(单词翻译:单击)
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President Barack Obama has just a couple months left in his presidency, but he's still setting some long-term goals.
奥巴马总统的任期还有几个月，但他仍在制定一些长期目标。
In an editorial published by CNN, the president committed to sending people to Mars by the 2030s.
美国有线电视新闻网发表社论，总统致力于2030 送人类上火星。
Obama knows this endeavor will require both government and business efforts, noting private companies are already working "to build new habitats that can sustain and transport astronauts on long-duration missions in deep space."
奥巴马知道，这需要政府和企业的努力，他指出私营企业已经在致力于建立新的栖息地，可以维持和运送宇航员在太空进行长期任务。
The Mars One mission wants to launch its first crew in 2026, and SpaceX's Elon Musk plans to start testing its Mars rocket designed for people as early as 2020.
火星一号任务是要在2026年发射第一名宇航员，SpaceX公司的伊隆·马斯克计划最早在2020年测试为人类设计的火星火箭。
NASA says it's also on track to send humans to the red planet in the 2030s. The next step in its process starts in 2018 with a series of missions near the moon to test the technology we'll need to live on Mars.
美国宇航局表示，有望在2030年将人类送上火星。计划的下一步是在2018开始一系列月球附近任务，测试在火星上生活需要的技术。
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词汇解析
1、commit
犯(罪);做(坏事)
I have never committed any crime.
我从来没犯过罪。
This is a man who has committed murder.
这是一个杀人犯。
拨出，调配(资金、资源等)
They called on Western nations to commit more money to the poorest nations.
他们呼吁西方国家向极端贫困国家投入更多的钱。
The government had committed billions of pounds for a programme to reduce acid rain.
政府已经给一个旨在减少酸雨的方案拨了几十亿英镑。
承诺，保证(做);忠于(某人)
I would advise people to think very carefully about committing themselves to working Sundays.
我建议大家慎重考虑一下答应周日工作的问题。
I'd like a friendship that might lead to something deeper, but I wouldn't want to commit myself too soon.
我希望拥有一份能进一步发展的友谊，但又不想太快作出承诺。
2、mission
(尤指赴他国的)使命，重要任务
Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America.
索尔兹伯里派他到北美执行一项外交任务。
He has been on a mission to help end Lebanon's political crisis.
他已经被派执行一项旨在帮助结束黎巴嫩政治危机的使命。
驻外使团;出国代表团
the head of the mission in South Africa.
驻南非代表团团长
a senior member of a diplomatic mission.
外交使团的高级成员
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