
Scientists in Germany recently turned on the “world’s largest artificial sun”—a device made up of 149
Xenon short-arc lamps that can create about 10,000 times the amount of solar radiation we get on Earth.
That’s enough to melt metal or fry pretty much any living thing.
Luckily, researchers don’t plan to use this powerful device called “Synlight” to fry anyone, and have
taken precautions to keep people well away from it while it’s switched on. Instead, they hope it will help
people discover new, cost-effective ways of producing climate-friendly fuels like hydrogen.
The bright minds at DLR, the German Aerospace Center, believe that a field of adjustable mirrors could be used to focus sunlight on a very small and incredibly hot area to create a high-energy reaction
where hydrogen is extracted(获取) from water vapor. Unfortunately, they don’t know exactly how to do
that, so they’ve built Synlight to help them perform the experiment in a small laboratory.
Synlight relies on the same type of Xenon short-arc lamps used in cinemas to simulate(模拟) natural sunlight. But a very large cinema would only require one lamp, whereas this thing features 149 of them, all
focusing their energy on a very small area. That’s one place you definitely don’t to be when Synlight is on.
Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, but pure hydrogen gas is apparently very rare on Earth, so DLR hopes to use their “artificial sun” to come up with a cost-effective way to produce more of it.
Scientists have long been trying to create hydrogen fuels in a cost-effective way, but all their attempts have failed. Now it’s time to try with the sun, which is apparently worth two years and over 3.5 million euros.
I wonder what will happen if you stare at Synlight when it’s turned on. Maybe I’ll fly to Germany and find out. It might just win me one of those Darwin awards I’ve been wanting for so long.
德国科学家最近开启了“世界上最大的人造太阳”——一个由149个组成的装置
氙短弧灯可以产生大约10000倍于我们在地球上获得的太阳辐射量。
这足以熔化金属或炸任何生物。
幸运的是,研究人员不打算使用这种名为“Synlight”的强大设备来煎炸任何人
当它打开时,他们采取了预防措施,让人们远离它。相反,他们希望它会有所帮助
人们发现了生产氢等气候友好型燃料的新的、具有成本效益的方法。
德国航空航天中心DLR的聪明人认为,一组可调节的镜子可以用来将阳光聚焦在一个非常小且非常热的区域,从而产生高能反应
提取氢气的地方(获取) 来自水蒸气。不幸的是,他们不知道该怎么做
所以他们建造了Synlight来帮助他们在一个小实验室里进行实验。
Synlight依靠电影院中使用的相同类型的氙短弧灯来模拟(模拟) 自然阳光。但是,一个非常大的电影院只需要一盏灯,而这个电影院有149盏灯,全部
将他们的精力集中在一个很小的区域。当Synlight打开时,你绝对不会去那里。
氢是宇宙中最常见的元素,但纯氢气在地球上显然非常罕见,因此DLR希望利用他们的“人造太阳”想出一种成本效益高的方法来生产更多的氢气。
长期以来,科学家们一直试图以一种具有成本效益的方式制造氢燃料,但他们所有的尝试都失败了。现在是时候尝试太阳了,它显然价值两年,超过350万欧元。
我想知道当Synlight打开时,如果你盯着它会发生什么。也许我会飞到德国去看看。它可能会为我赢得一个我渴望已久的达尔文奖。
句子成分分析:
[Instead], they hope | it will help people discover new, cost-effective ways (of producing climate-friendly fuels [like hydrogen]).
句子语法结构详解:
* hope 为谓语,采用一般现在时。
* it 开头为宾语从句,引导词 that 被省略。
* help 为谓语,采用一般将来时。
* discover 为不带 to 的不定式,作宾语补足语(或称复合宾语)。
* producing 为动名词,作介词宾语。
* will 为情态动词。they 为人称代词主格。
句子相关词汇解释:
Vocabulary:
instead [in'sted] | ad. | 1) 反而 2) 代替, 顶替 |
hope [hәup] | vt. | 希望,期望(某事发生) |
help [help] | vt. | 1) 帮助,协助,援助 2) 改善(状况),促进,促使 |
people ['pi:pl] | n. | 1) 人,人们,大家 2) 国民,人民,臣民,群众 |
discover [dis'kʌvә] | vt. | 1) 发现 2) (出乎意料地)发现,找到,发觉 |
new [nju:] | a. | 1) 新的,刚出现的,新近推出的 2) (the new)新东西,新事物 |
cost-effective | a. | 成本上有效益的,划算的 |
way [wei] | n. | 1) 方法,方式,途径 2) 路, 道路,路线 |
produce [prә'dju:s] | vt. | 1) 生产,制造 2) 生长,出产,繁育 |
fuel ['fjuәl] | n. | 燃料 |
like [laik] | prep. | 1) 像,类似, 相似 2) 像...一样 |
hydrogen ['haidrәdʒәn] | n. | 氢气 |
句子成分分析:
But a very large cinema would [only] require one lamp, || whereas this thing features 149 (of them), [all focusing their energy on a very small area].
句子语法结构详解:
* require 为谓语,采用一般过去将来时。
* whereas 引导状语从句。
* features 为谓语,采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。
* focusing 为现在分词,采用独立结构,all 为其逻辑主语。
* would 为情态动词。them 为人称代词宾格。their 为形容词型物主代词。all 为不定代词。a 为不定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
1) 把...集中在...上 2) 调节...的焦距对准... |
Vocabulary:
but [bʌt] | conj. | 1) 但是 2) 而, 却 |
very ['veri] | ad. | 1) 很, 非常 2) (用于形容词最高级或单词own之前, 表强调)真正, 十足 |
large [lɑ:dʒ] | a. | 1) 大的,大规模的,大量的 2) (服装、食物、日用品等)大型号的 |
cinema ['sinәmә] | n. | 1) 电影院 2) 电影艺术 |
only ['әunli] | ad. | 只; 仅; 仅仅 |
require [ri'kwaiә] | vt. | 1) 需要,有赖于 2) 要求,规定 |
one [wʌn] | a. | 1) 一的;一个的;一个人的 2) 单独一个的, 仅仅一个的 |
lamp [læmp] | n. | 1) 灯 2) 医用射灯 |
whereas [hwєәr'æz] | conj. | 1) 而;然而 2) 有鉴于, 考虑到 |
this [θis] | a. | 1) 这(个) 2) 今,本 |
thing [θiŋ] | n. | 1) 东西,物 2) 物件,物品,事物 |
feature ['fi:tʃә] | vt. | 以……为特色,是……的特征 |
all [ɔ:l] | pron | 全部, 全数, 一切 |
energy ['enәdʒi] | n. | 1) 能量 2) 干劲,精力 |
small [smɔ:l] | a. | 1) (尺寸、数量、程度等)小的 2) (服装、食品、家用设施等)小号的,小型的 |
area ['єәriә] | n. | 1) 地区,区域,地域 2) 面积 3) (物体上的)区,部位 4) 领域 |
句子成分分析:
[Maybe] I'll fly to Germany and find out.
It might just win me one (of those Darwin awards (I've been wanting for)) [so long].
句子语法结构详解:
(I'll = I will, I've = I have)
* fly 为谓语,采用一般将来时。
* find 为谓语。
* win 为双宾动词作谓语。me 为间接宾语,one 为直接宾语。
* 第2个 I 开头为定语从句,引导词 that 被省略。
* wanting 为谓语,采用现在完成进行时。
* will, may 为情态动词。I 为人称代词主格。me 为人称代词宾格。have, been 为助动词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
fly to... | 飞往... |
find out | 查出,获知, 弄清楚 |
want for... | 缺少,缺乏,需要 |
for long | 长久地, 长时间地 |
Vocabulary:
maybe ['meibi:] | ad. | 1) (提出建议)或许,也许 2) (不确定)大概,或许,可能 |
Germany ['dʒә:mәni] | n. | 德国 |
and [ænd] | conj. | 1) 和, 与, 同, 并 2) 然后,接着 |
just [dʒʌst] | ad. | 1) 只,仅仅 2) 刚,刚刚 |
win [win] | vt. | 1) (在比赛、赛跑、选举等中)赢得,夺取,获得,挣得 2) 在(比赛、赛跑、战斗等中)获胜,赢 |
one [wʌn] | pron | 1) 一个人(或物) 2) (代表前面提到的,避免重复) |
those [ðәuz] | a. | 那些 |
Darwin ['dɑ:win] | n. | [地名] 达尔文 |
award [ә'wɔ:d] | n. | 1) 奖,奖品,奖金,奖状 2) (收入的)增加 |
so [sәu] | ad. | 1) (表程度)这么, 那么 2) (表方式)这样, 那样 |
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