英语听力：探索发现 科学新发现：我们的大气层-4
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2014年
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Kittinger is in the mid 1 stratosphere, a record 102,800 feet high. And it is now the time to make the long, swift journey down.
When it came time for me to jump, I was ready to jump because I was heading back toward a more friendly environment, a friendly planet that we’re used to. I had made this jump a thousand times in my mind. I’d gone through every step a thousand times. Just before I jumped, I said a silent prayer. I reached over to hit a button that started the cameras going. And then I just did a little hop 2 off the step of the gondola 3. You can’t tell that you’re going fast. You can’t tell anything and I looked up at the balloon and the balloon was firing into space. And I said, “Gosh, that’s amazing.” And then I realized it was me that was going down at a fantastic rate and the balloon was standing 4 still.
He falls for 16 miles. The thin air offers almost no resistance. He reaches 614 miles an hour, approaching the speed of sound. After a record-breaking 4 minutes and 36 seconds of free fall, Kittinger opens the main parachute. He drifts down to the desert floor and lands.
We were just elated because we had accomplished 5 what we’d set out to do. There were a lot of people that said we couldn’t do it. And we proved that we could do it…
adj.中央的，中间的
- Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
- He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过
- The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
- How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？
n.威尼斯的平底轻舟；飞船的吊船
- The road is too narrow to allow the passage of gondola.这条街太窄大型货车不能通过。
- I have a gondola here.我开来了一条平底船。
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的
- Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
- Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。