神秘飛行物 ⏲️ 6分鐘英語：英語精讀講義

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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

大家好，這裡是 BBC 英語教學的《6分鐘英語》。

I'm Neil.

我是尼爾。

And I'm Beth.

我是貝絲。

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

現在，你可能知道它們被稱為外星人、

UFOs, little green men, or even UAPs.

不明飛行物（UFO）、小綠人，甚至是不明異常現象（UAP）。

UAP stands for unidentified anomalous phenomena, 片語搭配

UAP 是不明異常現象（unidentified anomalous phenomena）的縮寫，

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

這是科學家現在用來描述不屬於這個世界的神秘事物的詞彙。

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

那麼，貝絲，如果你抬起頭，

and saw strange objects glowing and twisting through the sky?

看到奇怪的物體在天空中發光並盤旋，你會有什麼感覺？

Wow.

哇。

Well, I might stare for a bit.

嗯，我可能會盯上一會兒。

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

我不知道我是否會相信我所看到的。

And I guess I'd be a bit scared.

我猜我可能會有點害怕。

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

嗯，這種情況恰好是海軍飛行員的戰鬥機攝影機所捕捉到的，

on a training flight in 2004.

那是 2004 年的一次訓練飛行。

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

他們拍到了在 24000 公尺高空飛行的神秘橢圓形物體。

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

這段影片被稱為 Tic Tac 影片，

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

在 YouTube 上已有數百萬次觀看。

Now these videos are being reviewed by US Congress 講解

現在，這些影片正在接受美國國會的審查，

to try to understand what these objects were.

以試圖了解這些物體究竟是什麼。

Were they flying saucers? 文化背景

它們是飛碟嗎？

The disc-shaped craft flown by aliens,

就是外星人駕駛的圓盤狀飛行器，

or is there a more rational explanation? 用詞

還是有更合理的解釋？

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

在本期節目中，我們將討論我們在宇宙中是否是孤獨的。

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

和往常一樣，我們還會學習一些有用的新詞彙。

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

但首先，貝絲，我有一個問題要問你。

Thousands of UFO sightings are recorded every year, 用詞

每年都有成千上萬起 UFO 目擊記錄，

but which country has had the highest number of reported sightings

但哪個國家的目擊報告數量最多，

since records began, 片語搭配

自有記錄以來，

according to the National UFO Reporting Center? 片語搭配

據美國國家 UFO 報告中心稱？

Is it A, the USA,

是 A，美國，

B, Canada,

B，加拿大，

or C, China?

還是 C，中國？

Hmm, I think it must be the USA. 文法

嗯，我覺得肯定是美國。

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

好的，貝絲，我將在稍後的節目中揭曉答案。

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

現在，雖然天文學家是研究地球以外事物的科學家，

they often avoid investigating supposed aliens. 用詞

但他們通常避免調查所謂的外星人。

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

羅切斯特大學天體物理學教授亞當·弗蘭克，

explains why the footage in the Tic Tac videos

解釋了為什麼 Tic Tac 影片中的畫面，

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

不能提供關於外星生命的明確答案，

to BBC World Service program The Inquiry.

他是在 BBC 世界頻道節目《The Inquiry》中表達這一點的。

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

你知道，我不認為飛行員在撒謊。

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

我認為飛行員很誠實，而且他們在講述自己看到的事物時展現了高度誠信。

They're not saying they're aliens.

他們並沒有說那些是外星人。

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

他們只是說，那些物體的表現方式是任何噴射機都無法做到的。

But, you know, again,

但是，你要知道，這又是

personal testimony, 用詞

個人證詞，

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

你不能以此來進行任何科學研究。

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

所以，現在可能會發生的是，我們將開始對此進行一些科學研究，

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

我們將努力更好地掌握它。

Adam says the pilots have integrity,

亞當說飛行員有 integrity（正直，誠實），

a noun meaning to have honesty and moral principles.

這是一個名詞，意思是誠實和有道德原則。

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

然而，他們所看到的是基於 personal testimony（個人證詞）。

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

個人證詞是僅由一個人及其所見支持的故事或證據陳述，

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

而不是任何外部證據或確鑿的事實。

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

為了查明飛行員到底看到了什麼，

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

正在進行科學研究，以試圖更好地 get a handle on（掌握）這種情況。

If you get a handle on something,

如果你對某事 get a handle on，

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

意味著你理解了它，然後能夠處理它。

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

為了對飛行員看到的情況採取更科學的方法，

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

Tic Tac 影片由 NASA 組建的專家小組進行了檢查。

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

這是亞當再次在 BBC 世界頻道節目《The Inquiry》中討論調查結果。

At the NASA panel,

在 NASA 的專家組中，

one of the scientists showed a simple analysis

其中一位科學家展示了一項簡單的分析，

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

該影片顯示物體似乎以高速在海洋上空行進。

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

這位 NASA 科學家展示的是，透過簡單的分析，

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

你可以證明它以每小時 40 英里的速度移動。

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

所以，顯然這並沒有什麼很外星的特徵。

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

科學家們發現，雖然這個物體看起來運動得非常快，

it was only moving at 40 miles an hour,

但它實際上只以每小時 40 英里的速度移動，

which Adam says is not very extraterrestrial.

亞當說這不是很 extraterrestrial（外星的）。

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

Extraterrestrial 意思是來自地球以外的，是另一個常用來描述外星人的詞。

So, it seems that for now, 片語搭配

所以，目前看來，

scientists will need to find much more proof

科學家們需要尋找更多的證據，

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

才能確切知道我們在宇宙中是否孤獨。

Okay, Beth.

好的，貝絲。

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

我想是時候揭曉我問題的答案了。

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

我問你，哪個國家的目擊報告數量最多，

since records began,

自有記錄以來，

according to the National UFO Reporting Center.

據國家 UFO 報告中心的數據。

And I guessed the USA.

我猜是美國。

Which was the correct answer.

這是正確答案。

There have been over 100,000 reported sightings 文法

超過 100,000 起目擊通報

and encounters with UFOs 用詞

以及與 UFO 的遭遇事件，

in the USA since 1947.

自 1947 年以來已在美國發生。

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

好了，讓我們回顧一下從本期節目中學到的詞彙，

starting with UAP,

首先是 UAP，

an acronym that stands for unidentified anomalous phenomena

這是一個首字母縮寫詞，代表不明異常現象（unidentified anomalous phenomena），

and is another word meaning alien or UFO.

也是表示外星人或 UFO 的另一個詞。

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

flying saucer（飛碟）是據說由外星人駕駛的圓盤狀飛行器。

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

Integrity（正直）的意思是在你所說的話中保持誠實並具有道德原則。

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

A personal testimony（個人證詞）是由一個人及其所見支持的故事或證據陳述，

rather than external evidence or hard facts.

而不是外部證據或確鑿事實。

If you get a handle on something,

如果你對某事 get a handle on，

you understand it and are able to deal with it.

意思是理解它並能夠處理它。

And finally, extraterrestrial means from outside Earth

最後，extraterrestrial 意思是來自地球之外，

and is another word often used to describe aliens.

也是經常用來描述外星人的另一個詞。

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

我們的 6 分鐘時間又到了。

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

歡迎您不久後再來《6分鐘英語》學習更多有用的詞彙。

Goodbye for now.

暫且再見。

Bye.

再見。

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