VOA慢速英语:Youngest Type 1a Supernova Ever Observed

carry out执行; 贯彻
例句：If you make a promise, it should be carried out.
你许了诺言, 就一定要兑现。

2. Alex also noted that vending machines at the school now sell vitamin water instead of sugary drinks.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句：He has been playing all afternoon instead of getting on with his work.
他整个下午一直在玩, 没有继续工作。

3. To fight off the attack, the pepper produces a chemical called capsaicin.

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. Those containing the chemical are protected from the fungus.

protect from保护, 保卫
例句：Trees should be well protected from the cold during winter.
冬天要保护好树木以防冻坏。

5. That is the question Professor Tewksbury set out to answer.

set out着手, 开始
例句：The government has set out to make many needed reforms.
政府开始进行许多必要的改革。

6. With the help of an assistant, he collected more than three hundred chili plants from a three hundred-kilometer area in Bolivia.

with the help of借助于, 利用
例句：I read English magazines with the help of a dictionary.
我借助字典翻阅英文杂志。

7. By comparison, one hundred percent of the chilies growing in wet conditions were hot.

by comparison相比之下
例句：This dress is really cheaper by comparison.
比较起来, 这件衣服确实便宜。

8. Then they were separated into two groups.

separate into分成(若干部分)
例句：The land was separated into small fields.
那块地被分割为小块的田地。

9. The researchers found that the hot peppers use up more water as a way to protect themselves from fungus.

use up用完;耗尽
例句：By this time he had used up all his savings.
到这时, 他的存款已全部用完。

10. The test subjects were told to listen carefully and note any sounds that were pleasing, or any that seemed to be different from the others.

be different from与…不同
例句：Their tastes are different from mine.
他们的爱好与我的不同。