纪录片《火星任务》 第31期 地球历史书

They read like a book of Earth history

它们就像一本地球历史之书

and they tell us about different chapters in the evolution

告诉我们早期环境和生命

of early environments and life.

演变的不同阶段

And the cool thing about going to Mount Sharp at Gale¹ Crater²

而抵达盖尔撞击坑中心的夏普山

is going to be there,

最精彩的部分在于

we'll have a different book

在那里 我们将得到一本

about the early environmental history of Mars

关于火星早期环境发展的书

that will tell us something equally interesting,

告诉我们一些同样有趣的事情

and we don't know what it's going to be yet.

而目前还不知道等待我们的将是什么

The team believe the place they've chosen to land

科学家团队认为 他们选取的着陆点

is the perfect spot to look back in time.

是探测火星过去的理想地点

They want to know if Mars

他们想了解火星

could have supported life

在其历史中的任何阶段

at any point in its history.

是否能允许生命存在

So that Curiosity can discover

这样 好奇号就能够发现

all the information the scientists need,

科学家们所需的全部信息

the engineers have designed it to work just like

工程师们设计的火星车

a human exploration team would

和人类的研究小组

back here on our own planet.

在地球上的工作方式类似

What Curiosity can do as we begin to explore Gale,

好奇号在探索盖尔撞击坑之初

is pretty much what a geologist³ would do on Earth,

与地质学家研究地球的方法十分相似

but it's also bringing along a chemistry lab.

但它同时还携带了化学分析仪器

1 gale   

n.大风，强风，一阵闹声（尤指笑声等）

参考例句：

• We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
• According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。

2 crater   

n.火山口，弹坑

参考例句：

• With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
• They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。

3 geologist   

n.地质学家

参考例句：

• The geologist found many uncovered fossils in the valley.在那山谷里，地质学家发现了许多裸露的化石。
• He was a geologist,rated by his cronies as the best in the business.他是一位地质学家，被他的老朋友们看做是这门行当中最好的一位。