2022-23学年度第4期总第880期

High Hopes Yet to Take Off (Page 6)

大连市23中学  韩爱华

Lead in

What do you know about humans landing on the moon? Let’s watch the video.

 

NASA has never stopped its efforts to get to the moon. What is it going to do? Let’s read High Hopes yet to Take off to find out.

 

Read the passage quickly and find out the name of NASA’s new moon program.

The name of the program is Artemis I.

Artemis: 阿尔忒弥斯，又名辛西亚，是古希腊神话中的狩猎女神，被称为“野兽的女主人与荒野的领主”。奥林匹斯十二主神之一。亦是宙斯(Zeus)和勒托(Leto)之女，阿波罗(Apollo)的孪生姐姐。

Careful reading

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions.

 

1. Why are CNBC and CNN mentioned in the third paragraph?

They are mentioned to show that people had high expectations of the Artemis I mission before the cancellations.

 

2. What does NASA plan to achieve with its Artemis I program?

NASA plans to build an Artemis Base Camp on the moon’s surface and the Gateway in lunar orbit.

 

3. What do the last two paragraphs tell us?

Because the program is highly demanding not only in terms of money but also technology, there is still a long way to go until the US can fully realize its moon aspirations.

Discussion

How can we benefit from exploring space?

Are there any bad effects?

Language study

1. High hopes yet to take off

yet to do sth: 尚未做某事

崇高的希望尚未起飞

 

2. CNBC reported that the launch “marks the debut (首次亮相) of the most powerful rocket ever assembled (装配) and kicks off NASA’s long-awaited return to the moon’s surface”.

ever assembled: 过去分词短语作定语修饰rocket

kick off: 开始

据CNBC报道，这次发射标志着史上装配最强火箭的首次亮相，并开启NASA长期等待的返回月球表面之旅。

 

3. The former is a mobile camp on the moon. The latter is a space station ...

the former ... the latter ...前者……后者……

前者是月球上的一个移动营地。后者是个太空站……

 

4. The program is highly demanding not only in terms of money but also technology.

demanding: 要求颇多的

in terms of: 就……而言

这个计划无论从钱还是技术而言都要求极高。