【正文】 For thousands of years humans have wondered how and when the universe first , thanks to some photographs taken by Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe(WMAP), scientists are much closer to understanding, even seeing, the universe in its beginning is all possible thanks to the WMAP satellite in orbit about one million miles above satellite is specially designed to record one kind of cosmic energy: microwave can use this radiation to show us what the universe looked like billion years ago!Wait a minute...how can this satellite show us a picture of the universe billions of years ago? The Big Bang created the universe in a huge explosion, and at the same time it created a specific field of radiation—called the cosmic microwave background, or CMB still lingers in the universe the satellite actually does is take pictures of the what did scientists learn from these new pictures? First, they learned that stars formed very soon— merely 200 million years— after the Big they were able to confirm estimates of the universe’s age: it was born about billion years is the age that 英語晨讀精華scientists long suspected to be true, but now they have the birthday pictures to prove it![注釋]：microwave: a highfrequency electromagnetic wave, one millimeter to one meter in wavelength, intermediate between infrared and shortwave radio wavelengths 微波probe: an exploratory action, expedition, or device, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region 探測（器、衛(wèi)星、宇宙飛船）satellite: a celestial body that orbits a planet。New Pictures of an Old Universe 這段科技文章看似復(fù)雜難懂，其實不難。Weave together straw and feather,Doing each your is ing, spring is ing,Flowers are ing too:Pansies, lilies, daffodilliesNow are ing is ing, spring is ing,All around is fair，Shimmer and quiver on the river,Joy is everywhere.—— William Blake英語晨讀精華[注釋]：straw : a single stalk of threshed grain 稻草，麥稈pansies, lilies, daffodillies: 三色紫羅蘭、百合花、喇叭水仙花sahimmer : to shine with a subdued, flickering light 微光quiver : to shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement 顫抖，振動William Blake，布萊克（1757—1827），英國詩人，著有詩集《天真之歌》(1789)《經(jīng)驗之歌》（1794）。希望你也喜歡。to manage or control 進行，主持surface : the outer or the topmost boundary of an object 表面represent : to stand for。本文選自他的《郁金香》。曾任貿(mào)易和殖民地事務(wù)專員，1717 年被任命為國務(wù)大臣。J.(1672—l 719)，英國隨筆作家和詩人。I chanced to rise very early one particular morning this summer, and took a walk into the country to divert myself among the fields and meadows, while the green was new, and the flowers in their at this season of the year every lane is a beautiful walk, and every hedge full of nosegays, I lost myself, with a great deal of pleasure, among several thickets and bushes that were filled with a great variety of birds, and an agreeable confusion of notes, which formed the pleasantest scene in the world to one who had passed a whole winter in noise and freshness of the dews that lay upon everything about me, with the cool breath of the morning, which inspired the birds with so many delightful instincts, created in me the same kind of animal pleasure, and made my heart overflow with such secret emotions of joy and satisfaction as are not to be described or accounted for.—Joseph Addison, Tulips英語晨讀精華[注釋]：divert : to entertain by distracting the attention from worrisome thoughts or cares。unpretentious or lowly 粗陋的refuge : protection or shelter, as from danger or hardship 庇護，避難，避難所frustration: the act of frustrating or an instance of being frustrated 挫敗，挫折，受挫muster : to call forth。它 的詩集《新罕布什爾》、《詩選》和《又一片牧場》均獲得普利策獎，被公認(rèn)為美國無冠的 桂冠詩人。R.（1874—1963）美國詩人。strange 奇怪的farmhouse : a dwelling on a farm 農(nóng)舍，農(nóng)家harness : the gear or tackle, other than a yoke, with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or an implement(全套)馬具, 系在身上的繩子downy : made of or covered with down 絨毛的，柔和的flake : a flat, thin piece or layer。這大概就是文學(xué)批評中所說的“接受 美學(xué)”的觀點吧。acplish 完成，達到Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 《風(fēng)雪夜 林邊?！肥且皇字脑姼?。a point of view 觀點，評價； in dim bimbo 又笨又壞的女人The Man I Respect Most My father is the man I respect as he may be, he never fails to show his care and I broke a neighbor’s nobody around, I ran away Dad came home, he noticed my uneasiness and asked me what had could only tell him the than scold me, he praised my honesty and then encouraged me to apologize to our learned from this episode that not only does Dad take care of our health but he also teaches us how to be good lucky I am to have such a good father![注釋]：stern : severe, strict 嚴(yán)厲的consideration : careful thought。 and each cubic mile contains over 150 million tons of minerals. So vast and so pervasive is the sea that if the earths crust were made level,ocean water would form a blanket over 8,000 feet deep. The oceans contribute immeasurably to the earths life support system aswell as provide an untapped storehouse of food, minerals, energy, and archaeological treasureAdvanced atmospheric diving suits permit researchers to descend to depthsof l,500 feet.Yet the oceans average depth is greater than 12,000 feet. It is atthese depths that remarkable discoveries are being made, discoveries whichonly a short time ago would have been impossible. In that depth, where darkness is absolute and pressure exceeds eight tons persquare inch, robotic submersibles have discovered enormous gorges, fourtimes deeper than the Grand Canyon Here, too, are volcanoes that vastlyoutnumber those on land.Landslides the size of Rhode Island have beenrecorded, as well as raging undersea storms that go pletely unnoticed oitthe surface while dramatically rearranging the underwater landscapes. And under these seas the largest single geological feature on earth hasbeen founda mountain range that dwarfs the Himalayas. Its a range thatcovers nearly one quarter of the earths surface. All these discoveries have e from the exploration ofless than onetenthof this undersea mountain range.The earth is the only planet we know that has an ocean. The ocean is tlielargest featur