英语听力：自然百科:行星旅行指南 火星(7)

Steve Squyres'Martian odyssey¹ has taken him from pole to pole,

史蒂夫·斯奎尔斯的火星奥德已经将他带到了两极之间,

visiting those places on earth that share at least some of the same charactersistics.

参观地球上至少有一些相同特点这样的地方。

They are extremely dry and extremely cold,

那里极其干燥而且非常冷,

all extremely dead. Death valley is one of his favorites.

好像万物都已经死亡。死亡谷是他的最爱之一。

This is actually a really important place, it's a place we call Mars²' Hill.

这实际上是一个非常重要的地方,我们称这个地方为火星的山。

Ah, we first found this place about 20 years ago.

啊, 大约20年前我们发现这个地方。

In those day, the only successful landings that take place on Mars were the two Viking Landers,

在那些日子中,唯一成功登陆火星的是两个维京号着陆器,

and they landed in places that looked very much like this.

它们登陆的地方,看上去就像这样。

In order to plan for the current Mars mission³,

为了当前的火星任务计划,

and they tested the camera, then other equipment.

他们测试了摄像机,然后是其他设备。

NASA needed a good Mars look like, they found it at the Mars Hill.

NASA需要火星很不错的样子,于是他们就发现了火星山。

To your eyes, the main way in which Mars would look different from this scene would be the color.

对于我们的眼睛而言,火星主要会从颜色看上去而不同。

The color of the sky and the color of the rocks and the color of the soil.

天空的颜色,颜色的岩石和土壤的颜色。

1 odyssey   

n.长途冒险旅行；一连串的冒险

参考例句：

• 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。

2 Mars   

n.火星，战争

参考例句：

• As of now we don't know much about Mars.目前我们对火星还知之甚少。
• He contended that there must be life on Mars.他坚信火星上面一定有生物。

3 mission   

n.使命，任务，天职；代表团，使团

参考例句：

• He was charged with an important mission.他受委托承担一项重要使命。
• I'll leave you to undertake an important mission.我要让你承担一项重要使命。