硕士英语精读世界未解之谜.ppt

The World of Unsolved Secrets Bermuda Triangle Mystery of the time tunnel The Mystery of Pyramid Bermuda Triangle The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devils Triangle, is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircrafts and surface vessels （水面船只）allegedlydisappeared under mysterious circumstances The earliest allegation of unusual disappearances in the Bermuda area appeared in a September 16, 1950 Associated Press article by Edward Van Winkle Jones Two years later, Fate magazine published Sea Mystery at Our Back Door“,a short article by George X. Sand‘s article was the first to lay out the now-familiar triangular（三角） area where the losses took place. Flight 19 alone would be covered in the April 1962 issue of American Legion Magazine. (美国退伍军人协会）It was claimed that the flight leader had been heard saying “We are entering white water（溅起白色浪花的水面）, nothing seems right. We don’t know where we are, the water is green, no white.” It was also claimed that officials at the Navy（海军） board of inquiry stated that the planes flew off to Mars. lay out 1、铺开，展开，摊开 She took a deck of cards and began to lay them out.她拿了一副扑克，开始摆牌。 2、阐述；讲解；说明 Cuomo laid it out in simple language.科莫用简单的语言作了解释。 3、规划，布置，设计（场地或建筑） Only people that use a kitchen all the time understand the best way to lay it out只有经常使用厨房的人才会懂得如何设计好厨房。 4、为（死者）做殡葬准备（或化妆） Friends laid out the body.朋友们为他入殓。 5、把（某人）击倒在地 Andy turned round, marched over to Chris and just laid him out.安迪转过身，大步走向克里斯，一拳把他击倒在地。 Flight 19 Flight 19 was a training flight of TBM Avenger bombers （轰炸机）that went missing on December 5, 1945, while over the Atlantic. The squadron‘s flight path was scheduled to take them due east for 120 miles, north for 73 miles, and then back over a final 120-mile leg that would return them to the naval base（海军基地）, but they never returned. A search and rescue Mariner （水手）aircraft with a 13-man crew was dispatched to aid the missing squadron, but the Mariner