Voyagers in Space
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents One Tough Job.
一难工作目录 。
4 Planning.
4 规划。
6 The Main Task.
6 主要任务。
7 Jupiter.
7号木星。
8 Saturn.
8个土星。
9 Uranus.
天王星9号
10 Neptune.
海王星10号
11 The Golden Record.
11"金录".
12 The Final Task.
12 最后任务。
14 Conclusion.
14 结论。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 One Tough Job The United States sent two Voyager spacecraft into space in 1977.
16 美国于1977年将两艘Voyager航天器送入太空。
Their job was to fly past Jupiter and Saturn, two giant planets in our solar system.
他们的任务是飞过木星和土星 它们是我们太阳系的两颗巨行星
Voyager 2 launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 20, 1977.
Voyager 2于1977年8月20日从佛罗里达州肯尼迪航天中心发射.
A Titan/Centaur rocket carries it into space.
土卫一/金陶尔火箭携带入太空.
Scientists built the Voyagers to be tough.
科学家们建造了沃亚格人以达到强硬.
Still, they thought the Voyagers would only work for about five years.
尽管如此,他们还是认为沃雅格人只工作了大约五年.
More than thirty-five years later, both spacecraft are still working.
35多年后,两艘飞船仍然在工作.
Can You Hear Me Now?
你能听到我吗?
As of 2014, Voyager 1 is about twelve billion miles away from Earth.
截至2014年,Voyager 1距离地球约120亿英里.
It sends messages home using a radio.
它用收音机发送消息回家。
That radio is only about as powerful as the lightbulb in a refrigerator, though.
那台收音机的功率只有冰箱里的灯泡那么大
The messages take about seventeen hours to travel back to Earth.
信息需要大约17小时才能回地球.
NASA uses giant satellite dishes around the world to catch the weak signal.
NASA利用世界各地的巨型卫星天线来捕捉弱信号.
Giant satellite dishes in Australia make up part of NASA’s Deep Space Network.
澳大利亚的巨型卫星天线构成美国航天局深空网络的一部分。
Planning The trip was carefully planned.
规划 这次出行是精心策划的.
The planets all move around the Sun at different speeds.
行星都以不同的速度围绕太阳运动.
Sometimes they are on the same side of the Sun.
有时会站在太阳的同一边.
Sometimes they are on opposite sides.
有时,它们处于对立面。
In the late 1970s, the four biggest planets in our solar system all lined up near each other.
在20世纪70年代后期,我们太阳系的四颗最大的行星 都排成一行相接
They were close enough together that the Voyagers could visit them all in one trip.
他们在一起很近 沃耶格人可以在一次旅行中拜访他们
The Main Task The Voyagers’ first job was to study Jupiter and Saturn, their larger moons, and Saturn’s rings.
主任务The Voyagers的第一份工作是研究木星和土星,它们较大的卫星和土星的环.
As the two spacecraft flew, they made discoveries about our solar system.
两艘飞船在飞行时发现了我们的太阳系
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the first of the outer planets.
木星是来自太阳的第五颗行星,也是外行星的第一颗.
Jupiter The Voyagers’ first target was Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet.
木星 第一个目标是木星 太阳系最大的行星
People had already seen Jupiter through telescopes, but the Voyagers gave a much better view.
人们已经通过望远镜看到了木星,但沃亚格人给出了更好的视角.
They showed that the Great Red Spot was a huge, spinning storm.
他们显示"大红点"是一个巨大的旋转风暴.
They discovered a ring around Jupiter, like the ones around Saturn.
他们发现了木星周围的一圈环,就像土星周围的环.
They also helped scientists learn more about Jupiter’s moons.
他们还帮助科学家更多地了解木星的月球.
The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is the size of two or three Earths.
木星上的"大红点"是两到三个地球的大小.
Saturn The Voyagers arrived at Saturn nine months apart in 1980 and 1981.
土卫一 沃亚格尔人于1980年和1981年相隔9个月抵达土星.
They took pictures that showed new rings around the solar system’s second- largest planet.
他们拍摄的照片显示了太阳系第二大行星周围的新环.
Saturn has the most rings of any planet in our solar system.
土星拥有我们太阳系中任何行星中最多的环.
Uranus After passing Saturn, Voyager 1 headed toward deep space.
天王星经过了土星后,沃亚格一号飞向了深空.
Voyager 2 kept going toward Uranus.
Voyager 2继续朝天王星前进。
This strange light blue planet is tipped on its side.
这颗奇怪的浅蓝色星球 被倾覆在它的一侧。
Voyager 2 passed Uranus in early 1986.
沃亚格2号于1986年初通过天王星.
The rings around Uranus clearly show how the planet is tipped on its side.
天王星周围的星环 清楚地显示地球是如何被倾覆的
Neptune Next, Voyager 2 flew toward Neptune.
Neptune Next, Voyager 2飞向了海王星.
It passed the planet in August of 1989 and discovered five new moons.
它于1989年8月通过该行星并发现了5个新月.
Then, like Voyager 1, Voyager 2 began its journey toward deep space.
然后,像Voyager 1,Voyager 2开始它的旅程 深空。
A type of gas in Neptune’s atmosphere gives the planet its deep blue color.
海王星大气层中的一种气体 给地球带来了深蓝色的颜色
The Golden Record The Voyagers aren’t just collecting information.
金色纪录 Voyager家不只是收集信息,
They are also carrying a message.
他们还在传递信息。
It’s a greeting to other living things that may be in space.
这是对宇宙中其他活物的问候。
The message is on a “Golden Record” on the side of each spacecraft.
该信息载于每个航天器一侧的“金色记录”。
The record has music, art, and people from around the world saying “hello” on it.
该唱片有音乐,艺术,还有来自世界各地的人在上面说"你好".
A team of scientists chose what to include on the Golden Record.
一组科学家选择将哪些内容列入"金唱片".
The outside of the record has a map that shows where Earth is.
记录的外侧有一张地图,显示地球的位置.
Other living things could use the map to find our planet, but that probably won’t happen soon.
其他活物可能利用地图找到我们的星球,
Voyager 1 won’t come close to another star for at least forty thousand years!
Voyager 1在至少四万年内不会靠近另一颗恒星!
Voyager 1 begins trip out of solar system 1986 Voyager 2 reaches Uranus 1989 Voyager 2 reaches Neptune and begins trip out of solar system 1990 Voyager given task of exploring deep space 1998 Voyager 1 passes Pioneer 10, becoming the most distant human-made object in space 2012 Voyager 1 enters deep space Time Line: Important Dates for the Voyager Missions The Final Task Now that the Voyagers have finished exploring planets, they have a new task.
Voyager 1开始出行于太阳系 1986 Voyager 2到达了天王星 1989 Voyager 2到达了海王星 1990 Voyager 开始出行于太阳系 1990 Voyager 被赋予探索深空的任务 1998 Voyager 1通过先行者 10,成为太空中最远的人造天体 2012 Voyager 1进入了深空时间线:Voyager任务的重要日期 最终任务 现在 Voyagers 已经完成了探索行星的任务,他们有了新的任务.
Their job is to explore space beyond our solar system.
他们的任务是探索太阳系以外的空间
In August 2012, Voyager 1 left our solar system and began this new journey.
2012年8月,Voyager 1号离开我们的太阳系,开始了这个新的旅程.
The spacecraft is the first thing made by people ever to leave our solar system.
宇宙飞船是人类第一个离开太阳系的东西
Conclusion Voyager “has opened up our solar system,” says project scientist Dr.
工程科学家Dr.
Edward Stone.
爱德华·斯通.
The two spacecraft flew past all of the solar system’s giant outer planets and many moons.
这两个航天器飞过太阳系所有巨大的外行星和多颗月球。
Now the Voyagers are giving us a first look at deep space while carrying a message from Earth.
现在Voyagers正在让我们先看一眼深空,同时携带着来自地球的信息.
Beyond the Moon are some of the many photographs taken by the Voyager spacecraft during their trip.
月球外是沃亚格飞船在出行期间拍摄的许多相片中的一些.