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Unit 6
Survival
Language points
1. …, which is relatively close to Earth and has an environment less hostile than that of other planets.
① hostile weather conditions
② a hostile climate/environment
hostile adj.
difficult or not suitable for living or growing
艰苦的,恶劣的;不利的
……它离地球相对较近,环境不像其他行星那么恶劣。
恶劣的天气条件
恶劣的气候/环境
拓展
① The President had a hostile reception in Ohio this morning.
② Drinking may make a person feel relaxed and happy, or it may make him / her hostile, violent, or depressed.
③ I’m not hostile to (= against) the idea of change as such.
坚决否定;强烈反对
总统今天早上在俄亥俄州受到了不友好的接待。
喝酒可以使一个人感到放松和愉快,也可以让人变得不友善、粗暴或沮丧。
我并不反对做这样的改变。
敌意的,敌对的,不友好的
2. Our probes have orbited the planet, sending back valuable data and stunning images.
①The earth takes a year to orbit the sun.
② In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite to orbit the earth.
orbit v.
我们的探测器已经绕火星轨道运行,并发回了宝贵的数据和令人惊叹的图像。
to follow a curved path around a planet or star
绕轨道运行,沿轨道围绕(行星或恒星)运行
1957年,苏联发射了第一颗环绕地球运行的人造卫星。
地球绕太阳一周要一年的时间。
orbit n.
①The satellite is now in a stable orbit.
②A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth.
拓展
a curved path followed by a planet or an object as it moves around another planet, star, moon, etc. (天体等运行的)轨道
卫星目前在稳定的轨道上运行。
一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道。
① All the ideas have a stunning simplicity(简单).
② He suffered a stunning defeat in the election.
stunning adj.
(2) extremely attractive or impressive
极有魅力的;绝妙的;给人以深刻印象的
You look absolutely stunning!
(1) extremely surprising or shocking
令人惊奇万分的;令人震惊的
所有的想法都简单得出奇。
他在选举中惨败。
你看上去漂亮极了。
3. Encouraged by discoveries over the years, space agencies of various countries are planning manned missions to Mars that could take place within the next 25 years.
① The film festival takes place in October.
② We may never discover what took place that night.
take place
to happen, especially after previously being arranged or planned (尤指根据安排或计划)发生,进行
电影节将于十月举行。
我们可能永远不会知道那一夜发生了什么事。
受到多年来这些发现的鼓舞,各国航天机构正计划在未来25年内进行载人