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Section Ⅱ Understanding the Text
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Part 1 Understanding ideas
The Call of the Challenger
Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on① the Moon back on 20 July 1969,people have become accustomed to② the notion③ of space travel. Millions watched that first lunar④ landing on black and white television sets,their hearts in their mouths⑤,aware of⑥ how arduous⑦
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and hazardous⑧ an undertaking⑨ it was,and of the many things that could go wrong 10 2.With Armstrong's now famous words “That's one small step for man,one giant leap for mankind”,what had once been considered impossible had now been achieved.Guided by a computer that was much less powerful than the ones used by today's average⑪ school students, all three astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission⑫ made it⑬ safely back to Earth.
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①set foot on登上,踏上
②become accustomed to习惯于(做)某事
③notion/'nəʊʃ(ə)n/n.概念;观点;看法
④lunar adj.月亮的
⑤one's heart in one's mouth某人的心提到嗓子眼
⑥be aware of意识到
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⑦arduous adj.费力的,艰巨的
⑧hazardous/'hæzədəs/adj.危险的,不安全的
⑨undertaking n.任务;事业
⑩go wrong出错
⑪average adj.普通的;平均的
⑫mission n.任务
⑬make it获得成功
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ever since引导的时间状语从句用一般过去时,主句用现在完成时。
形容词短语aware of...作伴随状语;第一个of后接how引导的宾语从句how arduous and hazardous an undertaking it was;第二个of后接宾语the many things;that引导定语从句,修饰the many things。
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what had once been considered impossible是what引导的主语从句,what在从句中作主语,impossible在从句中作主语补足语。
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Following the Moon landings,space travel rapidly became unexceptional⑭ to the public,as innovations⑮ succeeded each other.By the early 1980s,the great rockets previously⑯ used in the American space programme had been replaced by the space shuttle⑰. When the Challenger space shut