高中英语人教版必修5 03

[00:13.09]Reading, speaking and writing
[00:16.54]I HAVE SEEN AMAZING THINGS
[00:20.48]My first visit was to a space station
[00:24.45]considered the most modern in this part of space.
[00:28.21]Described as an enormous¹ round plate,
[00:31.92]it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth's gravity .
[00:37.17]Inside,
[00:38.53]it is divided into zones with extraordinarily² different atmospheres and gravities.
[00:44.70]Here the alien creatures live
[00:47.83]while they work with human space scientists searching for new worlds.
[00:52.40]So you can imagine how exciting that is !
[00:55.93]The friendliest creatures are the mu-mu,
[00:59.43]a family from the Pleiades group of stars.
[01:02.67]They see in the dark so they live in an area without light of any kind.
[01:08.39]If you go there,
[01:10.06]you must wear red nightlights on your helmets so that you can see,
[01:14.50]but the mu-mu won't disturbed.
[01:17.35]They have assisted³ in the discovery of planets⁴
[01:21.11]round the fourth star in the Pleiades system.
[01:24.58]Next year the World Space Agency⁵
[01:28.66]will send a spaceship to ex amine this star and its planets.
[01:32.68]The most interesting creatures
[01:35.53]are the tiny dimpods from a galaxy⁶ near NGC 6240.
[01:42.01]they skip around the pipes
[01:44.41]and between the wooden walls of the space station.
[01:47.73]They require the same atmosphere as humans and are great engineers.
[01:53.68]If you give them a drawing of a new spaceship,
[01:57.34]they can build it in twenty-four hours!
[02:00.50]Then it will e able to travel many light years away from the earth.
[02:05.34]They can also produce a liquid from their bodies,
[02:09.49]which melts metal.
[02:11.42]If you cover something with a little of that liquid
[02:14.74]it will go soft and ,
[02:16.70]with a lot,
[02:17.85]it will change into a kind of rubber that sets very hard.
[02:22.50]It is wonderful for the outside of spaceships!
[02:26.36]Neither of these creatures is easy to talk to .
[02:30.36]You have to use a language - changer to help.
[02:33.94]The mu-mu only speak in whispers but the dimpods shout loudly in your ear.
[02:40.26]Both eat food that contains carbon.
[02:44.00]The mu-mu drink a strange mixture of carrot juice and cocoa,
[02:49.27]while the dimpods drink lemonade mixed with herbs.
[02:53.71]The mu-mu are tall and thin with black and white faces.
[02:58.83]They have six "arms" which they wave about when they talk.
[03:03.33]They move forward by slowly showly shaking from side to side on a shell-covered "leg".
[03:10.72]The dimpods have so many arms and legs that you cannot tell which is which.
[03:17.43]They are small,
[03:19.34]just the size of a little cat.
[03:21.90]They are purple or blue and the colour changes depending on their mood

1 enormous   

adj.巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。
• They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。

2 extraordinarily   

adv.格外地；极端地

参考例句：

• She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
• The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨，大海出奇地宁静。

3 assisted   

adj.[计]辅助的v.帮助，促进( assist的过去式和过去分词 )；为…的助手；为…当帮手；辅助

参考例句：

• We were ably assisted by a team of volunteers. 我们得到一批志愿者的大力协助。
• The nurse assisted with the preparation of the medicine. 护士帮助准备药品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 planets   

行星( planet的名词复数 )； 地球（尤指环境）

参考例句：

• Does life exist on other planets? 其他行星上有生命吗？
• the planets of our solar system 太阳系的行星

5 agency   

n.经办；代理；代理处

参考例句：

• This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
• He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。

6 galaxy   

n.星系；银河系；一群(杰出或著名的人物)

参考例句：

• The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
• The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。