英语新闻听写 SpaceX载人龙飞船完成首次试飞

According to Gizmodo.com, SpaceX's new commercial astronaut capsule, the Crew Dragon, has completed its first test flight, falling into the Atlantic Ocean on Friday morning.

据“Gizmodo.com”报道，载人龙飞船是SpaceX的新的商业宇航员飞船，它已经完成了首次试飞，于周五上午落入大西洋。

The Crew Dragon splashed down at 8:45 a.m. ET, landing at precisely¹ the anticipated time, give or take a few seconds.

这艘载人龙飞船在美国东部时间的上午8点45分溅落，恰好在预计的时间降落——出入至多几秒钟。

the Demo-1 mission — an important test of NASA's revamped commercial crew program — went exactly as planned,

Demo-1太空任务——美国宇航局调整的商业载人航天计划的重大考验——完全按照计划进行，

signifying an important milestone² for the United States as it strives to regain³ its ability to independently send astronauts into space,

该任务对美国来说是一个重要的里程碑，因为它在力求重获独立运送宇航员进入太空的能力，

which is something it hasn't been able to do since the days of the Space Shuttle Program.

这是自航天飞机计划时代以来美国一直无法做到的事情。

1 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

2 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

3 regain   

vt.重新获得，收复，恢复

参考例句：

• He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
• The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。