D12 神句文档

Day 12 神句文档

1.      The team contends that these bear more than a passing resemblance to the networks of bacteria that live in hydrothermal vents--towering, crenellated structures that form in the deep ocean above the boundaries between tectonic plates, where superheated mineral-laden water spurts up from beneath the seabed. 小组认为这些承受不仅仅比过往类似生活在高耸通风口热液中的细菌网络，锯齿状的结构形成于板块构造之间的深海之上的边界上，其中过热的含矿物质的水从海床底下喷出。

该团队认为,这些和生活在深海热泉的细菌群落极为相似----深海热泉指的是:深海中构造板块交界边缘上方高耸锯齿型的部分,富含矿物质的水从海底喷涌而出。

Bear more than a passing

resemblance to: passing指的是过关，及格线，more

than a passing resemblance指远超及格线，非常相似。

这句句子结构相当复杂，从句套从句，还是提醒大家牢记就近原则，但是最后一个where打头的从句，前面一个逗号与破折号之间的部分是修饰hydrothermal vents的插入语，所以where修饰的也是hydrothermal vents。

2.      Such a find is doubly intriguing because hydrothermal vents are seen as a plausible candidate for the cradle of life. 这样的发现更加耐人寻味，因为热夜喷口被认为是生命摇篮的一个貌似合理的候选。

人们认为深海热泉很有可能是生命的摇篮，这就使得该发现显得更有意思。

.Plausible:有两种意思，一个偏褒义，另一个偏贬义，此处指appearing

worthy of belief：eg. the argument was both powerful and plausible褒义

3.      Although the sorts of bacteria apparently found by Dr. Papineau and his colleagues are too complicated to reveal much about the very earliest organisms, the suggestion that hydrothermal vents have played host to life for so long is a strike in the theory’s favor. 尽管明显由帕皮诺博士和其同事发现的这类细菌太复杂而不能揭示太多有关早期有机体的信息，热液喷口对生命的影响如此之久的观点却是一个理论支持下的冲击。

尽管P教授和同事们发现的这类细菌太过复杂，无法更深入的揭示早期生命体的情况，但依然表明深海热泉养育生命的历史甚为悠久，这是支撑该理论的有力依据。

Too....to...太......以致不能......You are too young to

drive.你太年轻，还不能开车。