托福聽力練習(xí):美國計劃跳過登月直奔火星

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托福聽力練習(xí):美國計劃跳過登月直奔火星
    First Up: Space Strategy
    AZUZ: Space. What parts of it are we going to explore? How much money are we going to spend to get there? President Obama has a new strategy that answers those questions. He talked about it in a speech at the Kennedy Space Center yesterday. The president says he is 100 percent committed to NASA and its mission. He's proposing that the agency get an additional $6 billion over the next 5 years, with a goal of sending humans to Mars by the 2030s.
    But under this plan, what you won't see is this: people walking on the moon. President Obama's strategy would cancel plans to send astronauts back there. He says, "We've been there before. There's a lot more of space to explore." Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon, agrees with the president. But Aldrin's NASA crewmate, Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, disagrees. He's part of a group of astronauts that have criticized the president's plan. Other NASA officials argue that the proposal could cost thousands of people their jobs. The president believes it's a way to move forward.
    U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: This is the next chapter that we can write together here at NASA. We will partner with industry; we will invest in cutting-edge research and technology. We will set far-reaching milestones and provide the resources to reach those milestones. And step by step, we will push the boundaries, not only of where we can go, but what we can do.
    Mine Safety
    AZUZ: The president's also ordering a review of mines that have bad safety records. This comes after last week's tragedy at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. President Obama has criticized the company that owns the mine, specifically because of its safety record. The company called that criticism "regrettable" and said the president may be misinformed about the mine's safety record. Meantime, the governor of West Virginia has asked all of the state's miners to show up for work today. But instead of producing coal, he wants them to spend the day re-evaluating safety procedures.
    首先,太空戰(zhàn)略
    AZUZ:太空,我們將要探索太空的哪一部分呢?我們將要花費多少資金才能到達那里呢?奧巴馬總統(tǒng)出臺了新的戰(zhàn)略,對這些問題做了回答。
    昨天,他在肯尼迪太空中心的講話中提到了這一點。奧巴馬總統(tǒng)說,他的支持NASA和他們的太空任務(wù)。他承諾,未來的五年,NASA還將額外收到60億美元的資金,目標(biāo)是三十年代將人類送上火星。
    但是按照該計劃,你看不到的是:人類在月球上漫步。奧巴馬總統(tǒng)的戰(zhàn)略將取消送宇航員上月球的計劃。他說,“我們以前已經(jīng)去過月球了。
    太空仍然有許多領(lǐng)域等待我們?nèi)ヌ剿??!笔状卧谠虑蚵降挠詈絾T之一Buzz Aldrin則不贊同。他和其他一些宇航員批評了總統(tǒng)的計劃。其他NASA官員則辯稱,該提議會使數(shù)千人失去工作。奧巴馬總統(tǒng)相信這才是取得進展的辦法。
    美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬:“這是我們在NASA即將書寫的下一個篇章。我們將與工業(yè)合作,我們將在前沿研究和技術(shù)方面投資。我們將樹立影響深遠的里程碑,為達到這些里程碑提供資源。逐漸的,我們將拓展邊界,不僅僅是我們可以到達的地方,還有我們可以做的事情?!?BR>    礦山安全
    ZUZ:奧巴馬總統(tǒng)下令對擁有不良安全記錄的礦山進行檢查。這是在上周西佛吉尼亞上支煤礦發(fā)生災(zāi)難之后。奧巴馬總統(tǒng)對該煤礦所屬的公司提出了嚴(yán)厲批評,尤其是該公司的安全記錄。該公司稱,總統(tǒng)的批評非?!翱上А保麄冋f,總統(tǒng)可能收到了關(guān)于該煤礦安全記錄的錯誤信息。同時,西佛吉尼亞州州長要求該州所有礦工在工作日必須出現(xiàn)。但是,不是要求他們挖煤,而是希望他們重新評估安全程序。