(单词翻译:单击)
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Mars is dry — so dry that some trickles in a ravine were big news last year.
火星是干旱的，如此的干燥以至于在峡谷发现细流成了去年的大新闻。
But Mars was once wet, and new evidence shows it used to have oceans. And those oceans had giant tsunamis.
但是火星曾是湿的，新的证据表明它曾经有海洋。并且那些海洋产生巨大的海啸。
New maps show signs of at least two huge tsunamis, probably caused by meteors. The waves were up to 400 feet tall.
新的地图显示至少发生2次巨大海啸，可能是由流星造成的。海浪高达400英尺高。
In disaster-movie terms, that's about the same as "San Andreas," but smaller than, say, "Deep Impact."
在灾难电影方面，这类似于“末日崩塌”，但不及“天地大冲撞”。
Mars is thought to have had an ocean the size of the Atlantic. That was more than 3 billion years ago.
火星被认为存在大西洋面积的海洋。那是30亿多年前。
The planet eventually lost its atmosphere, and most of the water either evaporated or froze.
这个星球最终失去了大气，大部分的水要么蒸发要么被冻结。
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词汇解析
1、cause
(常指坏事的)原因，诱因
Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of death and disease.
在可以预防的引发死亡和疾病的因素当中，吸烟排在第一位。
The causes are a complex blend of local and national tensions.
原因很复杂，既有地方性冲突也有全国范围的紧张局势。
引起;导致
Attempts to limit family size among some minorities are likely to cause problems.
试图在某些少数民族地区限制生育可能会引起问题。
This was a genuine mistake, but it did cause me some worry.
这是好心办错事，可是确实让我担心了一阵子。
理由;缘由
Only a few people can find any cause for celebration.
只有少数几个人能找到庆祝的理由。
Both had much cause to be grateful for the secretiveness of government in Britain.
双方都有充分的理由对英国政府的行事隐秘深表感激。
2、eventually
最终;终于
Eventually, the army caught up with him in Latvia.
最终，大部队在拉脱维亚赶上了他。
The flight eventually got away six hours late.
那个航班推迟了6个小时后终于起飞。
最后;结果
Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult.
最后，你的孩子会离开家，作为一个完全独立的成年人过她自己的生活。
She sees the bar as a starting point and eventually plans to run her own chain of country inns.
她把那间酒吧当作一个起点，最终计划是经营自己的乡村旅馆连锁店。
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