中石油2016通用英语选读课文51ThoseFascinatingNorthernLights迷人的北极光.docVIP

51. Those Fascinating Northern Lights 迷人的北极光 1.At 10:00 p.m.on March 231969,the Bowater Power Water Company in Deer Lake,Newfoundland纽芬兰 experienced经验，经历 a disturbancen干扰 on its system.The frequencyn频繁性，频率 convertern变频器 at Corner Brook tripped off跳开,shutting down half of the big paper mill造纸厂.There was a radio blackoutn中断，灯火管制，眩晕 over most of the Atlantic Provinces.And accompanying伴随 these activities was a magnificient display of northern lights北极光—boiling up out of the north and hanging in bundles of long rays光束，射束，声线束 like draperiesn（供装饰用的）织物，帷帐，布料 across the sky.Ninety-three million miles away,a rather uglyadj丑陋的，难看的 looking sunspotn太阳黑子 was making its way across the discn圆盘，磁盘，唱片 of the sun. 1.1969年3月2310点，保华特水电公司位于纽芬兰鹿湖的设备系统出现了异常；科纳布鲁克的变频器跳，使得一半的大造纸厂停产；大西洋沿岸各省的无线电中断。伴随这些异常出现的还有辉煌的北极光——从北面喷涌而出，一束束巨大的光束像帷幔一般遮盖了整个天际。9300万英里之外，一个相形见绌的太阳黑子出现在太阳的圆盘上。 2.This little drama demonstrated示范，显示，论证 once again the close relationship of the earth with the sun,and the importance of the interveningintervene vi干涉，干预，（时间）介于其间v干涉 space. 2.这个小小的插曲再次展现了地球和太阳的亲密关系以及介入空间的重要性。 3.During the past several years twelve similar disturbances have taken place发生 in this area.A magneticadj有磁性的，有吸引力的，磁性的 storm in November,1960,was so severeadj.严峻的;严厉的;剧烈的;苛刻的 its effects were felt all over Canada.The C.N.T. people alone suffered $3 million worth of equipment damage装备损失.At their height of excitement,sunspots can bring onv引起，导致，使发展，提出 violent猛烈的 magnetic storms. 3.在过去的几年中，类似的异常在同一地区出现了12次。1960年11月的电磁风暴甚至影响了整个加拿大。仅仅设备损失就达300万元。太阳黑子活跃的鼎盛时期就能带来剧烈的电磁风暴。 4.What are the northern lights or “aurora borealis”？They have been called “dancing ghosts幽灵，”“searchlight探照灯 of God,”and “the language of mysticadj神秘的n神秘家，神秘主义的鼓吹者 signs and portentsn征兆，前兆.”Old school books explain them as sunlight reflected from从…反射 ice and snow.But the great scientific achievements成果 of the past twenty years have revealedv.显示,揭示,泄露,[神学]启示 new knowledge about the sun and our earth’s outer atmosphere外层大气.It is now certain that mos