61新概念英语第二册_第61课.pptVIP

listening Why were the pictures disappointing? Because the telescope’s main mirror was faulty. What is NASA planning to do? It will be sending four astronauts to repair it. How will the astronauts get to the telescope? The shuttle, Endeavour, will take them there. How will the shuttle grab the telescope? A robot-arm from the shuttle Language points 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，以……的价格/费用 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。 Language points 2、Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. 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) Made by Joyi Key words ＆ expressions Hubble n. 哈勃 telescope n. 望远镜 launch v. 发射 NASA n. 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 Key words ＆ expressions 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 Key words ＆ expressions ★telescope [telisk?up] n.（单筒）望远镜 双筒望远镜 ： binoculars [bin?kjul?s] microscope 显微镜 Key words ＆ expressions ★space [speis] n. ①太空 spaceman，spaceship ②空地，空处 Is there a space for the car？ 这儿有空位停车吗？ ③时间，一段时间 for a space 暂时，短时间 in space 片刻，一会儿 Key words ＆ expressions ★billion [bilj?n]十亿 several billion 几十亿 couple/ dozen 一打/score 20个/ hundred/ thousand/ million / billion/ trillion hundreds of 成百上千 thousands of ….成千上万 [‘