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Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble哈勃望远镜的困境
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 earth's 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 Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.
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。
词汇和短语
Hubble n. 哈勃
telescope n. 望远镜
launch v. 发射
space n. 空间
NASA n.(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) 国家航空和航天局
billion n. 10亿
faulty adj. 有错误的
astronaut n. 宇航员
shuttle n. 航天飞机
Endeavour n. 奋进号
robot-arm n. 机器手
grab v. 抓
atmosphere n. 大气层
distant adj. 遥远的
galaxy n. 星系
universe n. 宇宙
eagle eye 鹰眼
1.The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.
a great deal
a great deal后面如果要跟名词，必须加介词of，即a great deal of，，，
注意：a great deal of只能修饰不可数名词。
a great deal可以不加名词，这个时候它就被用作副词了。
例如：I've learnt a great deal from this book.
从这本书上我学到了很多。
另外，a great deal of 也可说成a good deal of。
2.By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.
will have sent us将来完成时
表示到将来某个时间为止势必会完成或预计要完成的动作，由will [shall]+have+过去分词构成。如：
When we get there，she’ll have gone to work. 我们到那里时她会已上班去了。
On Monday he’ll have been in Britain for three years. 到星期一，他在英国就满三年了。
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Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble哈勃望远镜的困境
背诵提纲
1.When was the Hubble telescope launched into space?
2.Was there trouble with the Hubble?
3.Why were the pictures it sent us very disappointing?
4.How many astronauts will it send up to repari it?
5.Which shuttle will take them to the Hubble?
6.What will the Hubble tell us?
