南极洲发现一块有百年历史的水果蛋糕_社会生活

南极洲发现一块有百年历史的水果蛋糕

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2017-08-20 07:56 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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A 100-year-old fruitcake believed to be from the Scott expedition has been found in a nearly "edible¹" state in the Antarctic.

南极洲上发现了一块几乎“还能食用”的100年以前的水果蛋糕，据信这是斯科特探险队留下的。

The cake, wrapped in paper and stored inside a rusted² tin, was found in the Antarctic's oldest building, a hut on Cape³ Adare.

It is believed to have been brought to the Antarctic by British explorer Robert Falcon⁴ Scott, during his Terra Nova expedition between 1910 and 1913.

The brand of the cake, Huntley& Palmers, was known to be a favorite of Scott, who successfully led his team to the South Pole in 1912 from the base hut.

It was found during a two-year conservation project by the Antarctic Heritage Trust, who said it "looked and smelt⁵ (almost) edible".

"With just two weeks to go on the conservation of the Cape Adare artefacts, finding such a perfectly⁶ preserved fruitcake in amongst the last handful of unidentified and severely⁷ corroded⁸ tins was quite a surprise," Lizzie Meek⁹, the programme manager for artefacts at the Trust, said.

"It's an ideal high-energy food for Antarctic conditions, and is still a favorite item on modern trips to the Ice."

The cake has been returned to the hut, along with other restored artefacts.

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1 edible
n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的
参考例句：
Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。 This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。

2 rusted
v.（使）生锈( rust的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
I can't get these screws out; they've rusted in. 我无法取出这些螺丝，它们都锈住了。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 My bike has rusted and needs oil. 我的自行车生锈了，需要上油。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 cape
n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风
参考例句：
I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。 She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

4 falcon
n.隼，猎鹰
参考例句：
The falcon was twice his size with pouted feathers.鹰张开羽毛比两只鹰还大。 The boys went hunting with their falcon.男孩子们带着猎鹰出去打猎了。

5 smelt
v.熔解，熔炼；n.银白鱼，胡瓜鱼
参考例句：
Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt.锡是比较容易熔化的金属。 Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法，他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼，而改用焦炭。

6 perfectly
adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地
参考例句：
The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。 Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

7 severely
adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地
参考例句：
He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。 He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

8 corroded
已被腐蚀的
参考例句：
Rust has corroded the steel rails. 锈侵蚀了钢轨。 Jealousy corroded his character. 嫉妒损伤了他的人格。

9 meek
adj.温顺的，逆来顺受的
参考例句：
He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布。 The little girl is as meek as a lamb.那个小姑娘像羔羊一般温顺。

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