水风的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day 3
练习材料
Lesson 43-4 Are there strangers in space?
Fortunately, there is a 'uniquely rational way' for us to communicate with other intelligent beings, as Walter Sullivan has put it in his excellent book, We Are not Alone. This depends on the precise radio frequency of the 21-cm wavelength, or 1420 megacycles per second. It is the natural frequency of emission of the hydrogen atoms in space and was discovered by us in 1951; it must be known to any kind of radio astronomer in the universe.
Once the existence of this wave-length had been discovered, it was not long before its use as the uniquely recognizable broadcasting frequency for interstellar communication was suggested. Without something of this kind, searching for intelligences on other planets would be like trying to meet a friend in London without a pre-arranged rendezvous and absurdly wandering the streets in the hope of a chance encounter.
/ˈlɛsən/ 43-4 /ɑr/ /ðɛr/ /ˈstreɪnʤərz/ /ɪn/ /speɪs/?
/ˈfɔrʧənətli/, /ðər/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /juˈnikli/ /ˈræʃənəl/ /weɪ/ /fər/ /əs/ /tə/ /kəmˈjunəˌkeɪt/ /wɪð/ /ˈʌðər/ /ɪnˈtɛləʤənt/ /ˈbiɪŋz/, /əz/ /ˈwɔltər/ /ˈsʌləvən/ /həz/ /pʊt/ /ɪt/ /ɪn/ /ɪz/ /ˈɛksələnt/ /bʊk/, /wi/ /ər/ /nɑt/ /əˈloʊn/. /ðɪs/ /dɪˈpɛndz/ /ɑn/ /ðə/ /prɪˈsaɪs/ /ˈreɪdiˌoʊ/ /ˈfrikwənsi/ /əv/ /ði/ 21-cm /ˈweɪˌvlɛŋθ/, /ɔr/ 1420 megacycles /pɜr/ /ˈsɛkənd/. /ɪt/ /əz/ /ðə/ /ˈnæʧərəl/ /ˈfrikwənsi/ /əv/ /ɪˈmɪʃən/ /əv/ /ðə/ /ˈhaɪdrəʤən/ /ˈætəmz/ /ɪn/ /speɪs/ /ənd/ /wəz/ /dɪˈskʌvərd/ /baɪ/ /əs/ /ɪn/ 1951; /ɪt/ /məst/ /bi/ /noʊn/ /tʊ/ /ˈɛni/ /kaɪnd/ /əv/ /ˈreɪdiˌoʊ/ /əˈstrɑnəmər/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈjunəˌvɜrs/.
/wʌns/ /ði/ /ɛgˈzɪstəns/ /əv/ /ðɪs/ /weɪv/-/lɛŋkθ/ /həd/ /bɪn/ /dɪˈskʌvərd/, /ɪt/ /wəz/ /nɑt/ /lɔŋ/ /bɪˈfɔr/ /ɪts/ /juz/ /əz/ /ðə/ /juˈnikli/ /ˌrɛkəgˈnaɪzəbəl/ /ˈbrɔdˌkæstɪŋ/ /ˈfrikwənsi/ /fər/ /ˌɪntərˈstɛlər/ /kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən/ /wəz/ /səgˈʤɛstəd/. /wɪˈθaʊt/ /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ /əv/ /ðɪs/ /kaɪnd/, /ˈsɜrʧɪŋ/ /fər/ /ɪnˈtɛləʤənsɪz/ /ɑn/ /ˈʌðər/ /ˈplænəts/ /wəd/ /bi/ /laɪk/ /ˈtraɪɪŋ/ /tə/ /mit/ /ə/ /frɛnd/ /ɪn/ /ˈlʌndən/ /wɪˈθaʊt/ /ə/ /pri/-/əˈreɪnʤd/ /ˈrɑndɪˌvu/ /ənd/ /əbˈsɜrdli/ /ˈwɑndərɪŋ/ /ðə/ /strits/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /hoʊp/ /əv/ /ə/ /ʧæns/ /ɪnˈkaʊntər/.
