【轻松英文阅读】月球上的花园
时间：2018-12-28 作者：英语课 分类：轻松英文阅读
英语课
NASA has plans to plant a garden on the moon.
The lunar garden will have basil, sunflowers and turnips 1. The plants will grow in coffee-can-sized habitats made of aluminum 2. These habitats will have many sensors 3 and cameras, so researchers on earth can monitor the plants as they grow.
Habitat
It will be a real technological 4 challenge. The habitats will have to be self-powered and regulate their own temperature and water in the harsh lunar environment.
NASA does not plan to use their own rockets to put the plants on the moon. Instead, they will use private companies–specifically companies that will be participating in the Google Lunar X Prize contest.
NASA will also be asking schools to help out. They will send growing kits 6 to select schools around the country. There, students will take care of the plants. As the plants in these kits grow, they will be compared to the ones on the moon.
NASA growing kit 5
If things go well, we could be seeing gardens on the moon in a couple of years.
1 turnips
芜青( turnip的名词复数 )； 芜菁块根； 芜菁甘蓝块根； 怀表
- Well, I like turnips, tomatoes, eggplants, cauliflowers, onions and carrots. 噢，我喜欢大萝卜、西红柿、茄子、菜花、洋葱和胡萝卜。 来自魔法英语-口语突破（高中）
- This is turnip soup, made from real turnips. 这是大头菜汤，用真正的大头菜做的。
2 aluminum
n.(aluminium)铝
- The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
- During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段，它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。
3 sensors
n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )
- There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句
4 technological
adj.技术的；工艺的
- A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
- Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。