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1、Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble 哈勃望远镜的困境【Text】The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20, 1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars. Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty! NASA
2、 is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it. The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble. A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs. Of course, the
3、Hubble is above the earths atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen. The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe. By the time you read this, the Rubbles eagle eye will have sent us thousan
4、ds and thousands of wonderful pictures.【课文翻译】哈勃望远镜于1990年4月20日由国家航空航天局发射升空, 耗资10多亿美元. 从最开始哈勃望远镜就有问题. 它传送给我们的图像很令人失望,因为它的主要镜子有误差.国家航天局准备纠正这一错误,为此将把4名宇航员送入太空修复望远镜. “奋进” 号航天飞机将把宇航员送上哈勃. 当宇航员进行必要的修复工作时, “奋进” 号上的一只机器手将抓住望远镜并托住它.当然,哈勃位于地球的大气层之外,因此,它很快就会给我们传送我们所见到过的、有关行星和远距离星系的最清晰的照片.哈勃将告诉我们有关宇宙的年龄和大小的许多事情.
5、 等到你读到这篇文章时, 敏锐的哈勃望远镜已经为我们送来了成千上万张精彩的照片.【New words and expressions】 生词和短语1. Hubble hbl n 哈勃2. telescopeteliskup n 望远镜3. launch l:nt, l:nt v 发射4. space speis n 空间(指宇宙空间)5. billion biljn n 10亿6. faulty f:lti adj 有错误的7. astronautstrn:t n 宇航员8. shuttletl n 航天飞机9. Endeavour indev n “奋进” 号10.robotarm n 机器
6、手rubt, -bt, rbt11.grab rb v 抓12.atmospheretm,sfi n 大气层13.distant distnt adj 遥远的14.galaxy lksi 星系15.universe ju:niv:s n 宇宙16.eagle eye n 鹰眼,一种仪器【单词讲解】1. Hubble hbl n 哈勃TelescopeTele- (1) over a long distance; far 远距离的 电信：指利用电子技术在不同的地点之间传递信息。电信包括不同种类的远距离通讯方式。包括无线电，电报，电视，电话，数据通讯以及计算机网络通讯等。电信： Telecommu
7、nication(Telecom)中国电信：China Telecom. 中国联通：China Unicom(中国联合通信股份有限公司China United Telecommunications Co. Ltd) 中国移动：China MobileQQ: tele-control遥控Tele-conference 远程会议（2）connected with television 电视的 拍电视：TelecameraTelecourse 电视教学Telecast电视广播Teleplay 电视剧（3）done using a telephone通过电话的Telemarketing 电话销售Tel
8、ebanking 电话银行2. Launch(1) 发射 send on its courseLaunch a missile 发射导弹Launch a satellite 发射卫星（2） 着手，创办Launch a new project 着手一个新的计划Launch a new enterprise 创办一个新的企业一般说开始做某事，用set off，start，begin3. space speis n 空间(指宇宙空间)(1) 太空 Spaceman, spaceship, outer spaceI dream of travelling through the space to li
9、ve on another planet. 我梦想穿越太空去另一个星球生活。the exploration of outer space探索外太空（2） 空白，空地（可数名词） a space 一块空地 空间（不可数） Is there a space for the car? 这有空位停车吗？ There isnt much space left for your luggage. 没有多少空间放你的行李了。4. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)Aeronautics 航空学，航空输 前缀aero- 空气的，飞行器的Ae
10、roplane/airplane 飞机Aerospace 宇宙空间，航空航天空间5. Billion (Trillion)MillionThousandHundredChina：1 317 442 552India：1,049,700,118America: 290,342,554The world population（1.4） 70.57亿人=7,057,000,000做修饰数量词时:Several billion/hundred/thousand+Hundreds/thousands of 6. Faulty adj.有错误的，有缺陷的，不完善的(imperfect)Faulty ope
11、ration/reasoning 错误操作/推理A faulty design 不完善的设计方案Fault(可数) n. 缺点，缺陷I like him despite his faults.尽管他有很多缺点，我还是喜欢他。n. （不可数）过失，过错(侧重于造成错误的个人责任)Whose fault is this?Mistake(日常生活中各种情况的)错误 make the same mistakesError错误（正式）an error in your reportDefect指更为严重的缺陷 mechanical defect 机械故障7. Astronaut (会读)8. Shuttl
12、e = a space shuttle 航天飞机9. Endeavour 努力，尽力(（比try更正式，更努力）)indev(1)n Please make every endeavour to arrive in time.请尽量准时到达。（2）v. endeavour to do sthHe endeavoured to win votes for himself.10. Robot-arm 机器手robot n.机器人, 遥控设备, 自动机械, 机械般工作的人11.Grab (1)抓，抢，夺（的动作）The thief grabbed the bad and ran away with
13、it. 这贼抓住我的包逃走了(警察来)Dont grad!He grabbed my collar and pulled me towards him. 他抓我的领子把我拉到他的面前来。抓住（机会） grab a chance12.Atmosphere 大气，大气层（包围地球的气体）The atmosphere of our planet is heavily/seriously polluted. 气氛 Working atmosphere 工作环境earths atmosphere 地球大气social atmosphere 社会气氛academic atmosphere n. 学业风气，
14、学习氛围working atmosphere 工作环境upper atmosphere 上层大气；高空大气lower atmosphere 低层大气，下层大气atmosphere n.大气, 空气, 气氛, 氛围Eg:I went to the New Concept English of New Oriental school for its good atmosphere.a friendly/romantic atmosphere友好的气氛That restaurant had real atmosphere.那家餐馆真的很有气氛 13. distant adj.遥远的A distant
15、 down 遥远的小镇In the distant past 在往昔Distant calls长途电话Distant relationship 异地恋Distant relatives 远亲Be distant from 远离The sun is distant from the earth. 14. galaxy (1)n.星系 the distant galaxy 遥远的星系The Galaxy/milky way 银河系一群（杰出的人或者灿烂的事物）A galaxy of beauties 一群美女A galaxy of talents 一群才子A galaxy of film stars一群影星15. universeThe universe 宇宙，世界，天地万物God is believed to have made the uni
