英语听力：2013-10-25 地平线：黑洞吞噬—16

 To stare into the void of a black hole, to tumble through space before disappearing forever within it, it's the prospect¹ of catching² that unique moment that explains the excitement of this year's events. What happens to matter once it's been swallowed we will never know. 

 

But it's what a black hole does as it feeds that holds the true surprise. It would prove to be key to revealing what black holes really are and their hidden role at the heart of galaxies³. 

 

That picture that matter gets sucked into a black hole, that's one of the biggest confusions about black holes that's out there partially⁴ because of science fiction like Star Trek⁵ and things like that. So for matter that's far away from a black hole, it actually doesn't get sucked in. It's very much like the planets in the solar system going around the sun. Things just go around and around and around.

1 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

2 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

3 galaxies   

星系( galaxy的名词复数 )； 银河系； 一群（杰出或著名的人物）

参考例句：

• Quasars are the highly energetic cores of distant galaxies. 类星体是遥远星系的极为活跃的核心体。
• We still don't know how many galaxies there are in the universe. 我们还不知道宇宙中有多少个星系。

4 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

5 trek   

vi.作长途艰辛的旅行；n.长途艰苦的旅行

参考例句：

• We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
• It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。