中英文本

Heat and swirls of dust above the cracked earth of northwestern Nevada make any sign of life look like a mirage. In the fall of 2016, photographer Robert Ormerod turned off the road and onto the dried lake bed of the Black Rock Desert in search of a rocket launch. On the horizon he could make out a hazy row of RVs—those of the attendees of a famed amateur-rocketry convention.
在美国内华达州西北部满是裂缝的土地上，蒸腾的热气和灰尘漩涡使任何生命迹象看起来都像是海市蜃楼。2016年秋天，摄影师罗伯特·奥默罗德离开公路，来到黑岩沙漠干涸的湖床上，寻找火箭发射场景。在地平线上，他能辨认出成排的模糊人影，他们都是参加这场著名业余火箭发射盛会的人。

Since 1991 the Federal Aviation Administration has granted the Tripoli Rocketry Association permission to shoot rockets up to 492,000 feet (93 miles) in the air for the event. It's one of the few times when high-altitude rockets can be safely and legally launched, so 100 to 200 hobbyists gather annually to test their creations. Tripoli calls the event "a venue for projects that should NOT be flown publicly due to safety and legal restrictions." In other words, don't try this at home.
自1991年以来，美国联邦航空管理局就已批准的黎波里火箭协会在该活动期间向至多150千米的高空发射火箭。这是少数几次可以安全合法发射高海拔火箭的盛会，所以每年有100到200名火箭爱好者聚集在此，测试他们的新发明。的黎波里火箭协会称这里是“因安全和法律限制而不应公开飞行的项目场所”。换句话说，不要在家里尝试发射火箭。

重点讲解

1.sign of life 生命迹象
I dropped to my knees and felt its neck for a sign of life.
我跪下来触摸它的颈部看看是否还有生命迹象。

2.turn off the road 驶离道路
Turn off the road here and you will come to the lake.
如果你在这儿离开道路，就可以到达湖边。

3.make out 辨认出
Here you can even make out a vein on the hand of the twin in the foreground.
在这里你甚至可以清晰辨认出画面前方这个双胞胎胎儿手上的一根血管。