“Plutoed”当选美国2006年度流行词汇
拔得头筹。PLUTO may no longer be a planet, but it has a new claim to fame: "Plutoed" has been chosen 2006... with the former planet."The ADS has been choosing Words of the Year since 1990. The society is dedicated ……

status, held since its discovery in 1930, has saddened those with a sentimental attachment to it."Pluto... isolated existence as a misfit."Many people felt sorry about Pluto's demotion."I just cannot accept ……

neighbourhood around its orbit (轨道). Pluto has widely been considered a planet since its discovery in 1930...冥王星挥泪降级，众行星痛失兄弟。IT is always hard for a small fish to live in a bigpond(池塘). Pluto ……

美国方言学会日前评选出美国年度流行词。“Plutoed”一词当选2006年度最流行词语。该词的当选源于冥王星（Pluto）被“降级”。国际天文学联合会大会去年投票决定把冥王星排除在行星之列。因此，Pluto被引申为动词Plutoed，意为“让某人或某物降级或贬值”。此次评选位居年度词语榜亚军的是“climate canary”（一种 ……

冥王星的“心”里有片海？词数 150 测试见IV版 建议阅读时间 6分钟 Look, Pluto has a “heart”! In fact, it is a heart-like crater... it! Scientists say so because they studied many pictures and data (数据) of Pluto. NASA’s spacecraft (航天 ……

. “But that quick *reconnaissance of Pluto has transformed what had been a fuzzy dot since it was discovered 85... by Pluto and captured never-before-seen images at close range. The unmanned vehicle took nearly ……

that ______A. eight planets make up the solar systemB. it has been hard for scientists to define... show". Some contestants won by displaying __. This has caused __ among people. Many girls ___ about ……

, nuclear fusion (核聚变) energy has been the dream of physicists. Fusion is the reaction that powers the sun...Businessweek, 2004.11.8Branded worriesAFTER decades of practice in marketing, China has finally ……

. For most people, what happened to Pluto is not just a matter of science. It's also a matter of feelings...冥王星虽然被降级了，但它依然在浩瀚的星空里闪烁着自己的光芒。"BECAUSE Pluto was my favourite dog in Disney cartoons, Pluto ……

and hot lava (岩浆). But volcanoes on Pluto are quite different. Pluto has ice volcanoes. This is unlike...). But volcanoes on Pluto are quite different. Pluto has ice volcanoes. This is unlike anything known ……

's planetary science meeting in Birmingham, Alabama.Pluto has a similarly long orbit — 248 years to make... object half the size of Pluto — dubbed Quaoar.The scientists say the dark, reddish object ……

Here are some questions you may want to ask about the Pluto mission.Why is the mission such a big deal?No spaceship has ever visited Pluto. The Hubble Space Telescope can’t even give scientists an ……

. Under the new rules, Pluto is no longer called a planet but a "dwarf planet" (矮行星).Pluto had been... is a short list of the major events of the year:Faster computer chipIBM has built a chip that runs ……

" (矮行星).Pluto had been widely considered a planet since its discovery in 1930. For now, there are only... of the space shuttle Columbia in 2003.Pluto loses status.Leading astronomers declared that Pluto ……

“次级”当选美国方言协会2007年度词汇
crisis, an US domestic economic problem, has plagued the world’s capital markets and become a global issue. “‘Subprime’ has been around with bankers for a while, but now everyone is talking about ……