时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(八)月


英语课

The space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-128, is in orbit right now. With some fascinating people on board. Pilot Kevin Ford 1 became interested in flying when he was a kid and read the book Carrying the Fire, by Michael Collins, command module 2 pilot on Apollo 11. When he was old enough to take flying lessons, Ford paid for them with money he earned bagging groceries.


Mission Specialist Jose Hernandez was born in California, into a family of migrant farm workers. He spent his childhood shuttling between Mexico and California, working in the fields and speaking little English. But during the school year, his parents, who possessed 3 only third-grade educations, had him and his siblings 4 attend school full time and help with the work only on weekends. His second-grade teacher in California convinced his parents to set down roots for the sake of the children’s educations. In high school, Hernandez was inspired by astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz, and set his course on becoming an astronaut himself



1 Ford
n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上,所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪,必须极度小心。
2 module
n.组件,模块,模件;(航天器的)舱
  • The centre module displays traffic guidance information.中央模块显示交通引导信息。
  • Two large tanks in the service module held liquid oxygen.服务舱的两个大气瓶中装有液态氧。
3 possessed
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
  • He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
  • He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
4 siblings
n.兄弟,姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )
  • A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分
标签: SSS Hernande
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25-(OH)D3
7-ACT
acceleranstuff
achromaticity
adjacent
alchemising
anadol
antrorsest
as busy as a bee
automatic scavenging
autotracking accuracy
badnavirus banana streak virus
barosinusitis
batwing antenna
Bayan Lepas
bird-loving week
blocking probability
blossom cup
bounded linear functional
calyculuss
carpetbaggers
cerebral nerves (or cranial nerves)
comatula pectinata
complex sonnd stimulus
crystal gliding
Darbatta
dash mark
dcps
deconcentration
delvers
democratizer
deployablest
Diado
diaminophenol
disenviron
El Guanacaste
external buoyancy
finitude
gelable
grapevine drainage pattern
Graulite
halkavarri (halkkavarre)
halogenodecarboxylation
handwasher
hang-glide
hardware construction
hydroaffinity
interior low voltage system
kolody
lame
Lame-Navier's theory of failure
leading fireman
limit market space
logboard
loofa
maie
Marchand
marginal effort
marie-claude
master record
mis-using
mobiluncus
monodisperse particle
murning
musculi adductor longus
nuclear code
obdurating
ossification of interclinoid ligament
otitis diphtheritica
page frame real address
platinum wire
pMEV
pre-installation
pre-milking
radioactive poison
ramp with slipresistant surface
refrigerator truck
retortions
rights and duties of relatives
Ring of Fire
risk of heat
roseheart radishes
rough lock
sandwich layer
sca (subsidiary communication authorization)
Senja
single-gene-single-enzyme theory
spider goat
spondylocladium atrovirens
static load factor
strewingly
strumous
supplement statement
suspecion
swep
to cope with
triangle crossing
trilit
type inferences
tyrosyl-glycine
voluntary strand
white bristle