新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble
1 . The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars.哈勃望遠鏡於1990年4月20日由國家航空航天局發射升空，耗資10多億美元。
2 . Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble.從最開始哈勃望遠鏡就有問題。
3 . so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it.為此將把4名宇航員送入太空修復望遠鏡。
4 . The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.哈勃將告訴我們有關宇宙的年齡和大小的許多事情。
5 . 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.當然，哈勃位於地球的大氣層之外，因此，它很快就會給我們傳送我們所見到過的、有關行星和遠距離星系的最清晰的照片。
6 . By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.等到你讀到這篇文章時，敏銳的哈勃望遠鏡已經為我們送來了成千上萬張精彩的照片。
7 . NASA is now going to put the telescope right,國家航天局準備糾正這一錯誤，
8 . A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.當宇航員進行必要的修復工作時，「奮進」號上的一隻機器手將抓住望遠鏡並托住它。
9 . The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty!它傳送給我們的圖像很令人失望，因為它的主要鏡子有誤差。
10 . The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble.「奮進」號航天飛機將把宇航員送上哈勃。