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我可没打算把这么厚一本书翻译了.....坑掉的东西发上来纪念而已
生词多得无法无天啊。
2010年06月09日 07点06分
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好吧,审核审核- - 我不明白一本科普书能有什么不和谐的
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Planetary Environment星球环境
Sir, it's quite possible this asteroid is not entirely stable.
-C-3PO, The Empire Strikes Back
先生,这颗小行星并不完全稳定是很有可能的
——C-3PO 《帝国反击战》
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It comes into view as a small, pale dot against the blackness of space.
Dim, inconsequential beside the brilliance of a star. Yet for us, it is a
safe haven in the endless vacuum of space. Only here, on this fragile bit of
rock or others like it, can life develop and survive. It formed billions of
years ago, the right elements combining in the right proportions at the
right distance from its sun to bring it to dynamic life. Volcanoes breathed
out an atmosphere . Life-giving rains fell, the bit of rock evolved. As it
grows closer, the dot gains color and definition.
在一片漆黑的太空中,它看上去渺小而苍白。行星Dim,在一颗恒星的光芒旁边显得是那么可有可无。对我们来说,在无尽??的太空中这是一个安全的存在。只有这里,在这堆??岩石和其他类似的东西之上,生命才能存活和发展。它在数十亿年钱形成,正确的元素在正确的??在正确的距离上,才有了??生命。火山的喷发生成了大气。生命之雨降下,岩石??。经过了长期这样的演化,这个小点就有了颜色和定义??。
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Major features are revealed: rock, water, ice, clouds. Within the
atmosphere , that protective, nurturing envelope, more details become
apparent. Only on the surface, though, does the unique character of the
planet become clear: the shapes and colors of the topography , the peculiar
quality of the star's light scattered through the atmosphere, the
composition and scents of the air, the strength of the gravity, the texture
of the ground beneath our feet, the bizarre life forms that are another
expression of the growth and development of the planet.
主要的地貌都显示出来了:岩石、水、冰、云。在大气之中,那保护性的,天然的屏障??,更多的细节得以显示。也只有在表面,这些行星特征能够看得清楚:??的形状和颜色,恒星日照穿透大气的??质量,空气的组成和??,重力的大小,地面的??我们的双足,??的生命形式是一颗行星在成长和发展中另一方面的表现了。
We have visited many such balls of life-giving elements. Each landscape
is committed to memory.
我们已经拜访很多这种生命星球了,每一种地形地貌都印象深刻。
A flat plain of sand broken only by harsh, jagged rocks.
一片充满被??岩石所??的沙子平坦的地面、
A vast, snow-covered waste. A fog-shrouded swamp chattering with life.
一个巨大的,雪覆盖的垃圾??。一个烟雾缭绕的沼泽地,生机盎然。
An ancient forest stretching high into the sky. A planet-sized city of
level upon level.
一片原始森林延展伸向天空,一座行星那么大的城市,层层叠加。
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Some seem mysterious; others feel almost like home. We've seen planets
and moons; we've even traveled through an asteroid field. Each has unique
characteristics. Anakin's and Luke's home world, Tatooine, is part of a
binary star system. Naboo has a bizarre internal structure. The Ewok moon
circles the gas giant Endor. In Star Wars, we're swept up in events that
take us to a wide array of strange and intriguing planets. They present an
exciting picture of the universe as we'd like it to be: filled with exotic
yet welcoming worlds.
一些看上去很神秘;另一些却感觉像家、我们见到了行星与卫星;我们甚至从小行星带中穿行而过。每一处都有独特的特点。安纳金和卢克的故乡塔土印,是双星系统的一部分。
These planets are generally friendly to human life-which is why the
human characters have traveled to them. In addition, though, they have
indigenous life of their own, in a variety that keeps us surprised and
delighted. But how realistic is this view of the universe, based on what we
know today?
这些星球总体来说是适宜人类生命的——这也是人类旅行者们会去这些地方旅行的原因。何况,他们还有自己的??,在很多情况下??使我们惊奇和鼓舞。但是我们以现有的知识所看待的这个宇宙,真实性又有多大呢?
Are Earth- type planets like those we see in Star Wars likely to exist?
And will so many of them be home to alien life?
我们在《星球大战》作品中看到的那些种类地行星真的存在吗?它们又真的会有许多能成为外星生命的家园吗?
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YOU CAN'T HAVE AN EMPIRE WITHOUT REAL ESTATE
你不可能建立起一个没有真实??的帝国
To have a universe like that in Star Wars, the first thing we need is
planets, and lots of them. If our solar system is a fluke, and we happen to
orbit the only sun in the universe that has planets, then we'll never be
able to pop across the galaxy for some Jedi training, set up a hidden base
in another solar system, or get into bar fights with intelligent alien life.
要有一个像《星球大战》中那样的宇宙,我们首先需要的是行星,而且需要很多很多。如果我们的太阳系是??,而它又是宇宙中唯一一个在轨道上有行星的星系,那么我们就永远不可能??穿越星河来进行一些绝地训练,在一个其他的星系偷偷建立一个隐秘的基地,或是走进一家酒吧与外星来的智慧生物打架了。
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How numerous are planets in our universe? Let's first look at how
planets form, and what ingredients are necessary in their formation . To
form rocky planets like Earth, we need heavy elements like iron, carbon,
nitrogen, and oxygen. Unfortunately, they are rare. The two lightest
elements, hydrogen and helium, currently comprise 99.8 percent of the atoms
in the universe. Hydrogen and helium are great for making stars, but not for
creating Earthlike planets or complex life-forms. The heavier elements did
not even exist at the beginning of the universe, so stars formed in those
early days could not have Earthlike planets orbiting them.
在我们的宇宙中,究竟行星的数量几何呢?我们先来看看行星是怎样形成,以及它们组成中有哪些必要的元素吧。要形成像地球这样的以岩石为基的行星,首先
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这本书果断弃掉....作者显然只看过正传三部曲而已,所以很多结论也是臆测,读起来也没有EU的那种宏大感,没什么意思...
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