英语听力：2013-11-20 地平线：黑洞吞噬—27

 If you look at the Milky¹ Way galaxy², it’s this interesting balancepoint that this place where it’s just enough to wash from the black whole tokeep things interesting to possibly make the environment that allows us toexist here. 

Astronomers³ are eagerly awaiting a spectacular firework display as asuper massive black hole, the center of our galaxy…

For the coming months, across the world, astronomers will be turningtheir telescopes towards the center of the Milky Way, ready to be awed⁴ by thehistoric chance to witness a black hole sitting down to feet.  … for us to climb with this interstellar distantgasp. 

It’s the combination of a 40 year journey to get closer to thetantalizing age between the universe we can see and understand. And that placeof extreme that will forever be unseen and unknowable. 

We tend to think of black holes as these incredibly destructivechaotic objects but now we understand that they are actually integral parts ofwhy galaxies⁵ are the way they are. 

20 years ago black holes are seen as possible ornaments⁶ in the middleof a galaxy. Now we know that they may be the absolute shin and the drivingforce for the eventual⁷ size and possibly the shape of the galaxy.  

The story of black holes that began as just an idea. It sprang outof pure human thought and mathematics. And it first seemed to be too outrageousto be possible. And over time we’ve learnt that not only these things out therethey play as vital, important role, we are still learning about, we are stilldiscovering everyday about super massive black holes and what they do in theuniverse. Who knows what we will ultimately find out about the ultimate.

1 milky   

adj.牛奶的，多奶的；乳白色的

参考例句：

• Alexander always has milky coffee at lunchtime.亚历山大总是在午餐时喝掺奶的咖啡。
• I like a hot milky drink at bedtime.我喜欢睡前喝杯热奶饮料。

2 galaxy   

n.星系；银河系；一群(杰出或著名的人物)

参考例句：

• The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
• The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。

3 astronomers   

n.天文学者，天文学家( astronomer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings. 天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 awed   

adj.充满敬畏的，表示敬畏的v.使敬畏，使惊惧( awe的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance. 观众席上鸦雀无声，人们对他出色的表演感到惊叹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was awed by the huge gorilla. 那只大猩猩使我惊惧。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。

6 ornaments   

n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 )；点缀；装饰品；首饰v.装饰，点缀，美化( ornament的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The shelves were chock-a-block with ornaments. 架子上堆满了装饰品。
• Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments. 一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。