VOA慢速英语:Scientists May Have Found 'God Particle'

1. We have discovered a new particle, a boson -- most probably a Higgs boson, but we have to find out which kind of Higgs boson this is.

find out 找出;发现;查明
例句：Please find out when the train starts.
请查一下火车什么时候开。

2. In particle physics, the Standard Model is sometimes called "a theory of almost everything" that affects how subatomic particles interact and affect each other.

each other 互相
例句：Do you often help each other with your lessons? 
你们经常互相帮助复习功课吗？ 

3. The results presented Wednesday are based on findings collected last year and this year from two experiments, called Atlas and CMS.

base on 基于
例句："Base on Yunfu, orient to the world and aim at the future." 
立足云浮,面向世界,走向未来。 

4. However, a spokesman for one of the experiment teams, Joe Incandela, says the boson is unlike any particle found so far.

so far 到目前为止
例句：It is merely a hypothesis; so far. 
到目前为止，这仅仅是一种假设。 

5. Or maybe we open up a whole new realm of discovery.

open up 开放
例句：After a few drinks he began to open up a bit. 
他喝了几杯酒话就多起来了. 

6. CERN had been planning to shut down its atom-smasher for two years for maintenance work.

shut down 停工
例句：Some coal mines had to shut down. 
有些煤矿不得不关闭。 

7. But because of these results, it will keep the Large Hadron Collider in service for another two to three months.

because of 因为
例句：Because of illness she didn't get much benefit from her stay abroad. 
她待在国外因生病而未得到多大好处.