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课件网) NEW CONCEPT ENGLISH 2 新概念英语 2 Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble Key words and expressions Hubble n. 哈勃 launch v. 发射 space n. 空间 NASA n.( National and Space Administration)国家航空和航天局 telescope n. 望远镜 billion n.10亿 faulty adj. 有错误的 astronaut n. 宇航员 shuttle n. 航天飞机 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 Questions on the text Language points The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars. launch a rocket / an artificial satellite launch an attack launch a new enterprise launch a movement Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. He’s on the phone right now. The ball hit the man right in the head. To put things right, they started out with an investigation. NASA is now going to put the telescope right… A robot-arm from the ‘Endeavour’ will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs. The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe. He knows a great deal about plants. This trip has cost him a great deal of money. By the time you read this, the Hubble’s eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures. NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it. The shuttle ‘Endeavour’ will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble. The Hubble is above the earth’s atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen. He will have arrived by this time tomorrow. You will have received your exam results by next Monday. By the time we get there, he will have already left. Lesson 62 After the fire Key words and expressions control n. 控制 smoke n. 烟 desolate adj. 荒凉的 threaten v. 威胁 surrounding adj. 周围的 destruction n. 破坏，毁灭 flood n. 洪水，水灾 authority n. （常用复数）当局 grass-seed n. 草籽 spray v. 喷撒 quantity n. 量 root n. 根 century n.世纪 patch n. 小片 blacken v. 变黑，发暗 Questions on the text Language points Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control. fight cancer fight temptation The flood has been brought under control. The authorities finally managed to get the situation under control. Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well. Rain came on just before daybreak. I can feel a cold coming on. Go and wash that filth off your hands. These ink stains won’t wash out. When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly. the local authorities the military authorities The seed was sprayed ove ... ...
