knows about everything.杰夫是个活百科全书，他什么都懂。

7 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

8 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。