VOA标准英语2010-Website of the Week - Wikisky
时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2010年(四)月
Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative 1 online destinations.
If you've ever been to a planetarium 2, you know what it's like to look at stars and planets while an expert guide explains what you're looking at. Our Website of the Week brings a veritable galaxy 3 of images from the Hubble Space Telescope and other sources to your computer.
"We have over 600 million objects mapped. And from this perspective the website might be interesting, not only for amateur astronomers 4, but for professionals as well," says Kostantine Lysenko, one of the co-creators of Wikisky.org, where breathtaking images of the cosmos 5 come with pop-up labels so you know what you're seeing.
"We have different kinds of images, but probably the most valuable thing is that the objects that you can see on the images are mapped," says Lysenko. "That means that when you move the mouse on the object, you can see what this object exactly is."
Wikisky lets you scan the virtual sky on your computer, or you can search for stars, planets, and other objects. There are also astronomy forums 6 and other features that make Wikisky appeal to students of the sky.
"In some universities, teachers recommend the website to students," says Lysenko. "We know about that because we can see that the site is mentioned in educational materials in several places."
Explore the beauty and wonder of the galaxies 7 at Wikisky.org, or visit our site, VOAnews.com, for the link to this and hundreds of other Websites of the Week
- Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
- He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。
- The planetarium staff also prepared talks for radio broadcast.天文馆的工作人员还要准备讲稿给电台广播。
- It landed in a shallow basin fifty yards from the planetarium.它降落在离天文馆五十码处的一个浅盆地中。
- The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
- The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。
- Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings. 天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪,为什么只有土星有光环。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。
- Is there any other intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos?在宇宙的其他星球上还存在别的有智慧的生物吗?
- A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
- It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。