时间:2019-01-02 作者:英语课 分类:60秒科学


英语课

The space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-128, is in orbit right now. With some fascinating people on board. Pilot Kevin Ford 1 became interested in flying when he was a kid and read the book Carrying the Fire, by Michael Collins, command module 2 pilot on Apollo 11. When he was old enough to take flying lessons, Ford paid for them with money he earned bagging groceries.


Mission Specialist Jose Hernandez was born in California, into a family of migrant farm workers. He spent his childhood shuttling between Mexico and California, working in the fields and speaking little English. But during the school year, his parents, who possessed 3 only third-grade educations, had him and his siblings 4 attend school full time and help with the work only on weekends. His second-grade teacher in California convinced his parents to set down roots for the sake of the children’s educations. In high school, Hernandez was inspired by astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz, and set his course on becoming an astronaut himself.


The whole crew has great life stories—and degrees in engineering or science. Check them out at



n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上,所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪,必须极度小心。
n.组件,模块,模件;(航天器的)舱
  • The centre module displays traffic guidance information.中央模块显示交通引导信息。
  • Two large tanks in the service module held liquid oxygen.服务舱的两个大气瓶中装有液态氧。
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
  • He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
  • He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
n.兄弟,姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )
  • A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分
标签: 60秒科学
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'Aggui
absolute instrument
Achorion arloingi
aggravated punishment
agricultural gain tax
and at that
angulus
annular compartment
anorrhorrhea
apogean tide
artificial stabilization
asexualist
bacillus vascularis
bevel pinion rear bearing
blighty, Blighty
box jellyfish
calculating element
calp
Catalpalactone
celestial longitude
childreach
chinese-soviet
climate-warming
collimating mirror
Commit no nuisance
commodity-by-country system
condenser coupling
cooperative farming
daddy-longlegs
deoxidized copper
desistive
distramination
dostum
dual voltage motor
elasticity of consumer demand
elevator tower
european creepers
eyes-to-eyes
fat storing hamartoma of dermal dendrocyte
fielding percentage
film overlay
follicle fibroacanthoma
Glucoglycinuria
ground test station
Guabira Airport
Hargreaves, Roger
heat-treating machine
house-search
Hydrocotyle salwinica
ideal synchronous machine
in a position to
insulating head
konjac glucomannan
kurgills
kuyn
lancasteri
LAP-B
lashfords
lifesavings
lump sum acquisition
metallician
micro geomorphology
multacion
Napier 2, John
naso-rnaxillary notch
nuclear power plant procurement control
odontophobia
of-one
ohr-Augen-Ebene
omotics
onium ion
open-type
order backlog
outer flank
paracirrhitus arcatus
photo-index
pootah
positive value
power supply control system for telemetering system
pre-frigerating room
presbyterae
Sakami, L.
scagged
sea girdles
septic anemia
singular torus
siobla formosana
slow-access memory
splenogranulomatosis
stem on
Sumterville
tetramethyl
toggle-type tablet machine
true consent
turbine exhaust temperature
tympanomastoiditis
universal-joint spindle
venae thoracalis lateralis
voice group call service
well-oared
white stria after pregnancy
work houses