大学英语综合教程 第三册 4textB

[00:00.00]take...for granted              be true of                      in theory                       detect
[00:05.09]认为…理所当然  对…适用        理论上          察觉
[00:10.19]in particular                   in connection with              reliable                        for one thing
[00:14.90]尤其            有关            可靠的          首先一点
[00:19.62]stable                          orbit                           for instance                    be apt to(do)
[00:24.10]稳定的          轨道            例如            有…的倾向
[00:28.58]evolution                       in other words                  existence                       capable
[00:33.87]演变            换句话说        存在            有能力的
[00:39.16]endure                          dispose                         in the process(of)              universe
[00:47.88]Is there life on other planets?Not on those surrounding our sun,it seems.But what of other stars?
[00:56.22]Do they have planets capable of supporting life?This article sets out to explore the possibilities.
[01:05.31]IS THERE LIFE ON PLANETS CIRCLING OTHER STARS?                   By Isaac Aslmov
[01:12.31]There is probably no life of our type in the solar aystem outside Earth itself.
[01:18.79]But is there life on planets circling other stars?
[01:24.04]2 Before we can really try to answer that,we have to ask if there are planets circling other stars.
[01:32.13]Over five hundred years ago,Nicholas of Cusa took it for granted that there were.Modern astronomers think
[01:41.80]he is likely to have been right,for if our solar system was formed from a cloud of dust
[01:48.75]and gas that automatically formed planets,
[01:53.53]that should be true of many other stars as well,and even,perhaps,of nearly all stars.
[02:00.50]3 But that is risky reasoning.It would be much better if one star,aside from our own sun,