(单词翻译:单击)
我们的故事
On the expedition,Banks collects over 30,000 plants:
在考察的途中 班克斯采集了超过三万株植物
25 percent more plant species now known to science,
其中百分之二十五如今已有科学记载
More specimens in his lifetime than any other botanist.
他一生中发现的植物种类胜过任何植物学家
He made these explorations for pure discovery,not really for financial gain,
他历经探险只为研究 而不是经济利益
and he really helped popularize the idea in Europe that science was an end in itself,
而且他极大地在欧洲普及了一个理念: 科学本身就是一种目的
it didn't always have to serve commerce to be important.
它不必为了服务商业来提高其地位
After one week in australia,The Endeavour sets sail for Britain,
在澳大利亚逗留一周后 "奋进号"驶向英国
Carrying an irreplaceable cargo:Animals and plants unknown to science.
装载着独一无二的货物:暂无科学记载的动植物
Ahead, a 20,000-mile journey.11pm.Five weeks into the voyage.
开始了一段两万海里的旅程 晚上十一点 在起航的第五周
24 miles from the coast, the Endeavour hits a reef."We're going down!"
距海岸二十四海里时 "奋进号"触礁了 "船要沉了!"
Banks records the terror on board:"Fear of death now stared us in the face."
班克斯记录了船上发生的恐慌 对死亡的恐惧笼罩着我们
Probably the most of us must be drowned.I prepared myself for the worst.
也许我们多数人都会被淹死 "我已经做了最坏的打算"
重点讲解
1、exploration
在…探险;探测;勘察;考察
I just wanted to explore Paris, read Sartre, listen to Sidney Bechet.
我就想逛逛巴黎，读读萨特的作品，听听悉尼·贝谢的音乐。
After exploring the old part of town there is a guided tour of the cathedral.
游览完老城区之后，会由导游带队参观大教堂。
探讨，研究（观点或建议）
The secretary is expected to explore ideas for post-war reconstruction of the area.
部长预计将会探讨这个地区战后重建的意见。
The film explores the relationship between artist and instrument.
这部电影探究了艺术家和乐器之间的关系。
勘探
Central to the operation is a mile-deep well, dug originally to explore for oil.
那次行动的重点是一口深达1英里的井，最初钻那口井是为了勘探石油。
The government is allowing the areas of inshore coastal waters to be explored for oil and gas.
当局允许在近海海域勘探石油和天然气。
2、discovery
发现;发觉;察觉
I felt I'd made an incredible discovery.
我觉得我有一个天大的发现。
the discovery that both his wife and son are HIV positive.
查出他妻子和儿子艾滋病病毒检测都呈阳性
(第一个)发现
In that year, two momentous discoveries were made.
那一年，有两个重大发现。
the discovery of the ozone hole over the South Pole.
南极上空臭氧洞的发现
