新概念2精选课程46-47.ppt

Lesson 46Trouble with the Hubble;endeavour;★launch v. ①发射 launch a satellite 发射卫星。 ②开办，创办 launch a new enterprise 创办一个新企业 launch on 开始；着手 launch into/ out 开始从事；投身于 My parents launched me into business.;space [speis] n. ①太空 spaceman，spaceship ②空地，空处 Is there a space for the car？ 同义词room n. 空间（不可数）；房间（可数） Could you make room for me? 你能为我腾一点空间吗? ③时间，一段时间 for a space 暂时，短时间 in space 片刻，一会儿;★billion [bilj?n]十亿 several billion 几十亿 couple/ dozen 一打/score 20个/ hundred/ thousand/ million / billion/ trillion hundreds of 成百上千 thousands of ….成千上万 ;★faulty adj 有缺点的；不完美的 faulty operation 错误操作 fault n. 错误 I like him despite his faults. 虽然他有种种缺点, 但我仍然喜欢他. 一方面也是由于你的过错 Its partly your fault. mistake 生活词汇 by mistake I picked up your bag by mistake.我错拿了你的手提包。;★shuttle n.航天飞机； 梭子；短程穿梭运行的车辆 (或火车、飞机等) v. 短程穿梭般运送 We shuttled the passengers to the city center by helicopter. 我们使用直升飞机往返不停地将旅客运送到市中心。 shuttle bus 往返的公交汽车 ;★endeavor n. 努力（attempt，effort, try） Please make every endeavor to arrive in time请尽量准时到达 v.努力（比try 更正式）endeavor to do sth They endeavored to make her happy but in vain. ;★robot-arm n. 机器手 robot n. 机器人, 遥控设备, 自动机械, 机械般工作的人 arm n.臂, v. 装备 配备（be armed with）=be equipped with Justice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。 an arm and a leg （n.） 非常昂贵 arm in arm 臂挽臂 （hand in hand / shoulder by shoulder）;★ atmosphere ①大气 atmosphere pressure 大气压力 ②气氛，氛围 working atmosphere 工作环境 The meeting is gone on in very friendly atmosphere. 会议在非常友好的气氛中进行。 ③空气 The atmosphere is very stuffy in here can we open a window? 这的空气很闷，咱们能把窗户打开吗?;★distant adj. ①遥远的[(+from)] The sun is distant from the earth. 太阳距地球很遥远。 ②非近亲的,远亲的 He is my distant relative. 他是我的远房亲戚。 ③冷淡的，不亲近的 be distant towards to sb. 对某人冷淡 distant calls 长途电话 distant relationship 异地恋;;1、The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars. NASA = National Aeronautics a