1. The team contends that these bear more than a passing resemblance to the networks of bacteria that live in hydrothermal vents-- towering, crenellated structures that form in the deep ocean above the boundaries between tectonic plates, where superheated mineral-laden water spurts up from beneath the seabed.
整个团队认为这些微生物和生存在深海热液喷口的细菌网有着惊人的相似-- 深海里各版块交界处形成了居高临下，层层叠叠的生物结构，在那里富含矿物质的高温水从海底喷涌而出。
该团队认为，这些和生活在深海热泉的细菌群落极为相似---深海热泉指的是：深海中构造板块交接边缘上方高耸锯齿型的部分，富含矿物质的水从海底喷涌而出。
networks of bacteria 细菌群落；后面的解释部分是针对深海热泉的
2. Such a find is doubly intriguing because hydrothermal vents are seen as a plausible candidate for the cradle of life.
这一发现愈发有趣，因为深海热液喷口被看做是生命起源的最合理之地。
人们认为深海热泉很有可能是生命的摇篮，这就使得该发现显得更有意思。
3. Although the sorts of bacteria apparently found by Dr Papineau and his colleagues are too complicated reveal much about the very earliest organism, the suggestion that hydrothermal vents have played host to life for so long is a strike in the theory's favour.
尽管Dr Papineau和他的同事们发现的各种各样的细菌显得太过复杂，因为没办法揭示太多有关于早期生物，但是有关深海热液喷口很早以前就孕育生命这一观点的提出堪称是理论领域的重大突破。
尽管P教授和同事们发现的细菌太过复杂，无法更深入的揭示早期生命体的情况，但依然表明深海热泉养育生命的历史甚为悠久，这是支撑该理论的有力依据。
a strike in the theory's favour 支撑该理论的有力依据
扩展积累
plausible
seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed
a plausible explanation/excuse
(disapproving) describes sb who appears to be honest and telling the truth, even if they are not
a plausible salesman
plausibility
In Chapter 2 she goes on to test the plausibility of these assumptions.
心得总结
反复读了很多遍这篇文章，感叹于作者的行文逻辑与结构，听了笃师的音频后对文章有了更深的理解，以后也不怕看此类文章了，继续加油。
