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# 61 · 哈勃望远镜的困境

### 第1段

The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars. Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty! NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it. The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble. A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs. Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen. The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe. By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.

中文理解：1990年4月20日，美国国家航空航天局把哈勃望远镜送入太空，耗资超过十亿美元。 可哈勃一开始就出了问题，传回来的图像很令人失望，原来是主镜出了毛病！ 美国国家航空航天局准备把它修好，很快就会派四名宇航员上去，由“奋进”号航天飞机把他们送到哈勃旁边。 “奋进”号上的机械臂会抓住望远镜，将它固定住，让宇航员完成必要的维修。 当然，哈勃位于地球大气层之外，修好后很快就会传回恒星和遥远星系的图像，清晰程度前所未有，还能帮助我们更多地了解宇宙的年龄与大小。 等你读到这里，哈勃这只“鹰眼”应该已经传回成千上万张精彩的照片了。

* **launched into space**：发射到太空；into说明进入太空，space通常不加the。

* **at a cost of**：耗资……；at说明花费，cost在这里是名词。

* **Right from the start**：从一开始就；right加强from the start，不是方向右边。

* **put the telescope right**：修好望远镜；right表示恢复正常；宾语可换为机器或问题。

* **make the necessary repairs**：进行必要的维修；repairs常用复数，可说make repairs或carry out repairs；to后接维修对象。

* **By the time**：到……的时候；先确定参照点，再看另一件事到那时已完成还是仍在持续。

#### The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars.

简单句，主谓结构，用了被动语态.

#### Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble.

there be 句型.

#### The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty!

复合句，主句为主系表结构，定语从句it send us 修饰pictures，主谓宾结构；后面 是because 引导的原因状语从句，主系表结构.

#### NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it.

并列句，so 作连词，前句为主谓宾 + 宾补结构，该句为一般将来时；后句 sending up four astronauts 是主谓宾结构，to repair it 表示把宇航员送上去的目的，不是指使宇航员产生某种状态的宾补。astronaut 可泛指宇航员，不能简单按国籍限定为“国外的宇航员”；taikonaut 是指中国航天员的另一种称呼。

\[关键句型] 本句的后半句为将来进行时，will be doing.

#### The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble.

简单句，主谓宾结构，将来进行时.

#### A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.

复合句，主句为主谓宾结构，有两个动作，grab 和hold，均作谓语，或者你可以理解成是并列句，第二句省略了主语和助动词will，即A robot-arm will hold it. 后面是 while 引导的时间状语从句，主谓宾结构.

#### Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.

并列复合句，so 连接前后两句，前句为主系表结构；后句为复合句，主句为主谓宾结构，后面有一个that 引导定语从句，修饰pictures，为主谓宾结构. 后句的主句为将来进行时.

#### The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.

简单句，主谓宾结构，tell 接双宾语.

#### By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.

这是含 by the time you read this 时间从句的复合句，主句是 send 后接双宾语 us 与 pictures 的结构。by the time 在这里作为整体时间引导表达，意为“到……的时候”，不宜把该句同时笼统称为简单句。 eagle eye 是一个俗语，通常情况下，eye 用单数. \[If sb has an eagle eye,] they watch things \[carefully] and are good \[at noticing things]. 敏锐的眼光；锐利的目光.

\[关键句型] 本句复习将来完成时，句中will have done 结构即为其构成形式. 教材中本课还需要顺便复习将来完成进行时,will have been doing 结构，课文没有涉及，请查看教材额外给出的例句.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《哈勃望远镜的困境》：昂贵的太空发射 → 一开始就有故障 → 派宇航员去修理 → 机械臂配合维修 → 期待清晰图像和新知识 → 把目光投向未来。再借一个结构讲自己的事：把课文的未来安排改成自己明天某个时刻的安排。

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