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I'm Neil.

我是尼尔。

And I'm Beth.

我是贝丝。

Now, you might know them as aliens, 短語搭配

现在，你可能知道它们被称为外星人、

UFOs, little green men, or even UAPs.

不明飞行物（UFO）、小绿人，甚至是不明异常现象（UAP）。

UAP stands for unidentified anomalous phenomena, 短語搭配

UAP 是不明异常现象（unidentified anomalous phenomena）的缩写，

and it's the word scientists now use to describe mysterious things not from this world. 習語

这是科学家现在用来描述不属于这个世界的神秘事物的词语。

So, Beth, how would you feel if you looked up 語法

那么，贝丝，如果你抬起头，

and saw strange objects glowing and twisting through the sky?

看到奇怪的物体在天空中发光并盘旋，你会有什么感觉？

Wow.

哇。

Well, I might stare for a bit.

嗯，我可能会盯上一会儿。

I don't know if I'd believe what I was seeing. 語氣意圖

我不知道我是否会相信我所看到的。

And I guess I'd be a bit scared.

我猜我可能会有点害怕。

Well, that situation is exactly what Navy pilots caught on their fighter jet cameras 短語搭配

嗯，这种情况恰好是海军飞行员的战斗机摄像机所捕捉到的，

on a training flight in 2004.

那是 2004 年的一次训练飞行。

They recorded mysterious oval objects flying at 24,000 m.

他们拍到了在 24000 米高空飞行的神秘椭圆形物体。

The footage is known as the Tic Tac videos, 短語搭配

这段录像被称为 Tic Tac 视频，

and they have had millions of views on YouTube. 短語搭配

在 YouTube 上已有数百万次观看。

Now these videos are being reviewed by US Congress 講解

现在，这些视频正在接受美国国会的审查，

to try to understand what these objects were.

以试图了解这些物体究竟是什么。

Were they flying saucers? 文化背景

它们是飞碟吗？

The disc-shaped craft flown by aliens,

就是外星人驾驶的圆盘状飞行器，

or is there a more rational explanation? 用詞

还是有更合理的解释？

In this program, we'll be discussing whether we are alone in the universe. 文化背景

在本期节目中，我们将讨论我们在宇宙中是否是孤独的。

And as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

和往常一样，我们还会学习一些有用的新词汇。

But first, I have a question for you, Beth.

但首先，贝丝，我有一个问题要问你。

Thousands of UFO sightings are recorded every year, 用詞

每年都有成千上万起 UFO 目击记录，

but which country has had the highest number of reported sightings

但据美国国家 UFO 报告中心称，

since records began, 短語搭配

自有记录以来，

according to the National UFO Reporting Center? 短語搭配

哪个国家的目击报告数量最多？

Is it A, the USA,

是 A，美国，

B, Canada,

B，加拿大，

or C, China?

还是 C，中国？

Hmm, I think it must be the USA. 語法

嗯，我觉得肯定是美国。

Okay, Beth, I'll reveal the answer later in the program.

好的，贝丝，我将在稍后的节目中揭晓答案。

Now, while astronomers are scientists who study questions concerning things outside of Earth,

现在，虽然天文学家是研究地球以外事物的科学家，

they often avoid investigating supposed aliens. 用詞

但他们通常避免调查所谓的外星人。

Adam Frank, professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester,

罗切斯特大学天体物理学教授亚当·弗兰克，

explains why the footage in the Tic Tac videos

解释了为什么 Tic Tac 视频中的镜头，

can't give any definitive answers of alien life 短語搭配

不能提供关于外星生命的明确答案，

to BBC World Service program The Inquiry.

他是在 BBC 世界频道节目《The Inquiry》中表达这一点的。

I don't think the pilots are lying, you know? 語氣意圖

你知道，我不认为飞行员在撒谎。

I think the pilots are being honest and have a lot of integrity about what they say they're seeing. 用詞

我认为飞行员很诚实，对自己说看到的东西很有原则。

They're not saying they're aliens.

他们并没有说那些是外星人。

They're saying they behaved in ways that no jet could behave. 語法

他们只是说，那些物体的表现方式是任何喷气式飞机都无法做到的。

But, you know, again,

但是，你要知道，这又是

personal testimony, 用詞

个人证词，

you can't do any science with that. 語氣意圖

你不能以此来进行任何科学研究。

So, what may happen now is we're going to begin to get us some scientific study of this,

所以，现在可能会发生的是，我们将开始对此进行一些科学研究，

and we'll try and get a better handle on it. 習語

我们将努力更好地掌握它。

Adam says the pilots have integrity,

亚当说飞行员有 integrity（正直，诚实），

a noun meaning to have honesty and moral principles.

这是一个名词，意思是诚实和有道德原则。

However, what they saw is based on personal testimony. 短語搭配

然而，他们所看到的是基于 personal testimony（个人证词）。

A personal testimony is a story or statement of evidence supported only by a person and what they saw,

个人证词是仅由一个人及其所见支持的故事或证据陈述，

rather than any external evidence or hard facts. 表達脈絡

而不是任何外部证据或确凿的事实。

To find out more about exactly what the pilots saw, 短語動詞

为了查明飞行员到底看到了什么，

scientific studies are being carried out to try and get a better handle on the situation. 短語動詞

正在进行科学研究，以试图更好地 get a handle on（掌握）这种情况。

If you get a handle on something,

如果你对某事 get a handle on，

you understand it and are then able to deal with it.

意味着你理解了它，然后能够处理它。

Taking a more scientific approach to what the pilots saw, 表達脈絡

为了对飞行员看到的情况采取更科学的方法，

the Tic Tac videos were examined by a panel put together by NASA. 短語動詞

Tic Tac 视频由 NASA 组建的专家小组进行了检查。

Here's Adam again discussing the findings on BBC World Service program The Inquiry.

这是亚当再次在 BBC 世界频道节目《The Inquiry》中讨论调查结果。

At the NASA panel,

在 NASA 的专家组中，

one of the scientists showed a simple analysis

其中一位科学家展示了一项简单的分析，

of the video that shows the object traveling uh seemingly at high speed over the ocean. 用詞

该视频显示物体似乎以高速在海洋上空行进。

And what the NASA scientist showed was that with a simple analysis, 表達脈絡

这位 NASA 科学家展示的是，通过简单的分析，

you could show that that was moving at 40 miles an hour. 用詞

你可以证明它以每小时 40 英里的速度移动。

So, certainly nothing very extraterrestrial about that. 語氣意圖

所以，显然这并没有什么很外星的特征。

The scientists found that although it looks like the object was traveling very fast, 語法

科学家们发现，虽然这个物体看起来运动得非常快，

it was only moving at 40 miles an hour,

但它实际上只以每小时 40 英里的速度移动，

which Adam says is not very extraterrestrial.

亚当说这不是很 extraterrestrial（外星的）。

Extraterrestrial means from outside Earth and is another word often used to describe aliens. 用詞

Extraterrestrial 意思是来自地球以外的，是另一个常用来描述外星人的词。

So, it seems that for now, 短語搭配

所以，目前看来，

scientists will need to find much more proof

科学家们需要寻找更多的证据，

to know exactly whether we're alone in the universe or not. 語法

才能确切知道我们在宇宙中是否孤独。

Okay, Beth.

好的，贝丝。

I think it's time I revealed the answer to my question. 語法

我想是时候揭晓我问题的答案了。

I asked you which country has had the highest number of reported sightings 語法

我问你，

since records began,

自有记录以来，

according to the National UFO Reporting Center.

根据国家 UFO 报告中心的数据，报告的 UFO 目击事件最多的国家是哪个。

And I guessed the USA.

我猜是美国。

Which was the correct answer.

这是正确答案。

There have been over 100,000 reported sightings 語法

报告的目击事件

and encounters with UFOs 用詞

和遭遇 UFO 的经历已超过 100000 起，

in the USA since 1947.

自 1947 年以来都发生在美国。

Okay, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned from this program, 表達脈絡

好了，让我们回顾一下从本期节目中学到的词汇，

starting with UAP,

首先是 UAP，

an acronym that stands for unidentified anomalous phenomena

这是一个首字母缩写词，代表不明异常现象（unidentified anomalous phenomena），

and is another word meaning alien or UFO.

也是表示外星人或 UFO 的另一个词。

A flying saucer is a disc-shaped craft supposedly flown by aliens.

flying saucer（飞碟）是据说由外星人驾驶的圆盘状飞行器。

Integrity means being honest in what you say and having moral principles.

Integrity（正直）的意思是在你所说的话中保持诚实并具有道德原则。

A personal testimony is a story or statement of evidence supported by a person and what they saw,

A personal testimony（个人证词）是由一个人及其所见支持的故事或证据陈述，

rather than external evidence or hard facts.

而不是外部证据或确凿事实。

If you get a handle on something,

如果你对某事 get a handle on，

you understand it and are able to deal with it.

意思是理解它并能够处理它。

And finally, extraterrestrial means from outside Earth

最后，extraterrestrial 意思是来自地球之外，

and is another word often used to describe aliens.

也是经常用来描述外星人的另一个词。

Once again, our 6 minutes are up. 短語搭配

我们的 6 分钟时间又到了。

Join us again soon for more useful vocabulary here at 6 Minute English.

欢迎您不久后再来《6分钟英语》学习更多有用的词汇。

Goodbye for now.

暂且再见。

Bye.

再见。

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