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火星上有神秘“女郎”?!
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  • Perched on a rock, she could be waiting for a bus.

    But if so, she could be in for an awfully1 long wait.

    A photo of what looks remarkably2 like a female figure with her arm outstretched was among several taken on Mars and sent back to Earth by NASA's Mars explorer Spirit, Britain's Daily Mail reported yesterday.

    Though no official confirmation3 has come from NASA on whether the figure is an alien or an optical illusion caused by landscape on Mars, it has set the Internet abuzz that whether there really is life on Mars.

    As one enthusiast4 put it on the newspaper's website: "These pictures are amazing. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw what appears to be a naked alien running around on Mars."

    Another wrote: "If you show me another rock in another photo from Mars, that naturally looks like that, I will reconsider."

    A third contributor, who came closer to the majority view, said: "Ah, the human eye can be tricked so easily."

    The news of the mystery woman on Mars came just days after a team of French scientists claimed to have discovered proof that Mars has high dense5 clouds of dry ice, which scud6 across its orange sky, Indian newspaper Hindustan Times reported.

    Using data obtained by the OMEGA spectrometer on board European Space Agency's Mars Express, the team found the existence of ice clouds which sometimes become so dense that they throw quite dark shadows on the dusty surface of the planet.

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    1 awfully [ˈɔ:fli] MPkym   第8级
    adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地
    参考例句:
    • Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past. 过去农业遭到严重忽视。
    • I've been feeling awfully bad about it. 对这我一直感到很难受。
    2 remarkably [ri'mɑ:kəbli] EkPzTW   第7级
    ad.不同寻常地,相当地
    参考例句:
    • I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
    • He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。
    3 confirmation [ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃn] ZYMya   第8级
    n.证实,确认,批准
    参考例句:
    • We are waiting for confirmation of the news. 我们正在等待证实那个消息。
    • We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out. 给你们发送订购的货物之前,我们需要书面确认。
    4 enthusiast [ɪnˈθju:ziæst] pj7zR   第9级
    n.热心人,热衷者
    参考例句:
    • He is an enthusiast about politics. 他是个热衷于政治的人。
    • He was an enthusiast and loved to evoke enthusiasm in others. 他是一个激情昂扬的人,也热衷于唤起他人心中的激情。
    5 dense [dens] aONzX   第7级
    adj.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的
    参考例句:
    • The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
    • The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
    6 scud [skʌd] 6DMz5   第11级
    n.疾行;v.疾行
    参考例句:
    • The helpers came in a scud. 救援者飞奔而来。
    • Rabbits scud across the turf. 兔子飞快地穿过草地。

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