南极惊现一具冰封66年遗骸

近日，“冰封”66年的英国气象研究者遗骸在南极被发现，身边有超200件个人物品；其遇难时刚过完25岁生日。

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🤔️小作业：

1. What can be reasonably inferred about the role of climate change in Bell's discovery?

A. It directly caused the crevasse accident in 1959.

B. It indirectly contributed to the remains becoming accessible decades later.

C. It delayed the discovery by altering the glacier's movement.

D. It had no influence on the timing of the discovery.

无注释原文：

Remains of U.K. researcher who vanished in 1959 found on Antarctic glacier: "Shocked and amazed"

From: CBS NEWS

The remains of a British researcher who vanished in 1959 in Antarctica when he was 25 years old were discovered amid rocks near a receding glacier and identified using DNA analysis, the British Antarctic Survey said Monday.

Dennis "Tink" Bell had been working as a meteorologist for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, the predecessor of the British Antarctic Survey, when he died on July 26, 1959, in a crevasse on a glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island, located off the Antarctic Peninsula. His body was never recovered.

Bell and another man, Jeff Stokes, left the base they were staying in to survey a glacier using a dogsled, according to the survey. The snow was deep and the dogs began to show signs of tiredness, so Bell walked up to encourage them, but wasn't wearing his skis. He suddenly disappeared into a crevasse.

According to accounts in the British Antarctic Survey records, CBS News partner network BBC News reported, Stokes lowered a belt to Bell and he was pulled up to the lip of the crevasse. As he reached the lip of the hole, though, the belt broke, and Bell fell again. He then no longer responded to his friend's calls.

The Polish team that found Bell's remains also found over 200 personal items, including an inscribed watch, a Swedish knife, radio equipment and ski poles.

"When my sister Valerie and I were notified that our brother Dennis had been found after 66 years, we were shocked and amazed," Bell's brother David told the British Antarctic Survey.

David Bell said the work of The British Antarctic Survey, British Antarctic Monument Trust and the Polish team that brought Bell's remains home "helped us come to terms with the tragic loss of our brilliant brother."

"I had long given up on finding my brother. It is just remarkable, astonishing. I can't get over it," David Bell, now 86, told BBC News.

Jane Francis, the director of the British Antarctic Survey, called the discovery a "poignant and profound moment."  

"This discovery brings closure to a decades-long mystery and reminds us of the human stories embedded in the history of Antarctic science," Francis said.

Bodies exposed by melting glaciers in recent years

As glaciers melt and recede around the world, there has been an increase in discoveries of the remains of missing skiers, climbers and hikers.

Last year, the preserved body of an American mountaineer was found in Peru, 22 years after he disappeared scaling a snowy peak there.

In 2023, the remains of a mountaineer who had been missing for 37 years were recovered from a glacier in the Swiss Alps.

In 2017, a shrinking glacier in Switzerland revealed the bodies of a couple who went missing in 1942.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Remains of U.K. researcher who vanished in 1959 found on Antarctic glacier: "Shocked and amazed"

From: CBS NEWS

The remains of a British researcher who vanished in 1959 in Antarctica when he was 25 years old were discovered amid rocks near a receding glacier and identified using DNA analysis, the British Antarctic Survey said Monday.

英国南极考察局周一通报称，近日在一处消退冰川附近的岩石堆中发现了1959年在南极失踪、年仅25岁的英国研究员遗骸，并已通过DNA鉴定确认身份。

表示“剩余物；残留物；遗迹，遗址”，英文解释为“pieces or parts of something that continue to exist when most of it has been used, destroyed, or taken away”如：human/sb's remains 特指“人的／某人的遗体（或遗骸）”举个🌰：The remains of lunch were still on the table. 吃剩的午饭仍在桌子上。

vanish /ˈvæn.ɪʃ/ 表示“（尤指突然）消失，灭绝”，英文解释为“to disappear or stop being present or existing, especially in a sudden, surprising way”举个🌰：The child vanished while on her way home from school. 那个小女孩在放学回家的路上不见了。

Antarctica /ænˈtɑːk.tɪ.kə/ 表示“南极”，英文解释为“the continent around the South Pole”

📍the South Pole表示“南极”，英文解释为“the point on the earth's surface that is furthest south”

recede /rɪˈsiːd/ 表示“逐渐远离；变得模糊，逐渐淡漠”，英文解释为“to move further away into the distance, or to become less clear or less bright”举个🌰：As the boat picked up speed, the coastline receded into the distance until finally it became invisible. 船越开越快，海岸线渐渐远去，直至最后从视线中消失。

glacier /ˈɡlæs.i.ər/ 表示“冰川，冰河”，英文解释为“a large mass of ice that moves slowly”

Dennis "Tink" Bell had been working as a meteorologist for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, the predecessor of the British Antarctic Survey, when he died on July 26, 1959, in a crevasse on a glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island, located off the Antarctic Peninsula. His body was never recovered.

1959年7月26日，丹尼斯·“廷克”·贝尔在南极半岛外乔治王岛海军湾的一处冰川裂缝中遇难。当时，他是福克兰群岛属地调查局（英国南极考察局前身）的一名气象学家，遗体当时未能找到。

meteorologist /ˌmiː.ti.əˈrɒl.ə.dʒɪst/ 表示“气象学家”，英文解释为“someone who studies meteorology”

predecessor /ˈpriː.dɪˌses.ər/ 表示“前任，前辈；原有事物，前身”，英文解释为“someone who had a job or a position before someone else, or something that comes before another thing in time or in a series”

📍successor表示“继任者，接替者；继承人；接替的事物”，英文解释为“someone or something that comes after another person or thing”举个🌰：This range of computers is very fast, but their successors will be even faster. 这个系列的电脑速度很快，但它的换代产品速度会更快。

crevasse /krəˈvæs/ 表示“（冰川的）裂缝，裂隙”，英文解释为“a very deep crack in the thick ice of a glacier (= moving mass of ice)”

Bell and another man, Jeff Stokes, left the base they were staying in to survey a glacier using a dogsled, according to the survey. The snow was deep and the dogs began to show signs of tiredness, so Bell walked up to encourage them, but wasn't wearing his skis. He suddenly disappeared into a crevasse.

据该调查局介绍，贝尔和另一名男子杰夫·斯托克斯离开驻地，乘坐狗拉雪橇对一冰川进行测绘。由于积雪很深，雪橇犬开始出现疲态，贝尔便走上前去鼓励它们，但他当时没有穿滑雪板，结果突然跌入冰川裂缝。

dogsled /ˈdɒɡ.sled/ 表示“狗拉的雪橇”，英文解释为“a sledge pulled by dogs”

According to accounts in the British Antarctic Survey records, CBS News partner network BBC News reported, Stokes lowered a belt to Bell and he was pulled up to the lip of the crevasse. As he reached the lip of the hole, though, the belt broke, and Bell fell again. He then no longer responded to his friend's calls.

CBS新闻的合作伙伴BBC新闻报道称，据英国南极考察局档案记载，斯托克斯当时将皮带放下让贝尔抓住，并将他拉到裂缝边。但就在他靠近裂口时，皮带断裂，贝尔再次坠落，此后再未回应斯托克斯的呼喊。

lip /lɪp/ 表示“（容器的）嘴，豁口”，英文解释为“a part of an edge of a container that is shaped to allow liquid to be poured easily from the container”

The Polish team that found Bell's remains also found over 200 personal items, including an inscribed watch, a Swedish knife, radio equipment and ski poles.

发现贝尔遗骸的波兰队还发现了200多件个人物品，包括刻字手表、瑞典刀、无线电设备和滑雪杖。

inscribe /ɪnˈskraɪb/ 表示“题写；刻，雕”，英文解释为“to write words in a book or carve (= cut) them on an object”举个🌰：The prize winners each receive a book with their names inscribed on the first page. 每名获奖者都得到一本首页题有他们签名的书。

"When my sister Valerie and I were notified that our brother Dennis had been found after 66 years, we were shocked and amazed," Bell's brother David told the British Antarctic Survey.

贝尔的弟弟大卫对英国南极考察局表示：“当我和姐姐瓦莱丽得知哥哥丹尼斯在失踪66年后被找到时，我们既震惊又难以置信。”

David Bell said the work of The British Antarctic Survey, British Antarctic Monument Trust and the Polish team that brought Bell's remains home "helped us come to terms with the tragic loss of our brilliant brother."

大卫·贝尔表示，英国南极考察局、英国南极纪念信托基金会以及波兰队的努力，将哥哥的遗骸带回家，“帮助我们接受失去这位才华横溢兄长的事实”。

"I had long given up on finding my brother. It is just remarkable, astonishing. I can't get over it," David Bell, now 86, told BBC News.

“我早已不抱找到哥哥的希望。这实在令人难以置信、惊讶不已。我至今仍难以释怀。”86岁的大卫·贝尔对BBC新闻表示。

astonishing /əˈstɒn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/ 表示“令人惊讶的；惊人的”，英文解释为“very surprising”举个🌰：Her first novel enjoyed an astonishing success. 她的第一部小说取得了惊人的成功。

Jane Francis, the director of the British Antarctic Survey, called the discovery a "poignant and profound moment."  

英国南极考察局局长简·弗朗西斯称这次发现是一个“令人动容且意义深远的时刻”。

poignant /ˈpɔɪ.njənt/ 表示“令人痛苦的，酸楚的；深深打动人的”，英文解释为“causing or having a very sharp feeling of sadness”举个🌰：The photograph awakens poignant memories of happier days. 照片唤起了对美好时光的深情追忆。

"This discovery brings closure to a decades-long mystery and reminds us of the human stories embedded in the history of Antarctic science," Francis said.

弗朗西斯说：“这一发现为一桩持续数十年的谜案画上了句号，并提醒我们，南极科学史中蕴藏着许多鲜为人知的人类故事。”

embed /ɪmˈbed/ 表示“把…牢牢嵌入（或插入、埋入）”，英文解释为“to fix something firmly into a substance”

Bodies exposed by melting glaciers in recent years 近年来，遗体因冰川融化而被发现

As glaciers melt and recede around the world, there has been an increase in discoveries of the remains of missing skiers, climbers and hikers.

随着全球冰川融化和消退，发现失踪滑雪者、登山者和徒步者遗骸的事件愈发频繁。

Last year, the preserved body of an American mountaineer was found in Peru, 22 years after he disappeared scaling a snowy peak there.

去年，一名美国登山者的遗体在秘鲁被发现，他是在攀登一座雪峰时失踪的，距今已有22年。

scale /skeɪl/ 1）表示“标度，刻度；等级”，英文解释为“a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level of something”如：the Centigrade/Fahrenheit scale 摄氏/华氏温标。

2）表示“比例；比例尺”，英文解释为“the relation between the real size of something and its size on a map, model, or diagram”如：a scale of 1:10,000 比例尺为1:10000。

3）表示“大小；规模；范围”，英文解释为“the size or level of something, especially when this is large”举个🌰：We don't yet know the scale of the problem. 我们还不知道问题有多严重。

scale /skeɪl/ 作动词，1）表示“扩大规模”或“拓展”。常见于商业语境中，指的是企业将某项业务从小规模扩展到大规模运作。

2）表示“爬越；攀登”，英文解释为“to climb up a steep surface, such as a wall or the side of a mountain, often using special equipment”举个🌰：The prisoner scaled the high prison wall and ran off. 囚犯攀越监狱的高墙逃跑了。

scale sth up表示“增加，增大”，英文解释为“to increase the size, amount, or importance of something, usually an organization or process”举个🌰：My company is scaling up its operations in Western Asia. 我公司正在扩大西亚的业务。

In 2023, the remains of a mountaineer who had been missing for 37 years were recovered from a glacier in the Swiss Alps.

2023年，一名失踪37年的登山者遗骸在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一处冰川中被发现。

In 2017, a shrinking glacier in Switzerland revealed the bodies of a couple who went missing in 1942.

2017年，瑞士一处正在消退的冰川里显露出一对1942年失踪夫妇的遗骸。

shrink /ʃrɪŋk/ 表示“（使）缩小，（使）变小”，英文解释为“to become smaller, or to make something smaller”举个🌰：Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature. 用温度过高的水洗毛衣，毛衣会缩水。

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