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Titanium: The Mighty Metal 万用金属「钛」神奇

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From aiding mankind in reaching the moon to gracing some f the world’s most beautiful buildings, nothing has ever proved itself more ___1___ than the mighty metal called titanium.

既能协助人类登陆月球，又能美化世界各地美丽的建筑物，没有一种金属能够像钛一样多用途。

Titanium was ___2___ after the Titans of Greek mythology, powerful gods who ruled during the legendary Golden Age. Like its namesakes, titanium possesses great strength, which, along with its ___3___ weight, has allowed scientists to find a number of uses for this dynamic material.

钛金属是以希腊神话里的泰坦巨人族为名，他们是强而有力的神，在传说中的黄金时代统治希腊。就像与它同名的希腊神祇，钛金属拥有强大力量，再加上重量轻的特性，科学家可以把这种多变的金属用于多种用途。

Because of titanium’s ability to withstand high temperature, it is an ideal material to use in constructing ___4___, which must endure temperatures of over 2,600 degrees Celsius upon re-entering the Earth’s

atmosphere.

钛金属能够耐得住高温，是宇宙飞船的理想建材，因为宇宙飞船在返回大气层时，必须承受摄氏2,600度以上的高温。

Unlike many other metals, titanium is not ___5___ by the human body, making it an indispensable material in the medical world as well. Artificial hips made of titanium can stay in place for as long as 20 years, allowing people who would ___6___ be confined to a wheelchair to walk again.

与许多其他金属不同的是，人体不会排斥钛，这使它成为医疗界中不可或缺的材料。钛金属所做的人工髋骨能维持廿年不移位，让原本得坐轮椅的人能够再度行走。

Titanium has also been used in art. A superb ___7___ of this is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. With an unconventional design by the famous ___8___ Frank Gehry, the museum is covered in bright, shiny titanium panels, giving it a luminous, futuristic ___9___. Having blazed a trail all the way to outer space, titanium has proved itself to be a metal ___10__ a million uses.

艺术方面也可见钛金属的应用，最好的例子便是西班牙毕尔包的古根汉美术馆。在知名建筑师法兰克．盖瑞非凡的设计下，整个美术馆外观覆着明亮、闪耀的钛金属面板，让整个美术馆的外表闪闪发光，且充满未来感。在外层空间探险中扮演重要角色之后，钛金属又再度证明自己具有百万种用途。

−by Joe Henley & Anita Wong

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dynamic [daɪˋnæmɪk] adj. 动态的; 发展变化的

withstand [wɪðˋstænd] v. 抵挡；禁得起

indispensable [͵ɪndɪsˋpɛnsəb!] adj. 不可缺少的；必要的

confine [kənˋfaɪn] v. 把…局限于

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grace [gres] v. 使增光

titanium [taɪˋtenɪəm] n. 钛〔一种金属元素〕

Titan [ˋtaɪtn] n.【希神】泰坦

mythology [mɪˋθɑlədʒɪ] n.（总称）神话

legendary [ˋlɛdʒənd͵ɛrɪ] adj. 传说的；传奇的

namesake [ˋnem͵sek] n. 同名的人；同名物

upon [əˋpɑn] prep. 在……后立即

panel [ˋpæn!] n. 嵌板，镶板；壁板；镜板

luminous [ˋlumənəs] adj. 发光的

blaze a trail 作模范; (在某事中)作先行者 to do something that no-one has done before, especially something which will be important for other people

blaze [blez] v. 开拓（道路等）

versatile [ˋvɝsət!] adj. 多功能的；多方面适用的

Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao

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