英语访谈节目:美国科学家测量空气中的甲烷气体

1.turn out 结果

If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me.
如果我早知道自己的人生结局会是如此，我当时宁愿让他们杀了我。

2.go after 追求

We're not going after civilian targets.
我们不会以民用设施为打击目标。

3.fight against 反对

He died after a brave but unavailing fight against a terminal illness.
在与绝症进行了一番勇敢但却徒劳的抗争之后，他还是去世了。

4.natural gas 天然气

Today, oil and natural gas have replaced coal and wood in most areas.
如今在大部分地区，燃油和天然气已经取代了煤炭和木头。

5.short-lived 短暂的

Any hope that the speech would end the war was short-lived
期待这场演讲能结束战争的希望很快便破灭了。