时间:2019-01-04 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(七月)


英语课

By Cindy Saine
Washington
01 July 2006



In this image made from NASA TV, German Astronaut Thomas Reiter exits the Space Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape 1 Canaveral   
  
The space shuttle Discovery was set to lift off (at 1949 UTC) Saturday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, but thunderstorms moved in, causing the launch to be delayed until another try Sunday. NASA is launching Discovery on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station, despite continuing safety concerns.


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Discovery's seven crew members, dressed in bright orange spacesuits, waved and gave a cheerful thumbs-up-sign as they headed to the launch pad. The astronauts were then strapped 2 into the space shuttle, which was fueled and ready for take-off. But storm clouds lingered in the launch zone, prompting NASA officials to stop the countdown just minutes before the scheduled launch.


Launch Director Mike Leinbach announced the delay. "We're not going to make it today. So I appreciate your support, both from the crew and the whole launch team and the team worldwide for trying to get this vehicle off the ground today, but it's not a good day to launch the shuttle, so we're going to try again tomorrow," he said.


The delay was a disappointment for the U.S. space agency, which last launched the shuttle in July 2005, and is eager to resume flights to the International Space Station.


Vice 3 President Dick Cheney and several members of Congress were at the Kennedy Space Center as guests to watch the launch.


Astronaut Steven Lindsey commands a crew of five American astronauts, and will bring German astronaut, Thomas Reiter, to expand the space station crew to three. The team will also deliver supplies to keep the space station running, and two crewmen will practice inspection 4 and repair techniques during a spacewalk.


Discovery's mission will be only the second launch since the space shuttle Colombia disintegrated 5 on reentry to the earth's atmosphere three years ago, killing 6 all seven astronauts on board. The spacecraft was damaged on lift-off when a piece of foam 7 insulation 8 broke off the external fuel tank and hit the shuttle's left wing.


Since then, the U.S. space agency, NASA has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to modify the fuel tank to prevent a similar accident from happening again.


NASA Administrator 9 Michael Griffin decided 10 to go ahead with the mission, despite the safety concerns of two top agency managers, who said they believe foam debris 11 could still be a threat. The two dissenting 12 officials say they accept the decision to launch because expected foam loss would not endanger the crew, only the orbiter.
 
 



n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
adj.用皮带捆住的,用皮带装饰的;身无分文的;缺钱;手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词);用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带
  • Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
n.检查,审查,检阅
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
v.(使)破裂[分裂,粉碎],(使)崩溃( disintegrate的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The plane disintegrated as it fell into the sea. 飞机坠入大海时解体了。
  • The box was so old;it just disintegrated when I picked it up. 那箱子太破旧了,我刚一提就散了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
v./n.泡沫,起泡沫
  • The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
  • The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。
n.隔离;绝缘;隔热
  • Please examine the insulation of the electric wires in my house.请检查一下我屋子里电线的绝缘情况。
  • It is always difficult to assure good insulation between the electric leads.要保证两个电触头之间有良好的绝缘总是很困难的。
n.经营管理者,行政官员
  • The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
  • He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
adj.不同意的
  • He can't tolerate dissenting views. 他不能容纳不同意见。
  • A dissenting opinion came from the aunt . 姑妈却提出不赞同的意见。
学英语单词
AGD
alible
Armando
asymmetrical tunnel section
barboni
bioplasts
Carex filipes
Cheirostrobales
clear the way
combination number
compensation filter
compiler validation
contend for markets
corner-cap
corpora vitreum
crack a bottle together
Craigia kwangsiensis
cut-pile
Dalangan, Pulau
deflection routing
delection
digital satellite
disturbance band
dull-red
elfin forest
fetalization theory
flame inoisation chromatograph
flat cut
foamy virus
follow someone like an Anthony pig
gandangs
genus Ricinus
good graces
hafizullah
Haqel
hcn
hf.mor.
high pressure water injection
hollow milling cutter
horsehair
how-to-do
hrees
humongous
hypo number
insufficient memory
internal line-up clamp
internal marginality
isodisomy
kick back of chain saw
Kilfinan
Kurux
liberty ships
lifting craft
light bombardment
machine handing
mind-only
mutational site (pontecorvo 1958)
n.h
nickelous acetate
non-living
nonleaf
oil wearing quality
open fender hitching
overhead operation
packet header
palatalisation
parsimonies
phenylpropyl aldehyde
pizza shop
plead the cause for
pre-cold-frontal squall hne
Q flag
re cover
reactor waste clean-up filter
real device
redistribution of solute
regredes
repente
rhododendron leiopodium hayata
roemer
rossing-machine
Sasuntzi Davith
secondary cable
Sevnica
sheet-fish
signal sensitivity
single-fluid process
spirit color
stock-markets
sucking spear
take the measure of sb
thermoelectrical heterogeneous effect
transport group
tread-wheels
Uzlovaya
Valva atrioventricularis sinistra
Vanadio-ardennite
vegetable cheese
vertical frame dimension
visceropallium
wasting of resources
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