bbc英语听力练习：新行星中的外星球 Eight new planets 新行星中的“外星球” 天文学家说在遥远的太阳系外最新发现的八颗新行星中的一颗是“最类似地球的外星球”。这八颗类地行星是由美国国家航空航天局（NASA）的开普勒太空望远镜所探测出的。此探测结果是在美国天文学会的一次会议上公布的。以下是 BBC 记者 Jonathan Webb 的报道： Spotting ‘Alien Earths’ is the reason the Kepler spacecraft was launched six years ago. It looks deep into space for tell-tale dips in the brightness of faraway stars. Eight new so-called exoplanets were revealed here, taking Kepler’s overall tally1 to more than 1,000. But only very few planets from that total are thought to be Earth-like and habitable, sitting in a temperate2 Goldilocks zone around their various suns. One of the new arrivals, called Kepler 438b, is the most like our home that astronomers3 have ever seen： just 12% bigger than Earth and 40% warmer. They say if we could stand on its surface, nearly 500 light years away, the sky would be red because of the dwarf4 star it has for a sun. Glossary 词汇表 tell-tale 泄露内情的 faraway 遥远的 exoplanet 外星球 tally 累计数字，总数 habitable 可居住的 Goldilocks zone 适居带 light years 光年 dwarf star 点击收听单词发音收听单词发音 1 tally Gg1yq n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致 参考例句： Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。 The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。 2 temperate tIhzd adj.温和的，温带的，自我克制的，不过度的 参考例句： Asia extends across the frigid,temperate and tropical zones.亚洲地跨寒、温、热三带。 Great Britain has a temperate climate.英国气候温和。 3 astronomers 569155f16962e086bd7de77deceefcbd 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 dwarf EkjzH n.矮子，侏儒，矮小的动植物；vt.使…矮小 参考例句： The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.那侏儒的长臂与他的身高不成比例。 The dwarf shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. 矮子耸耸肩膀，摇摇头。 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/296e1ac225d3240c844769eae009581b6bd9bd92.html