万物简史:PART II CH 4事物的测定（17）
来源：沪江听写酷
2011-09-13 07:00
同学们中秋玩得尽兴不，石头我逛得减肥了，变石子儿了~~
来看看今天的内容吧，两位英国科学家梅森和马斯基林被逼上梁山——圣赫勒拿岛。那儿是拿破仑•波拿巴流放逝世的地方，不过两位科学家却在那儿合作得很愉快（看来法国人命真的不好，囧rz…），今天文中有两个古怪的词，石头希望大家做完听写能够去查一下什么意思，然后留言告诉我结果哦~~~
❤《万物简史》推出部落节目版，戳这里订阅:http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/6004/
书本的朗读语音很charming的磁性英音~~~大家可以好好学着模仿哦~~~！！
因为原著为美国人所写,单词采用美式拼法,不抄全文,然后听写单词或词组(用[-No-]表示)以及句子(用[---No---]表示)。请边听写边理解文意，根据上下文注意各句标号，这样有助于提高正确率。
Hints:
chilly
rebuke
irretrievable
In comparison, the disappointments experienced by Britain's 18 [-1-] observers were mild. Mason found himself paired with a young [-2-] named Jeremiah Dixon and apparently they got along well, for they formed a lasting partnership. Their instructions were to travel to Sumatra and chart the transit there, but after just one night at sea their ship was attacked by a French frigate. ([---3---]) Mason and Dixon sent a note to the Royal Society observing that it seemed awfully dangerous on the high seas and wondering if perhaps the whole thing oughtn't to be called off. [---4---] Chastened, they sailed on, but en route word reached them that Sumatra [-5-] the French and so they observed the transit [-6-] from the Cape of Good Hope. On the way home they stopped on the lonely Atlantic outcrop of St. Helena, where they met Maskelyne, whose observations had been thwarted by cloud cover. Mason and Maskelyne formed a solid friendship and spent several happy, and possibly even mildly useful, weeks charting [-7-] .
来看看今天的内容吧，两位英国科学家梅森和马斯基林被逼上梁山——圣赫勒拿岛。那儿是拿破仑•波拿巴流放逝世的地方，不过两位科学家却在那儿合作得很愉快（看来法国人命真的不好，囧rz…），今天文中有两个古怪的词，石头希望大家做完听写能够去查一下什么意思，然后留言告诉我结果哦~~~
❤《万物简史》推出部落节目版，戳这里订阅:http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/6004/
书本的朗读语音很charming的磁性英音~~~大家可以好好学着模仿哦~~~！！
因为原著为美国人所写,单词采用美式拼法,不抄全文,然后听写单词或词组(用[-No-]表示)以及句子(用[---No---]表示)。请边听写边理解文意，根据上下文注意各句标号，这样有助于提高正确率。
Hints:
chilly
rebuke
irretrievable
In comparison, the disappointments experienced by Britain's 18 [-1-] observers were mild. Mason found himself paired with a young [-2-] named Jeremiah Dixon and apparently they got along well, for they formed a lasting partnership. Their instructions were to travel to Sumatra and chart the transit there, but after just one night at sea their ship was attacked by a French frigate. ([---3---]) Mason and Dixon sent a note to the Royal Society observing that it seemed awfully dangerous on the high seas and wondering if perhaps the whole thing oughtn't to be called off. [---4---] Chastened, they sailed on, but en route word reached them that Sumatra [-5-] the French and so they observed the transit [-6-] from the Cape of Good Hope. On the way home they stopped on the lonely Atlantic outcrop of St. Helena, where they met Maskelyne, whose observations had been thwarted by cloud cover. Mason and Maskelyne formed a solid friendship and spent several happy, and possibly even mildly useful, weeks charting [-7-] .
scattered
surveyor
Although scientists were in an internationally cooperative mood, nations weren't.
In reply they received a swift and chilly rebuke, noting that they had already been paid, that the nation and scientific community were counting on them, and that their failure to proceed would result in the irretrievable loss of their reputations.
had fallen to
inconclusively
tidal flows
比较而言，英国派到各地的18名观测人员所经历的失望就不算一回事。梅森与一位名叫杰里迈亚•狄克逊的年轻测量员搭档，相处得显然不错，两人还结成了持久的伙伴关系。他们奉命去印度后西迁苏门答腊，在那里绘制凌日图。但他们的船出海的第二天晚上就受到了一条法国护卫舰的攻击。（尽管科学家们处于一种国际合作的心态之中，但国家并非如此。）梅森和狄克逊给皇家学会发了一封短信，说看来公海上非常危险，不知道整个计划是不是应该取消。他们很快收到一封令人寒心的回信，信中先是对他们一顿臭骂，然后又说他们已经拿了钱，国家和科学界都对他们寄予希望，他们不把计划进行下去就会令国人颜面扫地。他们改变了想法，继续往前驶去，但途中传来消息说，苏门答腊已经落入法国人之手。因此，他们最终是在好望角观测这次凌日现象的，效果很不好。回国途中，他们来到大西洋一个孤零零的小岛--圣赫勒拿岛上，作了短暂停留，在那里遇上了马斯基林。由于乌云覆盖，马斯基林的观测工作无法进行。梅森和马斯基林建立起了牢固的友谊，一起绘制潮流图，度过了几周快活的，甚至是比较有意义的日子。
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