NCE02061 Trouble with the Hubble 哈勃望远镜的困境
Hubble 哈勃
telescope n. 望远
The Hubble telescope 哈勃空间望远镜
launch vt. 发射
space n. 空间；太空
billion n. 十亿
faulty adj. 有错误的；有缺点的
astronaut n. 宇航员，航天员
shuttle 航天飞机
Endeavour n. 奋力号
shuttle Endeavour 奋斗号
The shuttle Endeavour 奋斗号
robot-arm n. 机器手
grab v. 抓
atmosphere n. 气氛；大气
distant adj. 遥远的
galaxy n. 银河；[天] 星系
universe n. 宇宙；世界
eagle eye 鹰眼；
What is the special importance of a telescope in space? 太空望远镜的特殊重要性是什么?
was launched into space by NASA 由NASA发射升空
on April 20,1990 于1990年4月20日
at a cost of over a billion dollars 耗资10多亿美元
at a cost of ….. 花费….，耗资….
rocket n. 火箭
launch a rocket 发射火箭
satellite n. 卫星；人造卫星
launch a artificial satellite 发射一颗人造卫星
launch a attack 发起进攻
enterprise n. 企业；
launch a new enterprise 创办一个新企业
launch a movement 开展活动
Right from the start 从一开始
there was trouble with the Hubble 哈勃望远镜就有问题
from the start 一开始
he is on the phone right now . 他现在正在打电话
the ball hit the man right in the head 球击中了那个人的头部
The pictures it sent us 传送给我们的图像
were very disappointing 很令人失望
because its main mirror was faulty 因为它的主要镜子有误差
NASA is now going to 美国国家宇航局正准备
put the telescope right 纠正望远镜的这个错误
put … right 纠正…
investigation n. 调查；调查研究
start out with 开始着手进行
to put things right,they started out with an investigation 为了纠正错误，他们着手开始
调查
so it will soon be sending up 为此将把很快将会发射
four astronauts to repair it 4名宇航员去修复望远镜
will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble 将把宇航员送上哈勃
A robot-arm from the Endeavour “奋进”号上的一只机器手
will grab the telescope and hold it 将抓住望远镜并托住它
while the astronauts make the necessary repairs 当宇航员进行必要的修复工作时
Of course 当然
the Hubble is 哈勃位于
above the earth’s atmosphere 在大气层的上方
so it will soon be sending us 因此它很快就会给我们传送
the clearest pictures of the stars 有关行星的最清晰的照片
and distant galaxies 远距离星系
that we have ever seen 我们所见到过的
The Hubble will tell us 哈勃将会告诉我们
universe n. 宇宙
a great deal about the age and size of the universe 有关地球的年龄和大小的许多问题
he knows a great deal about plants 他对植物有很多了解
this trip has cost him a great deal of money . 这次旅行花了他很多钱.
By the time you read this 当你读到这个的时候
the Hubble’s eagle eye 哈勃的鹰眼
will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures 已经为我们送来
了成千上万张精彩的照片
thousands and thousands of 千千万万
so it will be sending up four astronauts to repair it. 所以它将派出4名宇航员来修复它[
将来进行时] will be taking the astronauts to the hubble 将把宇航员送上哈勃[将来进行时] he will have arrived by this time tomorrow . 明天的这个时候他已经到了 [将来完成时] you will have received your exam results by next monday .下周一你将收到你的考试成绩 [将
来完成时] by the time we get there,he will have already left . 当我们到达那里的时候，他已经离开了
[将来完成时]