专题14 宇宙学家探索宇宙深处之光（原卷版）.docx

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专题14

宇宙学家探索宇宙深处之光

Ⅰ.文章话题导入

Ⅱ.外刊原文阅读

Ш.阅读理解专项针对性练习

Ⅳ.话题高频词汇强化训练

Ⅴ.参考译文赏析

【话题·导语】

在过去的几年里，CynthiaChiang一直在寻找宇宙早期存在的迹象——从130多亿年前第一颗恒星的诞生到之前的“宇宙黑暗时代”——她正在建造自己的设备来实现这一目标。作为麦吉尔大学的物理学教授，她专注于利用新颖的无线电技术，探索当今宇宙之外的遥远过去。

【原文·外刊阅读】

CynthiaChiangissearchingforsignsoftheuniversesfirstlight

（文章来源：NationalGeographic）

“Itwaswritteninsomesense,”thatNationalGeographicExplorerCynthiaChiangwouldendupinobservationalcosmology—thestudyoftheoriginanddevelopmentoftheuniverseusingspecializeddetectorsandtelescopes.“I’mnotgoingtolie,myfatherwasaphysicist.Mymother’sanastronomer.Butnokidwantstobeliketheirparents,”shejokes,semi-seriously.

Chiangalwaysenjoyedbuildingthings.Itwasn’tunusualforhertoexperimentwithherfather’sresearchequipment;disassemblingvacuumchambercomponentsandputtingthembacktogetherlikeachildengineer.Shethanks,inpart,hershortattentionspanforherevolvingcuriosity:“Iamalwayslookingforsomething.”

Forthelastfewyears,Chianghasbeenlookingforsignsoftheuniverse’searlyexistence—fromthebirthofthefirststarsmorethan13billionyearsago,tothepreceding“cosmicdarkages”—andshe’sbuildingherownequipmenttodoit.AsaprofessorofphysicsatMcGillUniversity,shefocusesonpeeringbeyondtheuniverseasitisknowntoday,intoitsdistantpast,usingnovelradiotechnology.

Since2017ChiangandherteamatMcGillhavebeenengineeringandplantingradiotelescopesintwooftheEarth’smostremote(andquietest)placesforthebestshotathearingtheearliestgroansofthecosmos.?

Initially,ChiangplannedtodoherPhDinparticlephysicsbutswitcheddirectionafteravisittoalabattheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology.“Itwascompletechaos.Thereiscryogenicequipmenteverywhere,toolseverywhere.Ididn’tknowaboutobservationalcosmologyatthetimebutthought‘Whateverthisis,Iwanttodothat.’”?

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