2015-01-28 BBC:星光七纪元-4

This cluster the Pleiades mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey¹, they appear in the Bible and in some of the goddess by the Aztecs and the Maya, but the interesting thing is that the Pleiades are so young, that early dinosaur² never saw them, because at that time the Pleiades hadn't been formed yet, at 100 million years old, they are like baby stars, very very young stars, some of the youngest stars that we can see in the sky.A star is being born somewhere everyday, each time it's one of the most magical events in the cosmos³, one that requires mighty⁴ forces of nature, and to set the process going, just an element of chance, the tale starts in the cold dark clouds of dust and gas that lurking⁵ in deep space, and that it filled the mind of imagination of professor S throughout her career studying the birth of stars.

These clouds are really vast, they can be up to 300 light years across, and that many stars are formed there which is why we call sometimes these clouds stellar nurseries.

 

1 odyssey   

n.长途冒险旅行；一连串的冒险

参考例句：

• The march to Travnik was the final stretch of a 16-hour odyssey.去特拉夫尼克的这段路是长达16小时艰险旅行的最后一程。
• His odyssey of passion, friendship,love,and revenge was now finished.他的热情、友谊、爱情和复仇的漫长历程，到此结束了。

2 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

3 cosmos   

n.宇宙；秩序，和谐

参考例句：

• Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。
• Is there any other intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos?在宇宙的其他星球上还存在别的有智慧的生物吗？

4 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

5 lurking   

潜在

参考例句：

• Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？
• There is a suspicious man lurking in the shadows. 有一可疑的人躲在阴暗中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》