时间:2019-02-26 作者:英语课 分类:英语时差8,16


英语课
Yaël: So Don, did you always want to be a radio producer? 
 
Don: Well, not always, Yaël. When I was a kid I wanted to be an astronaut. 
 
Y: Really? How cute! 
 
D: No, seriously. I've always dreamed of traveling in space, floating in zero gravity, gazing down on the Earth. 
 
Y: You make it sound so relaxing. 
 
D: Yeah. I think it would be pretty relaxing. 
 
Y: But actually, Don, space travel is incredibly stressful. I mean, you're cooped up for months inside a space capsule or station with other astronauts, constantly checking equipment to make sure everything works. Because all it takes is one false move and you're toast. Which is why scientists are developing a stress test for astronauts on long missions. It's pretty simple---the test consists of a few questions about how the astronaut feels, how much sleep he or she got the night before, and so on. Then a light flashes on the screen and you push a button in response. The computer records your reaction time and compares it to the times of alert astronauts. 
 
D: And if you don't score well then you're not allowed to do stuff like go on a spacewalk? Y: 
Not exactly. The computer doesn't tell you what to do, like HAL in "2001: A Space Odyssey 1." It just gives you feedback to help you evaluate your fitness to complete tasks that require lots of effort and concentration. If your test score indicates that you're overly tired or stressed, then you might decide to postpone 2 the task and get more rest first.

n.长途冒险旅行;一连串的冒险
  • The march to Travnik was the final stretch of a 16-hour odyssey.去特拉夫尼克的这段路是长达16小时艰险旅行的最后一程。
  • His odyssey of passion, friendship,love,and revenge was now finished.他的热情、友谊、爱情和复仇的漫长历程,到此结束了。
v.延期,推迟
  • I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
  • She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。
学英语单词
a forxa galicia
a niche in the temple of fame
abstinence of war
acme thread gauge
ad hockeries
air burst
alpi
amyl valerate
arm turn
b.n.f.jet test
Beatenberg
bobbin box
braver
bronze vessel
Cidocetine
clicking sound
cocked body
color coding
counter chaim
counter ring
cross-promotions
crystallization power
cylinder temperature
Delphinium cheilanthum
diabetes insipiduss
die entrance angle
dried full cream milk
drooker
electric pressure ga(u)ge
emergency trip header
encinal
equivalent principle
erament
exanthema leprosum
family amygdalaceaes
fed-ex
fedrilate
furacilin
Gama, I.
genus Paralithodes
gerald rudolph fords
gingivitis marginalis suppurative
glaucogenin
glavered
hack lever
hanwells
horizontal mixer
hydraudic chuck
imprison
inert diluent gas
infliction of body
kernel grammar
Laburnum alpinum
lamarckisms
larrousse
light casting
lycopodiaceae
magazine compact edition
Magnolia liliiflora
matrotroph
Medwin Pt.
metallurgy of ferrous metals
methyldihydromorphine
multiplex paralyses
Newcombe
Nuhaka
Palaecanthocephala
parameter tags
pendulum generator
percentage reduction of area
pitch selector
platynaspidius babai
premonitorily
pseudosematic color
Punnett square method
radix anterior nervorum spinalium
royl
sayall
shortest distance
Simkara
spearer
starch up
steam cured concrete
strollingly
sulfonated soybean oil
sympolar
tail-in
Taraxacum perplexans
tcheky
temperature indicator
the northwest
Timken Test
topological Abelian group
two-path circuit
unionization
untutoredly
vesicular exanthema of swine
water pheasant
wheat berries
wide angle aerial camera
wubbing
Zacharias