新概念英语第二册课文翻译及词汇Lesson61~63

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新概念英语第二册课文翻译及词汇Lesson61

　　【课文】

　　The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billiondollars. Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. The pictures it sent us were verydisappointing 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.

　　【课文翻译】

　　哈勃望远镜于1990年4月20日由国家航空航天局发射升空，耗资10多亿美元。从开始哈勃望远镜就有问题。它传送给我们的图像很令人失望，因为它的主要镜子有误差。国家航天局准备纠正这一错误，为此将把4名宇航员送入太空修复望远镜。“奋进”号航天飞机将把宇航员送上哈勃。当宇航员进行必要的修复工作时，“奋进”号上的一只机器手将抓住望远镜并托住它。当然，哈勃位于地球的大气层之外，因此，它很快就会给我们传送我们所见到过的、有关行星和远距离星系的清晰的照片。哈勃将告诉我们有关宇宙的年龄和大小的许多事情。等到你读到这篇文章时，敏锐的哈勃望远镜已经为我们送来了成千上万张精彩的照片。

　　【生词汇总】

　　Hubble n. 哈勃

　　telescope n. 望远镜

　　launch v. 发射

　　space n. 空间

　　NASA n.(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) 国家航空和航天局

　　billion n. 10亿

　　faulty adj. 有错误的

　　astronaut n. 宇航员

　　shuttle n. 航天飞机

　　Endeavour n. “奋进”号

　　robot-arm n. 机器手

　　grab v. 抓

　　atmosphere n. 大气层

　　distant adj. 遥远的

　　galaxy n. 星系

　　universe n. 宇宙

　　eagle eye 鹰眼

新概念英语第二册课文翻译及词汇Lesson62

　　【课文】

　　Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control. A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around. Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills. Winter was coming on and the hillsthreatened the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well. When the fire had at last been put out, the forestauthorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly. The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes. The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain. By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root. In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.

　　【课文翻译】

　　消防队员们同那场森林大火搏斗了将近3个星期才后把火势控制住。就在不久之前，参天大树还覆盖着方圆数英里的土地。而现在，发热的地面上仍然升腾着烟雾，弥漫在荒凉的山丘上。冬季即将来临，这些山丘对周围的村庄具有毁灭性的威胁，因为大雨不仅会冲走土壤，而且还会引起严重的水灾。在大火后被扑灭后，森林管理*订购了好几吨一种生长迅速的特殊类型的草籽。飞机把这种草籽大量地撒播在地上。飞机撒播近一个月后，开始下起雨来。然而到那时，很多地方的草已经生了根。一片片的绿草开始出现在这片烧焦的土地上，代替了多少世纪以来一直生长在那里的参天大树。

　　【生词汇总】

　　control n. 控制

　　smoke n. 烟

　　desolate adj. 荒凉的

　　threaten v. 威胁

　　surrounding adj. 周围的

　　destruction n. 破坏，毁灭

　　flood n. 洪水，水灾

　　authority n. (常用复数)*

　　grass-seed n. 草籽

　　spray v. 喷撒

　　quantity n. 量

　　root n. 根

　　century n. 世纪

　　patch n. 小片

　　blacken v. 变黑，发暗

新概念英语第二册课文翻译及词汇Lesson63

　　【课文】

　　Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny. Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. he had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn't. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

　　【课文翻译】

　　杰里米.汉普登交际甚广，是各种聚会上深受大家欢迎的人。人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感 -- 人人，就是说，除他6岁的女儿珍妮之外的每一个人。近，杰里米的一个亲密的朋友请他在一个婚礼上祝词。这正是杰里米喜欢做的事情。他认真准备了讲稿，带着珍妮一道去参加了婚礼。他的祝词里面加进了大量逗人的故事，自然大获成功。他刚一讲完，珍妮就对他说她要回家。这不免使杰里米有点扫兴，但他还是按照女儿的要求做了。在回家的路上，他问珍妮是否喜欢他的祝词。使他吃惊的是，她说她不喜欢。杰里米问他为何不喜欢，她说她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他!

　　【生词汇总】

　　circle n. 圈子

　　admire v. 赞美，钦佩

　　close adj. 亲密的

　　wedding n. 婚礼

　　reception n. 招待会

　　sort n. 种类