时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2008年


英语课

Reuters.


 


Live on Chinese State Television, a Chinese countdown.


 


“6,5,4,3,2,1, 点火”


 


And the Long March Rockets carrying a Shenzhou 7 spacecraft with three astronauts launches from a remote site in northwest China. The astronauts plan to make a space walk which will be a first for China, one of only three countries to put humans into space.


 


The ability to do what's also called extravehicular activity is essential for China’s long-term goal for assembling an orbiting station in the next decade and possibly making a visit to the Moon.


 


Chinese media has given the mission a fanfare 1 of coverage 2, from astronaut-training to new ways to serve food in a spacecraft. Like other space-faring nations, China is aware of the military advantages of a foothold in space.


 


Beijing's space program has raised hackles in Tokyo and beyond, although officials are quick to stress that the program is for purely 3 peaceful purposes. China has a fleet of ships and helicopters ready to meet the vehicle when it returns to earth after its three-day mission.


 


Benet Allen, Reuters.


 



1 fanfare
n.喇叭;号角之声;v.热闹地宣布
  • The product was launched amid much fanfare worldwide.这个产品在世界各地隆重推出。
  • A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King.嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。
2 coverage
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
3 purely
adv.纯粹地,完全地
  • I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
  • This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。