Centre of the Earth 钻穿地壳
[audio]http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/bbc/media_english/assets_9719059/me_130_earth_report_edited_110324_me_130_earth_audio_au_bb.mp3[/audio][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][p=30, 2, left]They've selected [b]prospective[/b]sites under the Pacific Ocean where the crust is at is thinnest - just six kilometres.[/p]
[p=30, 2, left]Dr Damon Teagle of the UK's National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, is leading the [b]quest[/b]. He [b]likens[/b] the [b]bid[/b] to the[b]retrieval[/b] of Moon rocks by the Apollo programme and says [b]samples[/b]from the mantle will tell us how our planet was formed and how it's changing.[/p][p=30, 2, left]Dr Teagle says: "Just as the Moon rocks told us about the[b]composition[/b] of the Moon and how that [b]relates[/b] to the early formation of the Earth itself, so will these samples as well."[/p][p=30, 2, left]Next month, the team will begin abid [b]to drill[/b] nearly two kilometres down through the ocean floor off the coast of Costa Rica. They say an attempt to reach the mantle could begin as early as 2018, funds and technology [b]permitting[/b].[/p][p=30, 2, left]Neil Bowdler, BBC News[/p][/font] So amazing the exploration of the secrets of the earth is !
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