电子与通信专业英语Chapter Ⅱ Communication Technology.ppt

[6] Today communications satellites, for the most part, have followed suit and are now placed in what are called geostationary orbital positions or slots. 本句可译为：目前大部分通信卫星都被定位在相对地球静止的轨道或称之为“槽”的位置上。 句中for the most part，指大部分的通信卫星，即for the most part of them (=communications satellites)，在此作状语。 [7] Simply stated, a satellite in a geostationary orbital position appears to be fixed over one portion of the earth. 本句可译为：简单地讲，在一个对地面相对静止的轨道位置上的卫星对地球的一部分地区表面为固定的。 simply stated：“简单地说”，相当于simply speaking。 （1）be called 被称为 This flow of electrons driven though a conductor is called an e