万万没想到:这些东西都被送入了太空!
英语课
If you think of some of the objects sent into space, the aliens they eventually reach may have a strange picture of what to expect from man. There is even a sound recording 1 of the rain (presumably in case aliens ever visit Britain and want to know what to expect).
如果你想到那些被送人太空的物件最终会被外星人接收,那外星人也许会认为它们能从人类那期待的物件很是奇怪。这些物件中甚至有雨声录音(可能是以防外星人在来访英国前不知该期待什么)。
万万没想到:这些东西都被送入了太空!
1. The song Across the Universe by The Beatles
1. 披头士的《穿越苍穹》。
2. Lego mini-figurines of Galileo and the Roman deities 2 Jupiter and Juno
2. 乐高玩具伽利略和罗马神朱庇特和朱诺的小雕像。
注:Galileo是意大利的物理学家和天文学家;Jupiter和Juno分别是希腊神话中Zeus和Hera的罗马名。
3. A sound recording of a kiss between a mother and child
3. 一份母子相吻的录音。
4. Melancholy 3 Blues 4, performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven
4. 由路易斯·阿姆斯特朗和他的Hot Seven乐队一同演奏的《忧郁蓝调》(Melancholy Blues)。
注:路易斯·阿姆斯特朗之于爵士乐,就好像巴赫之于古典音乐,亦或是猫王之于摇滚乐。
5. A greeting in Zulu from Fred Dube, telling aliens: "We greet you, great ones. We wish you longevity 5."
5. 由南非祖鲁人弗莱德·杜布(Fred Dube)向外星人发出问候:”你们好,伟大的存在。祝愿你们长寿。“
6. JS Bach's Brandenburg Concerto 6 No2 conducted by Karl Richter
6. 由卡尔·里克特指挥的约翰·塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫所创作的第二协奏曲。
7. A sound recording of the rain
7. 雨声录音。
8. A colour photograph of a tree with daffodils
8. 一张树与水仙花的彩色照片。
9. A saxophone
9. 一支萨克斯管。
10. A sound recording of a shepherd herding 7 sheep
10. 牧羊人牧羊的录音。
11. A piece of the rudimentary airplane the Wright brothers flew in 1903, when the aircraft came a few feet off of the ground
11. 1903年莱特兄弟所发明的原始飞机碎片。当时这架飞机飞离地面几英尺。
12. Buzz Lightyear toy. The astronaut action figure of the Toy Story films went in 2008 with Discovery mission STS-124
12. 巴兹光年玩具。这位《玩具总动员》电影里的宇航员玩具人在2008年同“发现”号去执行STS-124任务了。
13. Claus Oldenberg's drawing of Mickey Mouse
13. 克拉斯·奥登伯格(Claus Oldenberg)画的老鼠米奇。
14. A giant 3D printer
14. 一个巨大的3D打印机。
15. A portion of the remains 8 of Krafft Ehricke (1917–1984), rocket scientist
15. 火箭科学家克拉夫特·艾瑞科克(Krafft Ehricke)(1917-1984)的骨灰。
16. The ashes of Star Trek's James Doohan, who played Scotty on the original television series
16. 詹姆斯·杜汉的骨灰。他在《星际迷航》原版电视剧中饰演斯科提(Scotty)。
17. Two golden orb 9 spiders, named Gladys and Esmerelda, were housed on the International Space Station in 2011
17. 在2011入驻国际空间站的两只金球蛛,它们分别叫格拉迪斯(Glayds)和埃斯梅拉达(Esmerelda)。
18. Lots of dead space monkeys, many called Albert
18. 许多死去的太空试验猴,它们中许多叫阿尔贝特。
19. Lots and lots of vomit 10 bags
19. 数不胜数的清洁袋。
20. A corned beef sandwich from a Cocoa Beach, Florida deli, taken by John Young in 1965. It disintegrated 11 in the low gravity
20. 来自弗罗里达熟食店Cocoa Beach的一份腌牛排三明治,它是1965年约翰·杨带上去的,在低重力环境下它也四分五裂。
21. The X-Ray of a hand
21. 一双手的X射线图。
22. The remains of Clyde Tombaugh, the scientist who discovered Pluto 12
22. 发现冥王星(Pluto)的科学家克莱德·汤博( Clyde Tombaugh)的骨灰。
23. A colour diagram of DNA 13 structure
23. 一张关于DNA结构的彩色图表。
24. A film poster from the 1984 Val Kilmer movie Top Secret!
24. 1984年由瓦尔·基尔默主演的电影《笑破铁幕》(Top Secret)的一张海报!
n.录音,记录
- How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
- I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
n.神,女神( deity的名词复数 );神祗;神灵;神明
- Zeus and Aphrodite were ancient Greek deities. 宙斯和阿佛洛狄是古希腊的神。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Taoist Wang hesitated occasionally about these transactions for fearof offending the deities. 道士也有过犹豫,怕这样会得罪了神。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
- All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
- He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
n.抑郁,沮丧;布鲁斯音乐
- She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
- He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。
n.长命;长寿
- Good habits promote longevity.良好的习惯能增长寿命。
- Human longevity runs in families.人类的长寿具有家族遗传性。
n.协奏曲
- The piano concerto was well rendered.钢琴协奏曲演奏得很好。
- The concert ended with a Mozart violin concerto.音乐会在莫扎特的小提琴协奏曲中结束。
中畜群
- The little boy is herding the cattle. 这个小男孩在放牛。
- They have been herding cattle on the tableland for generations. 他们世世代代在这高原上放牧。
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.太阳;星球;v.弄圆;成球形
- The blue heaven,holding its one golden orb,poured down a crystal wash of warm light.蓝蓝的天空托着金色的太阳,洒下一片水晶般明亮温暖的光辉。
- It is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.它是从远处那个发出不灭之光的天体上放射出来的。
v.呕吐,作呕;n.呕吐物,吐出物
- They gave her salty water to make her vomit.他们给她喝盐水好让她吐出来。
- She was stricken by pain and began to vomit.她感到一阵疼痛,开始呕吐起来。
v.(使)破裂[分裂,粉碎],(使)崩溃( disintegrate的过去式和过去分词 )
- The plane disintegrated as it fell into the sea. 飞机坠入大海时解体了。
- The box was so old;it just disintegrated when I picked it up. 那箱子太破旧了,我刚一提就散了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.冥王星
- Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun.冥王星是离太阳最远的行星。
- Pluto has an elliptic orbit.冥王星的轨道是椭圆形的。
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