2014年職稱(chēng)英語(yǔ)(綜合類(lèi))教材閱讀理解文章及譯文15

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Orbital Space Plane

　　While scientists are searching the cause of the Columbia disaster， NASA is moving ahead with plans to develop a new craft that would replace shuttles on space station missions by 2012 and respond quickly to space station emergencies.

　　The space agency released the first set of mission needs and requirements several days ago for the orbital space plane， which would be designed to transport a crew of four to and from the International Space Station.

　　Although it includes few specifics， the plan stipulates the orbiter will be safer， cheaper and require less preparation time than the shuttle. It would be able to transport four crew members by 2012 ? though it would be available for rescue missions by 2010. NASA says the craft should be able to transport injured or ill space station crew members to “definitive medical care” within 24 hours.

　　The release of the requirements showed NASA remains focused on the long-term priorities of space exploration， even as questions linger concerning the loss of Columbia and its seven-member crew on February 1， 2003.

　　Experts at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville， Alabama， have been working for years on a successor to the shuttle. The project， known as the Space Launch Initiative， was divided last year into two parts ? one focusing on a future launch vehicle， the other on a space station orbiter. The orbiter is expected to be ready sooner.

　　The program’s managers say NASA officials have told them not to alter Space Launch Initiative in light of the Columbia disaster.

　　U.S. President George W. Bush asked Congress for about US$1 billion for Space Launch Initiative in 2004， funds that would be almost equally split between the Orbital Space Plane and Next Generation Launch Technology.

　　詞匯：

　　shuttle 穿梭機(jī) initiative 創(chuàng)始;倡議

　　orbiter 軌道航天飛機(jī) in light of 鑒于，由于

　　linger 繼續(xù)存留

　　注釋?zhuān)?/P>

　　1.would：這是虛擬語(yǔ)氣的用法，表示未來(lái)可能發(fā)生的事。下面第三段出現(xiàn)的兩個(gè)would也屬這種用法。

　　2.few specifics：談到很少細(xì)節(jié)。specific意為“詳情，細(xì)節(jié)”時(shí)，一定要用復(fù)數(shù)形式的specifics

　　3.definitive medical care：最權(quán)威的醫(yī)療機(jī)構(gòu)

　　4.concerning the loss of Columbia and its seven-member crew on February1,2003：作定語(yǔ)，修飾linger前面的questions。

　　練習(xí)：

　　1. The orbital space craft has been designed for

　　A. controlling the International Space Station.

　　B. carrying astronauts to the International Space Station.

　　C. transporting equipment to the International Space Station.

　　D. training astronauts in space flights.

　　2. From the passage we know that the design of the orbiter indicates

　　A. NASA’s determination to continue its space exploration projects.

　　B. the U.S. space technology superiorities.

　　C. a victory in space exploration.

　　D. the birth of an absolutely safe space craft.

　　3. When did the scientists start working on a successor to the shuttle?

　　A. Immediately after the Columbia disaster.

　　B. One year after the Columbia disaster.

　　C. Years before the explosion of Columbia.

　　D. Not mentioned in the passage.

　　4. Besides the main mission stipulated by NASA， the orbiter would also be used as

　　A. a space hospital.

　　B. a medical research center.

　　C. a medicine-transporting vehicle.

　　D. a space ambulance.

　　5. According to the passage， the funds， if granted， would

　　A. be used for developing the orbiter only.

　　B. be equally shared by the two projects under Space Launch Initiative.

　　C. be given to Marshall Space Flight Center.

　　D. be mainly used to improve space launch technology

　　答案與題解：

　　1.B 答案的依據(jù)是第二段的"...which would be designed to transport a crew of four to and from the International Space Station. ”

　　2.A答案的依據(jù)在第四段。第四段提及即使發(fā)生了哥倫比亞航天飛機(jī)失事、7名宇航員喪生 的悲劇,國(guó)家航空航天局仍舊關(guān)注于其在太空探索領(lǐng)域的長(zhǎng)期優(yōu)勢(shì)所在。

　　3.C本文應(yīng)該是在哥倫比亞航天飛機(jī)失事之后不久寫(xiě)的，因?yàn)榈谝欢沃姓f(shuō)到哥倫比亞航天飛 機(jī)失事的原因還在調(diào)查之中，第五段又提到the orbiter的研究巳進(jìn)行了多年。所以，選項(xiàng)C 是答案。

　　4.D第三段說(shuō)到到2010年,the orbiter就能擔(dān)負(fù)起接回在宇宙站工作的病員、傷員的任務(wù)，也 就是說(shuō)，the orbiter起一種類(lèi)似于space ambulance(太空救護(hù)車(chē))的作用。

　　5.B最后一段說(shuō)，若10億美元的款項(xiàng)獲得國(guó)會(huì)的批準(zhǔn)，這筆款項(xiàng)基本上平分給the Orbital Space Plane 和 Next Generation Launch Technology 這兩個(gè)研究項(xiàng)目。

　　譯文：軌道航天飛機(jī)

　　當(dāng)科學(xué)家們?cè)趯ふ腋鐐惐葋喬?hào)災(zāi)難的起因時(shí)，國(guó)家航空航天局已開(kāi)始著手于新型飛行器的開(kāi)發(fā)計(jì)劃。這種飛行器將在2012年之前取代現(xiàn)有的穿梭機(jī)執(zhí)行空間站任務(wù)，并且能對(duì)緊急情況作出迅速反應(yīng)。

　　幾天前，國(guó)家航空航天局公布了軌道航天飛機(jī)的第一批任務(wù)要求，它的設(shè)計(jì)必須能夠運(yùn)送四名機(jī)組人員往返空間站。

　　盡管沒(méi)有透露很多細(xì)節(jié)，這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃保證了飛機(jī)更為安全，價(jià)格更低，準(zhǔn)備時(shí)間也少于穿梭機(jī)。在2012年前，它將可以運(yùn)送四名成員，但在2010年前，它就將可以執(zhí)行救援任務(wù)。國(guó)家航空航天局表示，這一飛行器能夠在24小時(shí)之內(nèi)將受傷或生病的空間站工作人員運(yùn)送到最權(quán)威的醫(yī)療機(jī)構(gòu)。

　　新計(jì)劃的公布表明了盡管2003年2月1日哥倫比亞號(hào)墜毀及其7名機(jī)組人員喪生所帶來(lái)的問(wèn)題仍然存在，國(guó)家航空航天局仍舊關(guān)注于其在太空探索領(lǐng)域的長(zhǎng)期優(yōu)勢(shì)所在。

　　位于阿拉巴馬州漢茨威爾的馬歇爾太空飛行中心的老師們近年來(lái)一直致力于飛行器繼任者的研究?！翱臻g發(fā)射倡議”在去年被分為兩部分：一部分聚焦于未來(lái)的發(fā)射裝置，另一部分則著力于軌道航天飛機(jī)。而軌道航天飛機(jī)將會(huì)更快實(shí)現(xiàn)。

　　該項(xiàng)目的負(fù)責(zé)人說(shuō)，國(guó)家航空航天局的官員們告訴他們不要因?yàn)楦鐐惐葋喬?hào)災(zāi)難而改變這一項(xiàng)目。

　　美國(guó)總統(tǒng)布什已經(jīng)向國(guó)會(huì)要求10億美元，用于2004年該項(xiàng)目的研究。這一資金將平分給軌道航天飛機(jī)項(xiàng)目及新一代發(fā)射技術(shù)項(xiàng)目。

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