1.stromatolites

叠层石;和叠层石;叠藻层

2.small,layeredmounds produced by photosynthesising bacteria

小，分层的光合作用细菌产生的土堆

3.debut

首次出现，首次亮相

4.intriguingly

有趣的是

5.The rockin question is a 3-kilometre-longswatheon the eastern shores of the Hudson Bay called the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Bel

范围

6.outcropsof jasper

露头的碧玉

7.thesebear more thana passingresemblanceto thenetworksofbacteriathatlive in hydrothermal vents—towering, crenellated structuresthatformin the deep ocean above the boundaries between tectonic plates,where superheatedmineral-laden water spurts up from beneath the seabed.

像；看起来像；与…相似

8.remnants

残余（部分）；剩余（部分）；零头；零料

9.coil

（绳索、头发或电线的）卷，圈，盘

10.hydrothermal vents are seen as aplausiblecandidate for thecradle of life.

热液喷口似乎是一个合理的生命摇篮的候选人。貌似真实（或可信）的

11.primitive

原始的，早期的，远古的