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VOA慢速英语2020 中国天问一号探测器飞往火星

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An unmanned Chinese spacecraft left Earth Thursday on a yearlong trip to the planet Mars. The launch marks the beginning of one of China's most important space missions yet.

中国一艘无人宇宙飞船周四离开地球开始为期一年的火星之旅。这次发射标志着中国迄今为止最重要的太空任务之一的开端。

China's national space agency launched the spacecraft, called Tianwen-1, from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch area on Hainan Island. Hundreds of people were watching and cheered as it rose into the sky.

中国国家航天局从海南文昌航天发射场发射了这艘名为天问一号的宇宙飞船。火箭升空时,有数百人围观并欢呼庆祝。

The name Tianwen means "Heavenly Questions" or "Questions to Heaven" in Mandarin1 Chinese. The spacecraft is expected to reach the Red Planet by February of next year.

天问这个名称的中文意思是天空之问。这艘宇宙飞船有望于明年2月到达火星。

Once it begins orbiting the planet, a probe will leave the spacecraft and attempt to land on the Utopia Planitia area of Mars. Space agency officials say the probe will release a small solar-powered rover. They said the vehicle will explore the planet's surface for about three months.

一旦这它开始环绕火星飞行,一个探测器将会脱离飞船,并尝试在火星的乌托邦平原区域着陆。航天局官员表示,该探测器将会释放出一辆小型太阳能火星漫游车。他们称该车辆将会在火星表面进行为期约3个月的探索。

A successful landing would make China only the second nation to place a spacecraft on the Martian planet. The United States has landed eight probes on Mars since 1976.

成功着陆将使得中国成为第二个在火星部署航天器的国家。自1976年以来,美国已经对火星进行了8次探测。

China would also be the first to successfully orbit, land and deploy2 a vehicle in the same mission.

中国也将成为首个在一次发射任务中完成环绕、着陆和部署火星车的国家。

This is China's first independent mission to Mars. A 2011 mission failed when a Russian rocket carrying a Chinese orbiter had problems after launch, and was unable to escape Earth's orbit.

这是中国首次独立探索火星。2011年携带中国轨道器的俄罗斯火箭在发射后出现故障无法脱离地球轨道,导致任务失败。

Last year, China's Chang'e-4 spacecraft became the first to make a landing on the far side of the moon.

去年,中国的嫦娥4号飞船首次在月球的另一面着陆。

The Tianwen-1 is the third mission to Mars this year. On Monday, Japanese engineers launched a rocket. It is carrying an orbiter developed and built by the United Arab Emirates. The U.S. space agency NASA is set to launch a new Martian vehicle, named Perseverance3, on July 30.

天问一号是今年第三次火星任务。周一,日本工程师发射了一枚火箭。它携带了阿联酋开发和制造的轨道器。美国航天局将于7月30日发射一架名为恒心号的新型火箭飞行器。

Another solar system

另一个太阳系

In a separate development, scientists have released, what they say, is the first image ever captured by a telescope of more than one planet orbiting a sun-like star. The European Southern Observatory4 (ESO) said Wednesday that the image came from its Extremely Large Telescope, in Chile's Atacama Desert.

另一方面,科学家们发布了一张图片,他们称这是太空望远镜拍到的首张多个行星围绕类太阳状恒星运行的图片。欧洲南部天文台周三表示,这张图片是它们位于智利阿塔卡马沙漠的超大型望远镜所拍摄。

The researchers said the star is part of the constellation5 Musca, or Fly. They believe it is just about 17 million years old. That is young when compared to Earth's sun, which is believed to be 4.5 billion years old.

研究人员表示,这颗恒星是苍蝇星座的一部分。他们认为它只有大约1700万年的历史。与被认为具有45亿年历史的太阳相比,它还很年轻。

The newly discovered solar system is about 300 light-years away from Earth.

这个新发现的太阳系距离地球大约有300光年。

A report on the discovery was published Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Lead researcher Alexander Bohn of Leiden University described the star as very young and much like our own sun. He added that taking direct images provides the best chance to find life outside our solar system, if it exists.

关于这项发现的报告于周二发表在《天体物理学期刊通讯》上。莱顿大学的首席研究员亚历山大·博恩称这颗恒星非常年轻,非常像我们所拥有的太阳。他还说,直接拍摄影像是寻找存在于我们太阳系以外生命的最佳机会。

I'm Anna Mateo.

我是安娜·马特奥。


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1 Mandarin TorzdX     
n.中国官话,国语,满清官吏;adj.华丽辞藻的
参考例句:
  • Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
  • Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。
2 deploy Yw8x7     
v.(军)散开成战斗队形,布置,展开
参考例句:
  • The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
  • The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。
3 perseverance oMaxH     
n.坚持不懈,不屈不挠
参考例句:
  • It may take some perseverance to find the right people.要找到合适的人也许需要有点锲而不舍的精神。
  • Perseverance leads to success.有恒心就能胜利。
4 observatory hRgzP     
n.天文台,气象台,瞭望台,观测台
参考例句:
  • Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
  • Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。
5 constellation CptzI     
n.星座n.灿烂的一群
参考例句:
  • A constellation is a pattern of stars as seen from the earth. 一个星座只是从地球上看到的某些恒星的一种样子。
  • The Big Dipper is not by itself a constellation. 北斗七星本身不是一个星座。

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