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Lesson 61
Trouble with Hubble
The Hubble telescope was launched into space
The Hubble telescope
telescope
telescopio (used by Galileo, 1611),
tele- "far
Scopio(scope)—seeing, watch
Scope [skəup] n.1. 视野,视界
2. 见识,眼界
Television --telecontrol
Telephone ---telecom 电信—unicom联通
Hubble space telescope named for U.S. astronomer天文学家 Edwin P. Hubble (1889-1953).
Launch
L. lanceare “wield a lance长矛,"
from L. l ancea "light spear
Fr. lancher
"to fling, hurl, throw, cast,"
Sense of "set (a boat) afloat" first recorded c.1400, from notion of throwing it out on the water; generalized by 1600 to "any sort of beginning."
Be launched into 被发射到…
被动语态be+动词过去分词
过去式的被动语态:Be(was/were)+动词过去分词
The Hubble telescope was launched into space
In 1970,China successfully lauched a man-made satellite.
1970年,中国成功地发射了一颗人造卫星。
set (a boat) afloat
使(船)下水;使(新船)首次下水:
例句:
to launch Titanic from london .
泰坦尼克从伦敦起航
any sort of beginning
They launched a violent attack on the enemy at dawn.
他们在拂晓时向敌人发动猛攻
The Hubble telescope was launched into space
L. spatium "room, area, distance, stretch of time
Space 空间,星际的深处
1宇宙空间
I like to watch TV shows
about space and spaceships
我喜欢看关于空间和太空船的电视节目。
2 room空间:make space for为…腾出地方
make space for=make room for
3Space v .把…分隔开;用…分隔开
The sitting room was spaced by a screen.
起居室用一面屏风分成了两小间。
The Hubble telescope was launched into space
by NASA ----who
on April 20.1990----when
Main branch主干
Twig 细节
NASA
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)美国国家航空和宇宙航行局
艾森豪威尔
1958
华盛顿
哥伦比亚特区
The Hubble telescope was launched into space
by NASA ----who
on April 20.1990----when
at a cost of over a billion dollars.
at a cost of造价为,以…的造价,以…的代价
Cost成本=com(together)+stand
I bought the table at a cost of $50.
“the fast development of hight technology is excellent, but at a cost of our living environment," he said.
以我们的生存环境作为代价
"stands at X dollars"
at all costs
不惜一切代价
Million millionaire
Billion billionaire
Trill