2009年3月17日 星期二

翻譯2-1-1-13

accept or reject the hypothesis. 接受或否認此假說.
if their new data do not support their hypotheses,scientists come up with other testable explanations.如果新的資料不支持他們的假設,科學家想出其他檢驗的解釋。
this process continues until there is general agreement among scientists in the field being studied that a particular hypothesis is the best explanation of the data.
這過程持續,直到在該領域的科學家中普遍同意某一假說是最好的解釋資料。
after bormann and likens confirmed that the soil in a cleared forest also loses phosphorus,they measured losses of other soil nutrients,which also supported their hypothesis.鮑爾曼和比喻後證實,土壤在被清除的森林也會失去磷,他們慎重的減少其他土壤養分,這也支持了他們的假設。
a welltested and widely accepted scientific hypothesis or a group of related hypotheses is called a scientific theory.一個適當的測試和廣為接受的科學假設或一組相關的假設是所謂的科學理論。
thus,bormann and likens and their colleagues developed a theory that trees and other plants hold soil in place and help it to retain water and nutrients needed by the plants for their growth.因此,鮑爾曼和比喻和他們的同事發展出一種理論,即樹木和其他植物的土壤中持有的地方,並幫助它保持植物所需要增長的水分和養分。

2009年3月3日 星期二

翻譯1-5-3-6

affluence富裕 financed資助 these improvements改善 in environmental quality, and education spurred激勵 citizens公民 to insist堅持 that businesses 企業and elected officials民選官員 improve改善 environmental quality.
富裕在環境的品質中資助了這些改善,教育激勵了公民堅持企業和民選官員改善環境的品質。
affluence and education have also helped reduce population growth in most developed countries.
富裕和教育也有助於降低人口增長最發達的國家。

however, a downside to一下跌 wealth財富 is that it allows允許 the affluent富裕的 to obtain得到 the resources資源 they need from almost anywhere in the world without seeing the harmful environmental impacts影響 of their high-consumption高消費 life styles.
然而,一下跌的財富是它允許富裕獲得他們幾乎在世界上任何地方所需要的資源,在沒有見到他們高消費的生活方式有害於環境的影響。