Lesson 61:Trouble with the Hubble
新概念英語2課文內(nèi)容：
The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars. Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty! NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it. The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble. A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs. Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen. The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe. By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.
新概念英語2逐句精講:
1、The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost over a billion dofturs.
哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡于1990年4月20日由國家航空航天局發(fā)射升空，耗資10億多美金。
語言點1 日期寫法比較：
1) 中式寫法：年/月/日
2) 英式寫法：日/月/年
3) 美式寫法：月/日/年
語言點2 at a cost of over a billion dollars 花費了10億多美金
真題測試 測試語言點：冠詞的使用
On May 5, 2005, at ( )World Table Tennis Championship, Kong Linghui and Wang Hao won the gold medal in men’s doubles with( ) score of 4:1. (2005 年髙考江蘇卷，第21題)
A: a; a B: 不填; the C. a;不填 D. the; a;
答案：選D
分析：World Table Tennis Championship特指世界杯兵兵球錦標(biāo)賽，前應(yīng)用定冠詞the; with a score of..指“以 的比分”;所以選D。
翻譯：在2005年5月5日的那場世界杯乒乓球錦標(biāo)賽中，孔令輝和王浩以4:1的比分獲得了男子雙打的金牌。
2、Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble.
從開始哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鐵就存在問題。
語言點 there be trouble with...有關(guān)于……的麻煩
3、The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty!
它傳送給我們的圖像很令人失望，因為它的主鏡片存在誤差。
語言點 it sent us是the pictures的定語從句，省略了關(guān)系代詞that或which。
真題測試 測試語言點：非限制性定語從句
An investigation was made into the accident,( )fifty people were killed.
(1992 年 6 月 CET-4,第 42 題)
A. for that B. where C. when D. in which
答案：選A
分析：被修飾的先行詞是accident,因此排除B、C選項;又因為本句為非限制性定語 從句，而且介詞后不用that,所以D選項也不對。A是正確答案。
翻譯：人們對那場事故進(jìn)行了調(diào)查，它造成了50人死亡。
4、NASA Is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it.
國家航空航天局正準(zhǔn)備糾正這個錯誤，為此將把4名宇航員送入太空修復(fù)望遠(yuǎn)鏡。
語言點 put sth. right糾正、校對某物;to repair是動詞不定式作目的狀語。
5、The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble.
“奮進(jìn)”號航天飛機將把宇航員送上哈勃望遠(yuǎn)镋。
語言點 will be taking用將來進(jìn)行時表示將來某一段時間里要做的動作。
6、A robot—arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.
當(dāng)宇航員進(jìn)行必要的修復(fù)工作時，“奮進(jìn)”號上的一只機器手將抓住望遠(yuǎn)鏡并托住它。
語言點 make the necessary repairs作必要的修理7、Of course, the Hubble is above the earth"s atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.
當(dāng)然，哈勃位于地球的大氣層之外，因此，它很快就會給我們俜送我們所見到過的、有關(guān)行星和遠(yuǎn)距離星系的清晰的照片。
語言點 本句后半部分that we have ever seen為定語從句。
8、The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.
哈勃將告訴我們有關(guān)宇宙的年齡和大小的許多事情。
語言點 a great deal大量;a great deal of 一般用于修飾不可數(shù)名詞。
9、By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.
等到你讀到這篇文章時，敏銳的哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡已經(jīng)為我們送來了成千上萬張精彩的照片。
語言點 by the time用于完成時態(tài)will have sent連用。
真題測試 測試語言點：by the time用于完成時態(tài)
By the end of this month, we surely ( )a satisfactory solution to the problem. (1993 年 6月CET~4，第45題)
A. have found B. will be finding C. will have found D. are finding
答案：選C
分析：By the end of this month是表示將來的時間狀語，對應(yīng)將來完成時。
翻譯：到這個月底，我們肯定能夠找到一個解決這個問題的滿意方法。
新概念英語2課文內(nèi)容：
The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars. Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty! NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it. The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble. A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs. Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen. The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe. By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.
新概念英語2逐句精講:
1、The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost over a billion dofturs.
哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡于1990年4月20日由國家航空航天局發(fā)射升空，耗資10億多美金。
語言點1 日期寫法比較：
1) 中式寫法：年/月/日
2) 英式寫法：日/月/年
3) 美式寫法：月/日/年
語言點2 at a cost of over a billion dollars 花費了10億多美金
真題測試 測試語言點：冠詞的使用
On May 5, 2005, at ( )World Table Tennis Championship, Kong Linghui and Wang Hao won the gold medal in men’s doubles with( ) score of 4:1. (2005 年髙考江蘇卷，第21題)
A: a; a B: 不填; the C. a;不填 D. the; a;
答案：選D
分析：World Table Tennis Championship特指世界杯兵兵球錦標(biāo)賽，前應(yīng)用定冠詞the; with a score of..指“以 的比分”;所以選D。
翻譯：在2005年5月5日的那場世界杯乒乓球錦標(biāo)賽中，孔令輝和王浩以4:1的比分獲得了男子雙打的金牌。
2、Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble.
從開始哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鐵就存在問題。
語言點 there be trouble with...有關(guān)于……的麻煩
3、The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty!
它傳送給我們的圖像很令人失望，因為它的主鏡片存在誤差。
語言點 it sent us是the pictures的定語從句，省略了關(guān)系代詞that或which。
真題測試 測試語言點：非限制性定語從句
An investigation was made into the accident,( )fifty people were killed.
(1992 年 6 月 CET-4,第 42 題)
A. for that B. where C. when D. in which
答案：選A
分析：被修飾的先行詞是accident,因此排除B、C選項;又因為本句為非限制性定語 從句，而且介詞后不用that,所以D選項也不對。A是正確答案。
翻譯：人們對那場事故進(jìn)行了調(diào)查，它造成了50人死亡。
4、NASA Is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it.
國家航空航天局正準(zhǔn)備糾正這個錯誤，為此將把4名宇航員送入太空修復(fù)望遠(yuǎn)鏡。
語言點 put sth. right糾正、校對某物;to repair是動詞不定式作目的狀語。
5、The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble.
“奮進(jìn)”號航天飛機將把宇航員送上哈勃望遠(yuǎn)镋。
語言點 will be taking用將來進(jìn)行時表示將來某一段時間里要做的動作。
6、A robot—arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.
當(dāng)宇航員進(jìn)行必要的修復(fù)工作時，“奮進(jìn)”號上的一只機器手將抓住望遠(yuǎn)鏡并托住它。
語言點 make the necessary repairs作必要的修理7、Of course, the Hubble is above the earth"s atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.
當(dāng)然，哈勃位于地球的大氣層之外，因此，它很快就會給我們俜送我們所見到過的、有關(guān)行星和遠(yuǎn)距離星系的清晰的照片。
語言點 本句后半部分that we have ever seen為定語從句。
8、The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.
哈勃將告訴我們有關(guān)宇宙的年齡和大小的許多事情。
語言點 a great deal大量;a great deal of 一般用于修飾不可數(shù)名詞。
9、By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.
等到你讀到這篇文章時，敏銳的哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡已經(jīng)為我們送來了成千上萬張精彩的照片。
語言點 by the time用于完成時態(tài)will have sent連用。
真題測試 測試語言點：by the time用于完成時態(tài)
By the end of this month, we surely ( )a satisfactory solution to the problem. (1993 年 6月CET~4，第45題)
A. have found B. will be finding C. will have found D. are finding
答案：選C
分析：By the end of this month是表示將來的時間狀語，對應(yīng)將來完成時。
翻譯：到這個月底，我們肯定能夠找到一個解決這個問題的滿意方法。