Lesson 61
Trouble with the Hubble
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.(1)____________________________! 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, (2)____________________________. 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.
New words and expressions
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 pictures that it send us were very disappointing because it's main mirror was faulty.
2 So it waii soon be sanding us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.
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