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.

　　句子讲解：

　　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。

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