时间:2019-02-21 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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Six Astronauts Are Tested to the Limit 对 6 名宇航员的极限考验


Have you ever been on a long-haul flight? How did you pass the time? Perhaps you watched an in-flight movie or read a book.


Well it would have to be a very long book to keep you amused for 520 days. That's how long six men are going to be sealed away from humanity in a warehouse 1 in the suburbs of Moscow from tomorrow.


No, this isn't another weird 2 reality TV show, but an experiment from the European Space Agency and Russia's Institute of Biomedical Problems to test the psychological impact of a manned mission to Mars.


The six astronauts will live in conditions approximating a real space mission. A 550-cubic-metre mock-up within the warehouse includes an interplanetary spaceship, a Mars lander and a Martian landscape.


The group of six - which includes one Chinese astronaut, Wang Yue - will work, relax and sleep in eight-hour shifts, take two days off a week and shower once every ten days.


All communication with mission control will be subject to a twenty-minute delay to reproduce the effects of distance.


After 250 days, the astronauts will divide into two groups. Three will move to the Martian surface simulator for a month while the rest will remain 'in orbit'. Then the six will be reunited for a 240-day return journey to... well, the outside world.


Throughout, the organisers of the project will use cameras to monitor everything that happens 'on board'. They will gather new information about personal stress levels, emotional well-being 3 and group dynamics 4.


Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, a scientist with the satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium, believes that the experiment will be extremely valuable. However, she points out that without the glory of being the first humans to visit the Red Planet, it could be hard for these pioneers to maintain motivation.


"It's far less likely this would be a problem if you really were going to Mars", she says. "But the danger is that because you know you're really in a hangar in Moscow, you start thinking: 'I can't be bothered'."


Glossary 词汇表


long-haul flight 长途飞行 


pass the time 打发时间,消磨时间 


sealed away from humanity 与人类隔离 


weird 奇怪的 


psychological impact 心理冲击 


manned 载人的 


approximating 接近 


mock-up 实物复制品 


interplanetary 行星之间的 


lander 着陆舱 


Martian 火星的 


shifts 轮班 


mission control 指挥中心 


be subject to 受限制 


simulator 模拟器 


in orbit 在轨道内 


emotional well-being 精神、情感健康 


group dynamics 团体动态 


pioneers 先驱者 


hangar 飞机棚



n.仓库;vt.存入仓库
  • We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
  • The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
n.安康,安乐,幸福
  • He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
  • My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福,却被误解为多管闲事。
n.力学,动力学,动力,原动力;动态
  • In order to succeed,you must master complicated knowledge of dynamics.要取得胜利,你必须掌握很复杂的动力学知识。
  • Dynamics is a discipline that cannot be mastered without extensive practice.动力学是一门不做大量习题就不能掌握的学科。
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