夏说英语新闻晨读 第73期:火星探险更进一步
时间：2019-03-02 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
英语课
本期内容：
The European Space Agency and Russia launched a joint 1 mission to Mars, with the lift-off of a Proton rocket in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft, comprising an orbiter, which will analyse methane 2 and other gases in the Martian atmosphere, and a lander, named Schiaparelli after an Italian astronomer 3, is due to reach the red planet in October.
词义解析:
Joint mission: 联合任务
Lift-off：发射
Comprise：由……组成
Orbiter：轨道器
Methane：甲烷
Martian：火星的
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
n.甲烷，沼气
- The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited.爆炸是由数袋甲烷气体着火引起的。
- Methane may have extraterrestrial significance.甲烷具有星际意义。
n.天文学家
- A new star attracted the notice of the astronomer.新发现的一颗星引起了那位天文学家的注意。
- He is reputed to have been a good astronomer.他以一个优秀的天文学者闻名于世。
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