Welcome to the Voice of America's “News Words”.
欢迎收听美国之音“新闻词汇”。
This week's word is about people who are going to search for life in outer space: alien.
本周的新闻词汇有关在外太空寻找生命的人：相异的。
An international team of scientists and business leaders announced plans for a huge space exploration program.
一支由科学家和商业领导人组成的国际队伍宣布了一项重大太空探索项目的计划。
Its goal is to discover if there is alien life in space.
这支队伍的目标是探索太空里是否有不同的生命。
Alien means different from what you are used to.
“相异的”意思是与你习惯的东西不同。

The team thinks there might be life outside of Earth. If so, it could be different from us, or alien.
这支队伍认为在地球之外或许存在生命。如果有的话，那么它可能与我们不同，或是相异的。
Here in the U.S., a person who is not a citizen is also called an alien.
在美国，如果一个人不是公民的话，他也被称为外国人。

Now you know what the news word alien means.
现在你知道“alien”这个新闻词汇的意思了吧。