Part 1 Warming up A Mars collect information orbit order back ”t-offn.(火箭等)离地升空，垂直发射 International Space Station give up hope return in triumph
Part 1 Warming up A ❖ Mars ❖ collect information ❖ orbit ❖ order back ❖ lift-off n. （火箭等）离地升空，垂直发射 ❖ International Space Station ❖ give up hope ❖ return in triumph
reconnaissance勘测 orbiter 必 abbreviated en route trussthe support for a roof or bridge that is usually made of stone or brick revive space probe[航]航天探测器 Mars Reconnaissance火星勘测轨道飞行器 Cape Canaveral[航]卡纳维拉尔角（位于美国） Columbia Discovery ÷Pathfinder n.探路者 endeavor Hubble Telescope
❖ reconnaissance勘测 ❖ orbiter ❖ abbreviated ❖ en route ❖ truss构架the support for a roof or bridge that is usually made of stone or brick ❖ revive ❖ space probe [航] 航天探测器 ❖ Mars Reconnaissance 火星勘测轨道飞行器 ❖ Cape Canaveral [航] 卡纳维拉尔角（位于美国） ❖ Columbia ❖ Discovery ❖ Pathfinder n. 探路者 ❖ endeavor ❖ Hubble Telescope
Part 1 Warming up A 1.To Mars/March of next year. 2.Because of a mechanical problem. 3.5 males and 2 females. 4.NASA/At the end of September,83 days after landing. 5.To return home at the Kennedy Space Center after completing repairs on the Hubble Telescope
Part 1 Warming up A 1. To Mars / March of next year. 2. Because of a mechanical problem. 3. 5 males and 2 females. 4. NASA / At the end of September, 83 days after landing. 5. To return home at the Kennedy Space Center after completing repairs on the Hubble Telescope
Part 1 Warming up A 1.An American spacecraft is traveling to Mars to collect information about the red planet.The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter left Cape Canaveral in Florida on August 12th.The space vehicle is expected to arrive in March of next year.It is to orbit the planet for at least four years. 2.The U.S.space shuttle Columbia has returned to Earth after an abbreviated stay in space because of a mechanical problem.The Space Agency ordered the shuttle back to Earth after one of the three power generators failed Sunday.The generators called "fuel cells"provide all of shuttle's electrical power,and NASA safety rules require the space ship to return to Earth if any fuel cell fails. 3.US space shuttle Discovery has made a successful lift-off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida,en route to the International Space Station.The shuttle with 5 male and 2 female astronauts onboard will take another section of the half-built International Space Station a little truss,or frame into orbits.It's scheduled to come back to earth on December 21
Part 1 Warming up A 1. An American spacecraft is traveling to Mars to collect information about the red planet. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter left Cape Canaveral in Florida on August 12th. The space vehicle is expected to arrive in March of next year. It is to orbit the planet for at least four years. 2. The U.S. space shuttle Columbia has returned to Earth after an abbreviated stay in space because of a mechanical problem. The Space Agency ordered the shuttle back to Earth after one of the three power generators failed Sunday. The generators called “fuel cells” provide all of shuttle’s electrical power, and NASA safety rules require the space ship to return to Earth if any fuel cell fails. 3. US space shuttle Discovery has made a successful lift-off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, en route to the International Space Station. The shuttle with 5 male and 2 female astronauts onboard will take another section of the half-built International Space Station a little truss, or frame into orbits. It’s scheduled to come back to earth on December 21
Part 1 Warming up A 4.The United States Space Agency NASA says it's given up any real hope of reviving its space probe on Mars.The spacecraft Pathfinder made its last transmission of scientific data from the surface of Mars at the end of September,83 days after landing. 5.The U.S.space shuttle Endeavor is preparing to return home in triumph after completing repairs on the Hubble Telescope.The Endeavor's scheduled to land Monday at the Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Atlantic coast, returning to the site where the mission began eleven days ago
Part 1 Warming up A 4.The United States Space Agency NASA says it’s given up any real hope of reviving its space probe on Mars. The spacecraft Pathfinder made its last transmission of scientific data from the surface of Mars at the end of September, 83 days after landing. 5.The U.S. space shuttle Endeavor is preparing to return home in triumph after completing repairs on the Hubble Telescope. The Endeavor’s scheduled to land Monday at the Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s Atlantic coast, returning to the site where the mission began eleven days ago
Part 1 Warming up B Mir/peace和平号 cosmonaut astronaut 冬re-entry重返 collision microbe细菌、微生物 flawless
Part 1 Warming up B ❖ Mir/peace 和平号 ❖ cosmonaut = astronaut ❖ re-entry重返 ❖ collision ❖ microbe细菌、微生物 ❖ flawless
Part 1 Warming up 8 15 years the Soviet Union,now Russia 4.2 billion (for building and maintaining) 10 years(1986-1996) 135 tons 9,900 cubic feet 63 feet wide and 85 feet long 104 cosmonauts,astronauts 46 438 days 747 days,three Mar.23rd
Part 1 Warming up B 15 years the Soviet Union, now Russia $ 4.2 billion (for building and maintaining) 10 years (1986 — 1996) 135 tons 9,900 cubic feet 63 feet wide and 85 feet long 104 cosmonauts, astronauts 46 438 days 747 days, three Mar. 23rd
Part 1 Warming up B Mir means "peace"in Russian.The station had a core block of living quarters and six docking ports for supply ships. Mir was built by the Soviet Union,which is now Russia.It cost $4.2 billion to build and maintain it.Scientists spent ten years building it,from 1986 to 1996.it weighs 135 tons and has a volume of 9900 cubic feet.It is 63 feet wide and 85 feet long. Mir hosted 104 cosmonauts,astronauts,and visitors.Forty-six flights were made to Mir.Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov holds the record for the longest stay in orbit,which is 438 days.And cosmonaut Sergei Avdeyev totaled 747 days between his three separate missions to Mir,which is the longest total for any human staying in space. The Mir Space station has been sailing through space for 15 years.But Mir doesn't work very well any longer,and its orbit is failing.It has been replaced by the new International Space Station,where the U.S.A.,Russia and many other countries work together.So Russia is going to bring Mir down into the ocean.They will be careful that none of Mir's pieces hit places where people live
Part 1 Warming up B Mir means “peace” in Russian. The station had a core block of living quarters and six docking ports for supply ships. Mir was built by the Soviet Union, which is now Russia. It cost $4.2 billion to build and maintain it. Scientists spent ten years building it, from 1986 to 1996. it weighs 135 tons and has a volume of 9900 cubic feet. It is 63 feet wide and 85 feet long. Mir hosted 104 cosmonauts, astronauts, and visitors. Forty-six flights were made to Mir. Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov holds the record for the longest stay in orbit, which is 438 days. And cosmonaut Sergei Avdeyev totaled 747 days between his three separate missions to Mir, which is the longest total for any human staying in space. The Mir Space station has been sailing through space for 15 years. But Mir doesn’t work very well any longer, and its orbit is failing. It has been replaced by the new International Space Station, where the U.S.A., Russia and many other countries work together. So Russia is going to bring Mir down into the ocean. They will be careful that none of Mir’s pieces hit places where people live
Part 1 Warming up B This event will be big news-as it should be!Since the Russians began building Mir in 1986,it has survived a fire, collisions with other spacecraft,and even attacks on its wiring by microbes that ate metal and glass!We have learned a lot from Mir about how to live and work in space. The Russian Space Agency guided Mir back to Earth on March 23rd.Fragments of the huge spacecraft splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean just as ground controllers had planned.It was a flawless re-entry.No one was hurt. Mir was truly a remarkable achievement of human ingenuity, breaking uncounted records for human spaceflight.The Mir is gone but will never be forgotten
Part 1 Warming up B This event will be big news—as it should be! Since the Russians began building Mir in 1986, it has survived a fire, collisions with other spacecraft, and even attacks on its wiring by microbes that ate metal and glass! We have learned a lot from Mir about how to live and work in space. The Russian Space Agency guided Mir back to Earth on March 23rd. Fragments of the huge spacecraft splashed down in the South Pacific Ocean just as ground controllers had planned. It was a flawless re-entry. No one was hurt. Mir was truly a remarkable achievement of human ingenuity, breaking uncounted records for human spaceflight. The Mir is gone but will never be forgotten
Part 2 News Reports A discovery smallest planet t most earth-like temperatures extrosolar:outside the solar system 名 telltale:allowing a secret to become known 冬tug 必 mass dwarf proximity Gliese 581 C ,(欧洲天文学家于美国东部时间2007年4月24日宣布，首 次在太阳系之外爱现了一颗可能适合人类层住的行星 Neptune海王星
Part 2 News Reports A ❖ discovery ❖ smallest planet ❖ most earth-like ❖ temperatures ❖ extrosolar: outside the solar system ❖ telltale: allowing a secret to become known ❖ tug ❖ mass ❖ dwarf ❖ proximity ❖ Gliese 581 C （欧洲天文学家于美国东部时间2007年4月24日宣布，首 次在太阳系之外发现了一颗可能适合人类居住的行星） ❖ Neptune 海王星