All of this information gives scientists a picture of what the surface layer of dirt looks like now and whether or not it might have been a habitable area at some point in the planet's past.

所有的这些信息给科学家们展示了一幅土壤表层现在的图画，也说明了该星球在过去某一时间是否为一个适合居住的地方。

Recently the police did a spot check on Madame Jolivet's apartment and recorded the actual habitable surface area as just 5 sq m - that's the size of about six or seven beach towels.

最近警察对朱莉维夫人的公寓进行了抽查，记录的实际居住面积仅为5平方米——也就是六、七条沙滩巾的面积。

That's the area where scientists believe water could exist, in liquid form, making a planet potentially habitable.

科学家们相信，在这片区域中，水可以液态形式存在，这使得一个行星可能适于人类居住。

With the ice cap covering most of the island, the west coastal area is the only place habitable.

由于岛上绝大部分地区被冰盖覆盖，所以，西部沿海地区成了唯一可供人居住的地方。

NASA's Mar rover Opportunity arrived at the Endeavour crater this summer - a source of clay-like rocks which could show the area had been habitable.

这个夏天，美国宇航局的火星探测器机遇号抵达“奋进”撞击坑，这里是火星粘土状岩石的来源处，显示出这片区域曾适于居住。

These neat and clean streets as well as afforesting and greening in urban area where residents might be habitable brought me a first impression on here.

城区街道整洁干净、绿化不错，是个适宜居住的城市成为我对此的第一印象。