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UFO


UFO　　 Since man first started looking up into the skies he saw things he couldn't explain. For the last fifty years or so these things have taken on the label "UFOs[1]." Originally an abbreviation for the Air Force term "Unidentified Flying Object", it has become a synonym[2] to most people for "Alien Spaceship."For the Air Force, though, it is simply a term to refer to something in the skies that the observer can see but not recognize. Usually the explanation is less[3] extraordinary than a flying saucer manned by visitors from other worlds. Often a weather balloon or natural phenomenon is the cause. However, there are cases on record where no good common explanation was ever found.

   


注释：

[1]UFO：是Unidentified Flying Object的简称，意指所有一切未经查明或者不可识 别的飞行物；经专家、科学工作者鉴别，不可识别的飞行物体。这个词最早出现 于40年代美国空军的调查报告中。

[2]synonym (n.) 1）同义词 如Sad and unhappy are synonyms. （"sad" 和 "unhappy"是同义词。2）换喻词，转喻词如: Albert Einstein's name has become a synonym for scientific genius. 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦的名字已经成为科学天才的代名词了。

[3]less 是little（adj.）的比较级。less…than…表示"…不如…"。如： The movie had less success than expected. 影片没有获得预期的成功。

 
 
 

 

当人类首次放眼苍穹时，就发现了无法解释的事物。在过去的50多年里，这些事物被冠以UFO的名称。UFO最早是空军用语"不明飞行物"的缩写，现在对许多人来说则变成了"星外宇宙飞船"的同义语。然而对于空军来说，它只是一个简单的术语，指的是在空中能观察到却不能识别的物体。但通常这个解释不如那种由来自另外世界的人驾驶飞碟更引人注目。人们解释这种现象的原因总是归结于气球或者某种自然现象，但历史记录上却有不能解释原因的案例。