VOA慢速英语:Will Physicists Have to Rewrite The Special Theory of Relativity?

短语讲解：

1. This week, we hear about developments in physics that, if proven correct, could have scientists rewriting physics textbooks.

hear about得悉, 听说
例句：Have you ever heard about the movie?
你听说过这部电影吗?

2. In the early morning hours, two researchers are looking for monkeys.

look for寻找
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

3. We manipulate their diets. So either they will be on a high carbohydrate or a high protein diet and at the end we run analyses to see how well they fight off infection, death rates and things like that.

fight off竭力摆脱〔驱走, 阻止, 回避…〕
例句：This is a possible cure to fight off cancer.
这也许是治愈癌症的良方。

4. They carried out an experiment that fired a beam of neutrinos from CERN to Italy’s INFN Gran Sasso Laboratory.

carry out进行
例句：They also carry out experiments.
他们还进行实验。

5. Skepticism is something we always bring to the table anytime there is a revolutionary claim like this.

bring to使用于…; 使加入, 参与…; 把…带给(某人), 带往(某处)
例句：How much experience does he bring this specialized work to?
他有多少经验从事于这项专案呢?

6. Before we throw away a cherished principle we have to, of course, check that this result, which is a very interesting result, is confirmed by other sources.

throw away扔掉; 浪费; 错过
例句：All his efforts were thrown away.
他的努力都白费了。

7. Scientists in the United States are working on a technology that uses human energy to power devices like cell phones, laptop computers, and GPS systems.

work on致力于…
例句：He has been working on a new novel for over a year now.
近一年多来, 他一直在写一部新小说。

8. Instead of using batteries for power, they have turned to human beings.

turn to求助于; (把注意力等)转向
例句：He was turned to for advice by all sorts of people.
各种各样的人都向他求教。

9. Professor Krupenkin and his team have placed a device in a shoe that collects and stores energy from human motion and turns it into electricity.

turn into (使)变成
例句：Her bitter experience has turned her into a stronger person.
痛苦的经历使她变得更坚强了。

10. He notes that it makes a lot of sense for people who depend on devices like mobile phones and laptop computers.

depend on依赖, 依靠
例句：All living things depend on the sun for their growth.
万物靠太阳生长。