新概念英語第二冊（第61課）

Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble哈勃望遠鏡的困境First listen and then answer the question.聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。What is the special importance of a telescope in space?The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars.哈勃望遠鏡於1990年4月20日由國家航空航天局發射升空，耗資10多億美元。Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble.從最開始哈勃望遠鏡就有問題。The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty!它傳送給我們的圖像很令人失望，因為它的主要鏡子有誤差。NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it.國家航天局準備糾正這一錯誤，為此將把4名宇航員送入太空修復望遠鏡。The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble.「奮進」號太空梭將把宇航員送上哈勃。A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.當宇航員進行必要的修復工作時，「奮進」號上的一隻機器手將抓住望遠鏡並托住它。Of course, the Hubble is above the earth"s atmosphere,當然，哈勃位於地球的大氣層之外，so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.因此，它很快就會給我們傳送我們所見到過的、有關行星和遠距離星系的最清晰的照片。The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.哈勃將告訴我們有關宇宙的年齡和大小的許多事情。By the time you read this, the Hubble"s eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.等到你讀到這篇文章時，敏銳的哈勃望遠鏡已經為我們送來了成千上萬張精彩的照片。藍圖圖--lantuge.360doc.com
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