02 科学技术
ong-1 have just launched successfully in september.

  马特:是啊,我听说过了。我们国家的航天技术现在发展得非常快,天宫一号9月份刚刚发射成功。

  kim: tiangong-1 is the first unmanned space module in china. it is really a breakthrough.

  金:天宫1号是中国第一艘无人太空舱。这真是一个突破。

  matt: yes, it is worth memorizing. and the shenzhou-8 and the tiangong-1pleted the first space docking.

  马特:对,很值得纪念。神州八号和天宫一号完成了第一次太空对接。

  kim: i think it is very amazing and fantastic. how can two objects which are far away from earth canplete different actions as precisely as we wish?

  金:我觉得这真是太巧妙太不可思议了,两个离地球如此遥远的物体怎么能够如此精确地按照人类的意愿完成各种动作。

  matt: this is the power of knowledge. people are awesome.

  马特:这就是知识的力量。人类是了不起的。

  kim: maybe one day we would reach out of the solar system and search the outer space.

  金:也许有一天我们能够走出太阳系,探索外太空。

  matt: yes, and then we can cross the universe and visit different planets easily.

  马特:嗯。那我们就能很容易地穿越宇宙,去拜访其他星球。

  kim: it wille true one day, i think.

  金:我想总有一天会实现的。

  notes

  1. spaceship [?speis??ip] n. 宇宙飞船

  2. launch [?l?:nt?] v. 发动;推出;发射;n. 发射;下水;投产

  3. aeronautical [,??r?'n?:tik?l] adj. 航空的;飞行术的

  4. module [?m?dju:l] n. 组件,模块,模件;(航天器)舱

  5. memorize [?mem?raiz] v. 记住,熟记

  6. dock [d?k] v. 使(船)进港,进港;n. 码头;被告席

  7. precisely [pri?saisli] adv. 精确地;刻板地

  8. awesome [??:s?m] adj. 令人叹为观止的,很棒的,了不起的

  9. planet [?pl?nit] n. 行星

  小贴士

  1. our country has made remarkable progress on aerospace technology.

  我们国家的航天技术已经取得了长足的进步。

  2. more than one hundred years have past since the wright brothers invented the first plane in