現代諾亞方舟
Inspired by Noah’s Ark, scientists propose to send a total of 335 million seed, spore, sperm and egg samples from 6.7 million species to the moon, in case a global catastrophe occurs.
受諾亞方舟的啟發，科學家們提議將來自670萬種動植物，共3億3千5百萬個種子、孢子、精子和卵子樣本送到月球，以防地球發生大災難。
inspired by…受到…的啟發;從…得到靈感spore(n.)孢子sperm(n.)精子egg(n.)卵子in case 假如、萬一、如果發生catastrophe(n.)大災難=a big disaster
University of Arizona researcher Jekan Thanga and his students proposed the concept during the recent IEEE Aerospace Conference.
亞利桑那大學的研究者傑坎·桑加與他的學生在最近舉行的IEEE航空航太學會上提出這個概念。
aerospace(adj.)航空航太工業的the aerospace industry航空航太工業
“Because human civilization has such a large footprint, if it were to collapse, that could have a negative cascading effect on the rest of the planet,” according to Thanga.
桑加指出，因為人類文明的足跡如此之大，一旦人類文明崩潰，可能會對地球自然環境造成連鎖反應。
civilization(n.)文明Ancient Greek civilization古希臘文明if it were to RV…假設語氣（未來不太可能發生的事）have an effect on…對…造成影響cascade(v.)如瀑布般下落;大量傾瀉
He called the proposal a “global insurance policy.”
他稱該提議為「全球保險策略」，
proposal(n.)提案insurance(n.)保險
Climate change, a deadly global pandemic and large-scale nuclear war are three major possibilities cited for catastrophic disasters.
並指出氣候變遷、致命的全球大流行病和大規模的核子戰爭都可能引發毀滅性災難。
cite(v.)引用;引述、舉例;引證catastrophe(n.)大災難;大災禍catastrophic(adj.)大災難的;極其糟糕的;非常不幸的=disasterous
The samples from 6.7 million species would be cryogenically stored in a solar-powered vault underneath the moon’s surface in a network of massive lava tubes formed billions of years ago.
來自670萬個物種的樣本將被低溫儲存在由太陽能供電的基因庫中，這座基因庫和數十億年前形成的巨大熔岩管組成的網絡一起埋藏在月球表面下。
cryogenically(adv.)以極低溫度vault(n.)金庫、保險庫lava(n.)(火山噴出的)岩漿;熔岩;火山岩
These tubes could provide protection from solar radiation, meteors, or temperature changes on the surface.
熔岩管可以保護樣本不受太陽輻射、流星或月球表面溫度變化的影響。
radiation(n.)輻射meteor(n.)流星
Seed samples must be frozen to about -180°C and animal cells to -196°C in cryogenic preservation modules.
種子樣本必須在攝氏零下約180度的低溫艙室中保存，而動物細胞則需要儲存在攝氏零下約196度。
freeze-froze-frozen冷凍cryogenic(adj.)低溫的preservation(n.)保存;保護;維護the preservation of Amazon rainforest亞馬遜雨林的保育module(n.)組件;模組、(尤指大學課程的)單元、(太空船獨立的)艙
Thanga predicted that transporting 335 million samples to the moon would take about 250 rocket launches. By comparison, it took 40 rocket launches to build the International Space Station.
桑加預測，將3億3千5百萬個樣本運送到月球大約需要發射250次火箭，相比之下，建造國際太空站只需要發射40次火箭。
transport(v.)運送take(v.)需要=requirelaunch(v.)(n.)(火箭、飛彈)發射by or in comparison相比、相形之下