河北省邢台市第七中学高中英语 Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble阅读教材.doc

lesson 61 trouble with the hubble 哈勃望远镜的困境read the text and then answer the question.读课文，然后回答以下问题。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. 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. new words and expressions 生词和短语 3hubble n. 哈勃shuttle n. 航天飞机telescope n. 望远镜launch v.发射robot- arm n. 机器手space n. 空间grab v. 抓atmosphere n. 大气层distant adj. 遥远的billion n. 10亿galaxy n. 星系faulty adj. 有错误的universe n. 宇宙astronaut n. 宇航员eagle eye 鹰眼 notes on the text 课文注释 1 the hubble telescope,哈勃望远镜。2 at a cost of,造价为。3 right from the start,从最开始。 参考译文 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。comprehension 理解1 the hubble failed to send us satisfactory pictures because _.a the cost of sending satisfactory pictures was terrible b there was a problem with its main mirror c it was a long time since it was launched into space d it was high above the earths atmosphere 2 the hubble telescope _.a will tell us a great deal about the universeb cost a lot but was almost worthlessc will measure the size of the earthd requires constant care from the astronauts structure句型3 nasa is now going to put the telescope right. nasa _it.a is repairing b has already repaired c will be repairing d to repair 4 four astronauts_ to the hubble. a will take b will send up c will be taken d will be sending up 5 a robot-arm will hold the telescope _the astronauts to repair it.a for bso thatc so long as dwhich 6 the hubble will be sending us clear pictures_ it is above the earths atmosphere.a when b and c while d because 7_ you read this, thousands of pictures will have been sent to us. a as soon as b the momentc before d when vocabulary词汇8 the hubble was launched by nasa. it was _.a sent into space b carried away c put up d taken up 9 there was trouble with the hubble _.a then b from the beginning c a few years ago d before 10 the pictures the hubble sent us were _.a wonderful b unsatisfactoryc the clearest d disappointed 11 the main mirror