每日英语(2019-03-23)

每日短语

Dragon（母老虎）

To describe unfriendly and frightening women

Eg1: How dare you to call me a stupid woman. She is a dragon.

每日名言

The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse，when cowards and fools shew no mercy.

勇者和智者均有同情谅解之心，而懦夫和愚者则毫无怜悯之。

每日短文

The area we' re dealing with is absolutely enormous. The only way of monitoring that area of ocean effectively is by using satellites（卫星）. Therefore, we use satellite named NVSAT which is a satellite that collects information and picks up differences in ocean surface roughness（粗糙度） and that helps us to see the difference between open water and the sea ice. Radar allows the Antarctic（南极洲） team to see straight through the clouds down to the surface of the sea. With detailed images, it's even possible to see cracks（裂缝） in the surface which can lead to dangerous ice falls（下降）. Wherever possible we would use helicopters quite a lot and put them up in the air to map the ice and look for where we might find what we call leads, you know, which are large areas of clear water that the ship might be able to move through. But it is certainly a much more difficult and time-consuming operation.