时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:2015年Scientific American(五)月


英语课

 Mummies, there are the staff of art movies and happy archaeologists. Now the American association of anonymous 1 sceptered their attention to mummies * entire latest issue of their journal, then * record to the subject. Papers in addition, comber topic, such as the bug 2 bodies of northern Europe, the intestinal 3 contents of Korean mummy, a key study for the Egyptian mummy with pro-study toll 4 and * research with ancient human remains 5. Most mummy researchers * actual discover remains, but some investigations 6 try to reconstruct mummification techniques to figure out just how ancient people did it. For example, in 1994 researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore attempted to recreate Egyptian mummification using a donated *. In a paper in the new mummy issue, scientists conducted a variety of scans on * to see if they could figure out the process without asking the researchers who did the 1999 for work. They determined 7 that the body was mild, like the elderly and probably modern professional in the * or lead social class. The others also described the insurgence 8 and the embalming 9 materials that they could ask team to scans, they then took the results to their regional embalmers who did their findings to be largely correct. This kinds of comparisons provided methods to test the accuracy of out evaluation 10 of mummies. Because many of the secrets of the ancient Egyptian embalmers are as has been said lost in a sands of time.



1 anonymous
adj.无名的;匿名的;无特色的
  • Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
  • The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。
2 bug
n.虫子;故障;窃听器;vt.纠缠;装窃听器
  • There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
  • The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。
3 intestinal
adj.肠的;肠壁;肠道细菌
  • A few other conditions are in high intestinal obstruction. 其它少数情况是高位肠梗阻。 来自辞典例句
  • This complication has occasionally occurred following the use of intestinal antiseptics. 这种并发症偶而发生在使用肠道抗菌剂上。 来自辞典例句
4 toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
5 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
6 investigations
(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查,但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
7 determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
8 insurgence
n.起义;造反;暴动;叛乱
  • US troops moved into the Afghan mountains in an offensive to stop Taliban insurgence. 美军日前进军阿富汗山区阻止塔利班组织的一次暴动。 来自互联网
9 embalming
v.保存(尸体)不腐( embalm的现在分词 );使不被遗忘;使充满香气
  • The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming. 尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They were experts at preserving the bodies of the dead by embalming them with special lotions. 他们具有采用特种药物洗剂防止尸体腐烂的专门知识。 来自辞典例句
10 evaluation
n.估价,评价;赋值
  • I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
  • The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。
学英语单词
AC-DC drive
afternoon tidal fever
ageniocephaly
agitated depressions
aguato
alkaline-aggregate reaction
alloys with high expansion
anencephalus
anteroposterior diameter of inlet
anti-symmetric law
bcpr
Bee, Loch
beyond the stretch of
boowe
bud dormancy
canna eduliss
cellular wave
cerebrum abdominale
cloak-and-sword
colour charge
conditional-lethal mutant
Conservative Party
criminal object
cut-back
daily statement
Dawei R.
decibel-log frequency characteristic
delint
disabled motor switch
doand
droppable pyrotechnic flare system
duplication of the thumb
ectothrix infection
encirclements
enthusiasm for labour
exophagy
eye-pointed needle
FIATA FCR
film theory
Goua
granula
Hemanthias
hemoderivatives
hexadecane dicarboxylic acid
high comma
i y? ch'ao t'ien tui
in-wintered
influenzaI meningitis
intrathoracic adenoma of thyroid
ironbarks
jasmal
kalotypography
Kihatu
krustev
last schedule
lay-on-airdryer
lever-tumbler lock
list-serves
luckhurst
marchfelds
mirandized
multi-drug-resistant
multipaneled
native species
Neckera
newsletter
npn junction transistor
order Carnivora
ordinary consumer
palaeoceanography
plafibride
Pol-e Khomrī, Daryā-ye
political campaign
process connection
Pugo-dong
pyrrolysine
rightwingers
Rongchang ware
roof work
Rothwells
scising
scleroderma neonatorum
scraper compression ring
settlement place
sexual mentor
sighetu marmatiei (sighet)
SMSA
snow tractor
stable temperature rise
standing alone
targ
technical methylnaphthalene
testing with Seleroscope
thermophiles
unremuneratively
use a computer
Vergt
verse-form
visual synthesis of colour
waiting cost
world-changing
Zaire