新概念英语第二册笔记第61课

1、哈勃望远镜的困境Lesson61TroublewiththeHubbleTextTheHubbletelescopewaslaunchedintospacebyNASAonApril20,1990atacostofoverabilliondollars.RightfromthestarttherewastroublewiththeHubble.Thepicturesitsentuswereverydisappointingbecauseitsmainmirrorwasfaulty!NASAisnowgoingtoputthetelescoperight,soitwillsoonbesendin

2、gupfourastronautstorepairit.TheshuttleEndeavourwillbetakingtheastronautstotheHubble.Arobot-armfromtheEndeavourwillgrabthetelescopeandholditwhiletheastronautsmakethenecessaryrepairs.Ofcourse,theHubbleisabovetheearth'satmosphere,soitwillsoonbesendingustheclearestpicturesofthestarsanddistantgalaxie

3、sthatwehaveeverseen.TheHubblewilltellusagreatdealabouttheageandsizeoftheuniverse.Bythetimeyoureadthis,theRubble'seagleeyewillhavesentusthousandsandthousandsofwonderfulpictures.【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

4、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【Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语1. Hubble'h?bln哈勃2. telescope'telisk?upn望远镜3. launchl?:nt?lant?v发射4. spacespeisn空间（指宇宙空间）5. bi

5、llion'bilj?nn10亿6. faulty'f?ltiadj有错误的7. astronaut'?str?n?tn宇航员8. shuttle'?tln航天飞机9. Endeavourin'dev?n奋进”号10. robotarmn机器手'r?ub%,-b?t,'r?b?t11. grabdf?bv抓12. atmosphere'?tm?,sfi?n大气层13. distant'dist?ntadj遥远的14. galaxy'g?l?ksi星系15. universe'ju:niv?:sn宇宙16.

6、eagleeyen鹰眼，一种仪器【单词讲解】1. Hubble'h?bln哈勃TelescopeTele-(1)overalongdistance;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：ChinaTelecom.中国联通：ChinaUnicom(中国联合通信股份有限公司ChinaUnitedTelecommunicationsCo.Ltd)中国移动：ChinaMobileQQ:tele-control遥控

7、Tele-conference远程会议(2) connectedwithtelevision电视的拍电视：TelecameraTelecourse电视教学Telecast电视广播Teleplay电视剧(3) doneusingatelephone通过电话的Telemarketing电话销售Telebanking电话专艮行2. Launch(1) 发射sendonitscourseLaunchamissile发射导弹Launchasatellite发射卫星(2)着手，创办Launchanewproject着手一个新的计划Launchanewenterprise创办个新的企业一般说开始做某事，用s

8、etoff,start,begin3. spacespeisn空间(指宇宙空间)(1) 太空Spaceman,spaceship,outerspaceIdreamoftravellingthroughthespacetoliveonanotherplanet.我梦想穿越太空去另一个星球生活。theexplorationofouterspace探索夕卜太空(2) 空白，空地(可数名词)aspace一块空地空间(不可数)Isthereaspaceforthecar?这有空位停车吗？Thereisn'tmuchspaceleftforyourluggage.没有多少空间放你的行李了。4. N

9、ASA(NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration)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5. Billion（Trillion）MillionThousandHundredChina:1317442552India:1,049,700,118America:290,342,554Theworldpopulation（1.4）70.57亿人=7,057,000,000做修饰数量词时：Severalbillion/hundred/thousand+H

10、undreds/thousandsof6. Faultyadj.有错误的，有缺陷的，不完善的（imperfect）Faultyoperation/reasoning错误操作/推理Afaultydesign不完善的设计方案Fault（可数）n.缺点，缺陷Ilikehimdespitehisfaults.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）Whosefaultisthis?Mistake（日常生活中各种情况的）错误makethesamemistakesError错误（正式）anerrorinyourreportDefect指更为严重的缺陷mechan

11、icaldefect机械故障7. Astronaut（会读）8. Shuttle=aspaceshuttle航天飞机9. Endeavour努力，尽力（比try更正式，更努力）in'dev?（1）nPleasemakeeveryendeavourtoarriveintime.请尽量准时至U达。（2）v.endeavourtodosthHeendeavouredtowinvotesforhimself.10. Robot-arm机器手robotn.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）Thethiefgrabbedthebadandranaw

12、aywithit.这贼抓住我的包逃走了（警察来）Don'tgrad!Hegrabbedmycollarandpulledmetowardshim.他抓我的领子把我拉到他的面前来。抓住（机会）grabachance12. Atmosphere大气，大气层（包围地球的气体）Theatmosphereofourplanetisheavily/seriouslypolluted.气氛Workingatmosphere工作环境earth'satmosphere地球大气socialatmosphere社会气氛academicatmospheren.学业风气，学习氛围workingatmos

13、phere工作环境upperatmosphere上层大气；高空大气loweratmosphere低层大气，下层大气atmospheren.大气,空气,气氛,氛围Eg:IwenttotheNewConceptEnglishofNewOrientalschoolforitsgoodatmosphere.afriendly/romanticatmosphere友好的气氛Thatrestauranthadrealatmosphere.那家餐馆真的很有气氛13. distantadj.遥远的Adistantdown遥远的小镇Inthedistantpast在往昔Distantcalls长途电话Dista

14、ntrelationship异地恋Distantrelatives远亲Bedistantfrom远离Thesunisdistantfromtheearth.14. galaxy(1)n.星系thedistantgalaxy遥远的星系TheGalaxy/milkyway银河系一群(杰出的人或者灿烂的事物)Agalaxyofbeauties一群美女Agalaxyoftalents一群才子Agalaxyoffilmstars一群影星15. universeTheuniverse宇宙，世界，天地万物Godisbelievedtohavemadetheuniverse.人们相信神创造了天地万物Unive

15、rsity16. eagleeyeEagle老鹰Eagle-eye鹰眼【课文讲解】TroublewiththeHubble哈勃望远镜的困境1. TheHubbletelescopewaslaunchedintospacebyNASAonApril20,1990atacostofoverabilliondollars.Hubbletelescope看作一个整体，在句中做主语waslaunched动词谓语NASA美国国家航空和宇宙航行局(NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration)具体到某一天，介词用ononsunnydayatacostofoverabil

16、liondollars花费了超过10亿美元atacostof2. RightfromthestarttherewastroublewiththeHubble.trouble'tr?bln.麻烦；烦恼；故障；动乱vt.麻烦；使烦恼；折磨vi.费心，烦恼thetroublewithsth.关于某事的麻烦eg:WhatSwrong/troublewithyou?troublesb.麻烦某人Don'ttroubletroubleuntilltroubletroublesyou.VVVV动词名词名词动词Whenyouareintroublemaketrouble捣乱；制造麻烦maketr

17、oublefor给带来麻烦introuble在监禁中；处于不幸中；处困难中outoftrouble摆脱麻烦；脱离了困境borrowtrouble自找麻烦，杞人忧天runintotrouble陷入困境之中giveoneselftrouble3. Thepicturesitsentuswereverydisappointingbecauseitsmainmirrorwasfaulty!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

18、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. NASAisnowgoingtoputthetelescoperight,soitwillsoonbesendingupfourastronautstorepairit.Begoingto打算做某事putsth.right把某物正确放置，修正，订正putright表示“修好（故障等）”、“校正”、“纠正”等:Haveyouputthewatch/clockright?你把表/钟对好了吗?Remembertoputthelightsright

19、tomorrow.明天记得把灯修好。5. TheshuttleEndeavourwillbetakingtheastronautstotheHubble.willbetaking将来进行时6. Arobot-armfromtheEndeavourwillgrabthetelescopeandholditwhiletheastronautsmakethenecessaryrepairs.makethenecessaryrepairs作必要的修理repairsth.修理某物repairawatch修理手表7. Ofcourse,theHubbleisabovetheearth'satmos

20、phere,ofcourse当然above在上面（位于正上方）8. soitwillsoonbesendingustheclearestpicturesofthestarsanddistantgalaxiesthatwehaveeverseen.将来进行时。形容词最高级后面的关系从句常用everheard,met,read,seen等完成式：Thisisthelongestbook(that)Ihaveeverread.这是我所看过的书中最长的一部。Ianisthemostinterestingman(that/whom)Ihaveevermet.伊恩是我所遇见的最有趣的人。9. TheHubblewilltellusagreatdealabouttheageandsizeoftheuniverse.agreatdealagreatdealof大量的（接不可数名词）agreatdeal可以不加名词，这个时候它就被用作副词了。例如：I've