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 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 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 thousands 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. 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 h?bl n 哈勃2. telescopetelisk?up 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 bilj?n n 10亿6. faulty f?:lti adj 有错误的7. astronaut?str?n ?:t n 宇航员8. shuttle? ?tl n 航天飞机9. Endeavour indev? n “奋进”号10.robot arm n 机器手 r ?ub ? t, -b?t, r ?b?t 11.grab r?b v 抓12.atmosphere?tm?,sfi ? n 大气层13.distant dist?nt adj 遥远的14.galaxy ?l ?ksi 星系15.universe ju:niv?:s n 宇宙16.eagle eye n 鹰眼 ,一种仪器名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 1 页，共 6 页 - - - - - - - - - 【单词讲解】1. Hubble h?bl n 哈勃Telescope Tele- (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：Telecommunication(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 Mobile QQ: tele-control遥控Tele-conference 远程会议（2）connected with television 电视的拍电视： Telecamera Telecourse 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Telebanking 电话银行2. Launch (1) 发射 send on its course Launch 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 ，begin 3. space speis n 空间 ( 指宇宙空间 ) (1) 太空Spaceman, spaceship, outer space I dream of travelling through the space to live 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 isn t 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Aeroplane/airplane 飞机Aerospace 宇宙空间，航空航天空间名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 2 页，共 6 页 - - - - - - - - - 5. Billion (Trillion) Million Thousand Hundred China ：1 317 442 552 India ：1,049,700,118 America: 290,342,554 The 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 operation/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 mistakes Error错误（正式）an error in your report Defect指更为严重的缺陷mechanical defect 机械故障7. Astronaut (会读 ) 8. Shuttle = 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 sth He 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 it. 这贼抓住我的包逃走了( 警察来 )Don t 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 chance 12.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，学习氛围working atmosphere 工作环境名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 3 页，共 6 页 - - - - - - - - - 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 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. universe The universe 宇宙，世界，天地万物God is believed to have made the universe. 人们相信神创造了天地万物University 16. eagle eye Eagle 老鹰Eagle-eye 鹰眼【课文讲解】Trouble with the Hubble 哈勃望远镜的困境1. The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20, 1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars. Hubble telescope看作一个整体 , 在句中做主语was launched 动词谓语NASA 美国国家航空和宇宙航行局（National Aeronautics and Space Administration）具体到某一天，介词用on on sunny day at a cost of over a billion dollars 花费了超过10 亿美元at a cost of 2. Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. trouble tr? bln. 麻烦；烦恼；故障；动乱vt. 麻烦；使烦恼；折磨名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 4 页，共 6 页 - - - - - - - - - vi. 费心，烦恼the trouble with sth. 关于某事的麻烦eg ：What s wrong/trouble with you？trouble sb. 麻烦某人Dont trouble trouble untill trouble troubles you. 动词名词名词动词When you are in trouble make trouble捣乱；制造麻烦make trouble for 给带来麻烦in trouble在监禁中；处于不幸中；处困难中out of trouble摆脱麻烦；脱离了困境borrow trouble 自找麻烦，杞人忧天run into trouble 陷入困境之中give oneself trouble 3. The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty! disappointed 感到失望的disappointing 令人失望的faulty，broken与 disorder 这三个词都有故障损坏的意思，单侧重点各不相同。faulty指的是故障性损坏，特指某一个零部件或部位出现了机械故障，不常用语人和事件；broken是宏观性的坏掉或者打破打碎，是一种外在的表现，外伤；disorder常用于人，特指认得精神不正常，紊乱错乱。4.NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it. Be going to 打算做某事put sth. right 把某物正确放置，修正，订正put right表示“修好（故障等） ” 、 “校正”、 “纠正”等：Have you put the watch/clock right?你把表 / 钟对好了吗？Remember to put the lights right tomorrow.明天记得把灯修好。5. The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble. will be taking 将来进行时6. A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs. make the necessary repairs 作必要的修理repair sth. 修理某物repair a watch 修理手表7. Of course, the Hubble is above the earths atmosphere, of course 当然above 在上面(位于正上方 ) 8. so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen. 将来进行时。名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 5 页，共 6 页 - - - - - - - - - 形容词最高级后面的关系从句常用ever heard, met, read,seen等完成式：This is the longest book (that) I have ever read.这是我所看过的书中最长的一部。Ian is the most interesting man (that/whom) I have ever met.伊恩是我所遇见的最有趣的人。9. The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe. a great deal a great deal of， ， ，大量的（接不可数名词）a great deal可以不加名词，这个时候它就被用作副词了。例如： Ive learnt a great deal from this book. 从这本书上我学到了很多。另外， a great deal of 也可说成a good deal of。10. By the time you read this, the Rubbles eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures. （1） By the time 到的时候by the time somebody do sth 指的是截止到某人做某件是那会儿，常用来指过去的某一时间点上或者将来的某一时间点上某人在做什么事情。例： By the time the police arrived, the murderer had left.警方赶到时杀人犯已经逃之夭夭。（2） will have sent us将来完成时表示到将来某个时间为止势必会完成或预计要完成的动作，由“will shall+have+过去分词”构成。如：When we get there，she ll have gone to work. 我们到那里时她会已上班去了。On Monday hell have been in Britain for three years. 到星期一，他在英国就满三年了。（3） thousands and thousands of成千上万的在表示“几千” 、 “数千”、 “许许多多”、 “成千上万”这些数字概念时可用thousands(of): There are hundreds of thousands/thousands and thousands of cars in this city. 这座城市里有成千上万辆汽车。名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 6 页，共 6 页 - - - - - - - - -