VOA常速英语2008年-US Space Shuttle Atlantis Completes Mission
时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2008年（二月）
Washington
20 February 2008
The U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis is back on earth after delivering a new laboratory to the International Space Station. VOA's Michael Bowman has details from Washington.
Sonic booms echoed over Florida as Atlantis returned to Cape 1 Canaveral, completing a voyage that saw the shuttle log more than eight million kilometers in orbit.
The 13-day mission included nine days at the International Space Station, ISS. The orbiter delivered the European Space Agency's multi-ton science laboratory, Columbus, a critical component 2 of the space station that NASA says marks the European Space Agency's entry as an active partner in the station's operations and utilization 3.
The mission had been delayed for two months due to mechanical glitches 4. NASA hopes it will be the first of multiple shuttle missions this year as it and other space agencies work to meet a 2010 target date for completing the space station. Launches have been less frequent since 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated 5 as it re-entered earth's atmosphere, necessitating 6 greater reliance on Russian vessels 7 for supplying the space station and rotating its crew.
NASA faced a deadline for safe return of Atlantis, as the U.S. Navy prepares to shoot down a faulty satellite that has fallen out of its intended orbit and is in danger of scattering 8 debris 9 and toxic 10 fuel.
- I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
- She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
- Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
- Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。
- Computer has found an increasingly wide utilization in all fields.电子计算机已越来越广泛地在各个领域得到应用。
- Modern forms of agricultural utilization,have completely refuted this assumption.现代农业利用形式，完全驳倒了这种想象。
- Manufacturing glitches have limited the factory's output. 生产中的故障影响了该厂的产量。 来自辞典例句
- Another kind of period variation,\"Glitches,\" are seen in several pulsars. 在几个脉冲星中还看到了周期的另一种变化，即“自转突快”现象。 来自辞典例句
- 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》
- Multiple network transmissions overlapping in the physical channel, resulting in garbled data and necessitating retransmission. 多个网络传输重迭发生在同一物理信道上，它导致数据被破坏，因而必须重传。
- The health status of 435 consecutive patients with sleep disturbances necessitating polysomnography was investigated. 435个患有睡眠紊乱的病人进行多导睡眠描记法对其健康状况进行调查。
- The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The child felle into a rage and began scattering its toys about. 这孩子突发狂怒，把玩具扔得满地都是。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The farmers are scattering seed. 农夫们在播种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。