[新概念英语第二册精讲视频]逐句精讲新概念英语第二册:第61课哈勃望远镜的困境

Lesson 61:Trouble with the Hubble

　　新概念英语2课文内容：

　　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.

　　新概念英语2逐句精讲:

　　1、The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost over a billion dofturs.

　　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10亿多美金。

　　语言点1 日期写法比较：

　　1) 中式写法：年/月/日

　　2) 英式写法：日/月/年

　　3) 美式写法：月/日/年

　　语言点2 at a cost of over a billion dollars 花费了10亿多美金

　　真题测试 测试语言点：冠词的使用

　　On May 5, 2005, at ( )World Table Tennis Championship, Kong Linghui and Wang Hao won the gold medal in men’s doubles with( ) score of 4:1. (2005 年髙考江苏卷，第21题)

　　A: a; a B: 不填; the C. a;不填 D. the; a;

　　答案：选D

　　分析：World Table Tennis Championship特指世界杯兵兵球锦标赛，前应用定冠词the; with a score of..指“以 的比分”;所以选D。

　　翻译：在2005年5月5日的那场世界杯乒乓球锦标赛中，孔令辉和王浩以4:1的比分获得了男子双打的金牌。

　　2、Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble.

　　从最开始哈勃望远铁就存在问题。

　　语言点 there be trouble with...有关于……的麻烦

　　3、The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty!

　　它传送给我们的图像很令人失望，因为它的主镜片存在误差。

　　语言点 it sent us是the pictures的定语从句，省略了关系代词that或which。

　　真题测试 测试语言点：非限制性定语从句

　　An investigation was made into the accident,( )fifty people were killed.

　　(1992 年 6 月 CET-4,第 42 题)

　　A. for that B. where C. when D. in which

　　答案：选A

　　分析：被修饰的先行词是accident,因此排除B、C选项;又因为本句为非限制性定语 从句，而且介词后不用that,所以D选项也不对。A是正确答案。

　　翻译：人们对那场事故进行了调查，它造成了50人死亡。

　　4、NASA Is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it.

　　国家航空航天局正准备糾正这个错误，为此将把4名宇航员送入太空修复望远鏡。

　　语言点 put sth. right纠正、校对某物;to repair是动词不定式作目的状语。

　　5、The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble.

　　“奋进”号航天飞机将把宇航员送上哈勃望远镋。

　　语言点 will be taking用将来进行时表示将来某一段时间里要做的动作。

　　6、A robot—arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.

　　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。

　　语言点 make the necessary repairs作必要的修理7、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.

　　当然，哈勃位于地球的大气层之外，因此，它很快就会给我们俜送我们所见到过的、有关行星和远距离星系的最清晰的照片。

　　语言点 本句后半部分that we have ever seen为定语从句。

　　8、The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.

　　哈勃将告诉我们有关宇宙的年龄和大小的许多事情。

　　语言点 a great deal大量;a great deal of 一般用于修饰不可数名词。

　　9、By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.

　　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。

　　语言点 by the time用于完成时态will have sent连用。

　　真题测试 测试语言点：by the time用于完成时态

　　By the end of this month, we surely ( )a satisfactory solution to the problem. (1993 年 6月CET~4，第45题)

　　A. have found B. will be finding C. will have found D. are finding

　　答案：选C

　　分析：By the end of this month是表示将来的时间状语，对应将来完成时。

　　翻译：到这个月底，我们肯定能够找到一个解决这个问题的满意方法。

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