新英语第二册第61课.ppt

* Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble 哈勃望远镜的困境 ★space n. 空间(指宇宙空间) spaceman宇航员 spaceship 宇宙飞船 Is there a space for the car（空白，空地） 这儿有空位停车吗？ There isnt much space left for your luggage. 空间）没有多少空间放你的行李了。 同义词room n. 空间（不可数）；房间（可数） Could you make room for me? 你能为我腾一点空间吗? ★billion 十亿 hundred/thousand/million百万/billion十亿 hundreds of 成百上千 thousands of 成千上万的 billons of 数以亿计的 ★faulty 有缺点的；不完美的 fault n. 缺点，缺陷 I like him despite his faults. 虽然他有种种缺点, 但我仍然喜欢他. ★shuttle (n.) 航天飞机； n 梭子；短程穿梭运行的车辆(或火车、飞机等) shuttle bus 往返的公交汽车 shuttle service 定期往返班次 ★endeavor (n.) 努力（attempt，effort） Please make every endeavor to arrive in time. 请尽量准时到达 (v.) 努力（比try 更正式） endeavor to do sth 努力去做某事 They endeavored to make her happy but in vain.（徒劳的，无用的） 他们努力让她开心，但是没有成功。 ★distant adj. 1.遥远的 distant from 远离…… The sun is distant from the earth. 太阳距地球很遥远。 2.远亲的 He is my distant relative. 他是我的远房亲戚。 n distance 距离 1、The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars. at a cost of … 造价为……，耗资, He saved his daughter from the fire， but at the cost of his own life. 他牺牲了生命，把女儿从大火中救出来。 launch into 发射上天 over = more than 超过 2、Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. 从最开始哈勃望远镜就有问题 ◆right from the start 从最开始（right 起强调作用） He didn’t want to work at the firm right from the start. 他从最开始就不想在这家公司上班。 ◆trouble with… 关于……有麻烦 Whats the trouble with you? 你有什么麻烦? (医生常这样问) There is (engine) trouble with my car. 我的汽车（发动机）有问题。 ◆get into trouble.陷入麻烦 3、NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it. 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 put sth. right 修好（故障等），校正，纠正 Remember to put the lights right tomorrow. 明天记得把灯修好 Have you put the clock right? 你把钟对好了吗？ send up 往上送 send away 赶走，解雇 4、A robot-arm from the Endeavo