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sms (life forms), regardless of bacteria or bat, can grow, live and reproduce is also due to several hundreds of (numerous) chemical reactions taking place in each (molecular) cell (in all individual cells). 四十億年前,地球上沒有生物;是化學(xué)改變了地球的表面,而不是生物。一系列的化學(xué)變化,將空氣、水、礦物中的簡(jiǎn)單成分,組裝成一群具有複製能力的含碳分子。 曠遠(yuǎn)的時(shí)代 remote past, distant epoch 賴以 depend on (upon), rely upon There was no life four billion years ago。 表面看來(lái) (Viewing from the surface), Apparently 生命跡象 sign of life, trace of life 萌芽 sprout, germinate, spring up, begin to grow Apparently, no material (substance) shows less sign of life than rocks. But then, why rocks and their mineral constituents could have triggered the germination (or formation) of life? (or simply, could have germinated life?). The answer is “chemistry”. 礦物從簡(jiǎn)單分子長(zhǎng)成有序結(jié)構(gòu),就是透過化學(xué)反應(yīng)。 最近有實(shí)驗(yàn)顯示,要不是有礦物協(xié)助,這些關(guān)鍵變化根本就不可能發(fā)生。 四十億年前,地球上沒有生物;是化學(xué)改變了地球的表面,而不是生物。 ? 催化 catalyze ? 關(guān)鍵性的 – critical, crucial, decisive ? 化學(xué)反應(yīng) – chemical reaction ? 演化 – evolution Minerals could have catalyzed some crucial chemical reactions, thus some imp