时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

   An unusual Boeing 747 arrived in Christchurch at the weekend from California. It has a telescope on board. The plane will spend the next three weeks flying the skies of the South Island to study the Milky 1 Way.


  It is called SOFIA, Stratospheric Observatory 2 for Infrared 3 Astronomy. It is a joint 4 project between Nasa and the German space agency, DLR. For the next 20 years, SOFIA will visit Christchurch at this time of year, bringing 20 to 25 scientists with them.
  The plane has a 2.5 metre diameter telescope, weighing 10 tonnes. A sliding door in the plane opens for the telescope to view the night sky. The plane will do 9 flights, each one 10 hours long.
  Christchurch was chosen because of the clear night skies in the South Island where there are not many cities or bright lights. The University of Canterbury Physics and Astronomy department is located in Christchurch too and staff and students hope to work with scientists from SOFIA.
  Vocabulary
  ?stratosphere – the upper atmosphere to about 50km above the earth
  ?observatory – a building with a telescope for looking at the stars
  ?astronomy – scientific study of outer space
  ?joint project – working together (join = to act together)
  ?agency – a government organisation 5
  ?diameter – distance across a circle

adj.牛奶的,多奶的;乳白色的
  • Alexander always has milky coffee at lunchtime.亚历山大总是在午餐时喝掺奶的咖啡。
  • I like a hot milky drink at bedtime.我喜欢睡前喝杯热奶饮料。
n.天文台,气象台,瞭望台,观测台
  • Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
  • Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。
adj./n.红外线(的)
  • Infrared is widely used in industry and medical science.红外线广泛应用于工业和医学科学。
  • Infrared radiation has wavelengths longer than those of visible light.红外辐射的波长比可见光的波长长。
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
n.组织,安排,团体,有机休
  • The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
  • His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。
学英语单词
aalberg
aggregate horse power per production worker
Alamo Oaks
Allerey
apical spurs
aplasia of optic nerve
apparent horizons
Arteriae metacarpales dorsales
Balkan state
basis (oss. metacarpi)
basistyle
BCD (burst cartridge detection)
black hellebore
Boltzmann's equation
bone armor
brake master cylinder
burlap
cauchy criterion
cemented metal
characteristic plane
charboneau
charge chute
clearing heat-dampness in sanjiao
coal powder injection equipment
counter-plots
Countryside Agency
Crestwynd
Delhi Pact
depreciation expense
distributed programming
double-e
downcastly
dressing to the nines
e.m.i
employee motivation
entry equipment
eort
ferrofluids
fortran (formula-translator)
Fossa paravesicalis
Fourier variable
free variation
goldbricked
guarantee project
hair-styles
heater power
inner-cooled stator coil
innoko r.
insulation construction
international meteorological telecommunication network
isoflourane
it will all come out in the wash
Jones calculus
Kordestān, Ostān-e
locational
magnetic multipole moment
Mauriac
megaphone
Mendelians
millepore
minus allowance
missiquoi
molecular beam ion source
morrocco
NAMTC
normal shut-down
Oceanospirillum
Ocimum canum
oil drive
oil-exportings
older granite
original document
Oubadji
ovest
PACT (production analysis control technique)
patch-program plugboard
perfusionists
Primula odontica
principal component factor analysis
Raetihi
refrigeration plant room
reversed cone clutch
rigmarole
similar figures
special thread
superintendent of supply department
tax regime
tcpman
third flag carrier
third party interest
three-hinged arch
tirages
toilet winder
tonsillomycasis
transradar
transverse-field traveling-wave tube
vibrating chute transporter
virtual private servers
wagon shed
weak identifiability
whitehot
yerkes-dodson