How great lunar inventions affect us？

2018-11-15 08:07:16郭學(xué)友

瘋狂英語(yǔ)·新讀寫 2018年11期

關(guān)鍵詞：魯?shù)?/a>美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局電鉆

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登上月球，一直以來(lái)就是人類的夢(mèng)想。在50多年前人類就實(shí)現(xiàn)了這一夢(mèng)想。隨著科技的進(jìn)步和發(fā)展，利用月球時(shí)代被宇航員所使用的裝備理念，開(kāi)發(fā)出了新的產(chǎn)品并被運(yùn)用于現(xiàn)代生活中。

It's been almost 50 years since the NASA spacecraft Apollo11 landed on the moon，along with its human passengers.Since then，you may have wondered just what exactly the point of NASA's series of Apollo missions（任務(wù)） was—after all， we still aren't living on the moon，like past generations thought we would be by now.

However，those missions meant far more than just being able to put humans on the moonfor the first timeever.As science writer Charlie Plain wrote on NASA's website，“The lunar era （時(shí)代） helped to create products most of us would be surprised NASAhad much to do withand that we probably wouldn't like living without them.”In fact， a perfect example of one of these products may very well be on your feet as you read this passage.

During research for the Apollo missions，NASA scientist Frank Rudy created a new method for making helmets for astronauts lighter.In the 1970s，Rudyappliedthis methodtoshoes，later selling his idea to US footwear giant Nike.Soon the Nike airline of sneakers was introduced，and now is one of the most popular brands in the world.And NASAisevenconnectedwith a number of things found in our homes.

從美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局的 “阿波羅11號(hào)”飛船和人類乘客一起登上月球開(kāi)始算起，已經(jīng)近50年了。從那以后，你可能會(huì)想知道美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局的一系列阿波羅任務(wù)到底有什么意義——畢竟，我們?nèi)匀粵](méi)有像前幾代人想象的那樣生活在月球上。

然而，這些任務(wù)不僅僅意味著人類首次登上月球。正如科學(xué)作家查理·普蘭在美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局的網(wǎng)站上所寫的那樣，“月球時(shí)代幫助創(chuàng)造了我們大多數(shù)人都會(huì)感到驚訝的產(chǎn)品，它與美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局有很大關(guān)系，而且我們可能不喜歡沒(méi)有它們的生活”。事實(shí)上，當(dāng)你讀到這篇文章的時(shí)候，這些產(chǎn)品中的一個(gè)完美的例子可能就在你的腳上。

在阿波羅任務(wù)的研究中，美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局的科學(xué)家弗蘭克·魯?shù)习l(fā)明了一種新的方法來(lái)使宇航員的頭盔變得更輕。20世紀(jì)70年代，魯?shù)蠈⑦@種方法應(yīng)用于鞋子，后來(lái)將他的想法賣給了美國(guó)鞋業(yè)巨頭耐克。不久，耐克運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋航空公司被引入了市場(chǎng)，現(xiàn)在是世界上最受歡迎的品牌之一。美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局甚至與在我們家中發(fā)現(xiàn)的許多東西有關(guān)。

In the 1960s， NASA asked US toolmaker Black&Decker to help make a battery-powered drill（電池供電電鉆）that could be used to extract（提?。﹎oon rock samples （樣本）.The company happily obliged（感激），and later used the technology it created to make many other products，from cordless vacuum cleaners（無(wú)線真空吸塵器）to electric drills.

Meanwhile，firefighters have NASA to thank for their equipment.A fire that happened during a test launch（發(fā)射）of an Apollo aircraft in 1967led NASA to come up withnew breathing equipment，whose technologyisstillin usenow.“Today， nearly every major manufacturer （制造者）of breathing equipment includes NASA technologyin some form”， NASA said in a news release （發(fā)布）.So while we may not yet be living on the moon，NASA's inventions have still made Earth a great place to bein the meantime.

20世紀(jì)60年代，美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局要求美國(guó)工具制造商布萊克德幫助制造一種電池供電電鉆，它可以用來(lái)提取月球巖石樣本。該公司欣然接受了邀請(qǐng)，后來(lái)利用它發(fā)明的技術(shù)制造了許多其他產(chǎn)品，從無(wú)線真空吸塵器到電鉆。

與此同時(shí)，消防隊(duì)員要感謝美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局的設(shè)備。1967年阿波羅飛船試飛期間發(fā)生的火災(zāi)導(dǎo)致美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局發(fā)明了新的呼吸器，其技術(shù)目前仍在使用中。美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局在一份新聞稿中表示：“如今，幾乎所有主要的呼吸器制造商都以某種形式整合了美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局的技術(shù)。”因此，雖然在此期間我們可能還沒(méi)有在月球上生活，與此同時(shí)美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局的發(fā)明仍然使地球成為一個(gè)美妙的地方。

Reading check

閱讀短文，完成下列表格，每空一詞。

Language study

Vocabulary

1.after all畢竟

2.for the first time第一次

3.have much to do with...與……有很大關(guān)系

4.in fact事實(shí)上；實(shí)際上

5.apply...to...把……應(yīng)用到……

6.be connected with...與……有關(guān)系/聯(lián)系

7.a （large/great）number of許多；大量

8.lead sb to do sth引導(dǎo)某人做某事

9.come up with想到；提出

10.be in use在使用中

11.in some form以某種形式

12.in the meantime同時(shí)；在此期間

Difficult sentence

It's been almost 50 years since the NASA spacecraft Apollo11 landed on the moon，along with its human passengers從美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局的“阿波羅11號(hào)”飛船和人類乘客一起登上月球開(kāi)始算起，已經(jīng)近50年了.

【點(diǎn)石成金】句中含有句型It has been+一段時(shí)間+since sb did sth表示“從某人做某事到現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)有多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了”，注意since后的從句中要用一般過(guò)去時(shí)；along with表示“連同，和……一起”。

句式仿寫

從我來(lái)公司上班到現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)有三個(gè)多月了。

Background knowledge：

NASA

NASA is short for National Aeronautics （航空學(xué)）and Space Administration.It is a federal government agency responsible for the US Aeronautics science and Space Program.

NASA is widely believed to be a bellwether（領(lǐng) 導(dǎo) 者）in space agencies around the world.NASA promotesunderstanding ofthe Earth through the Earth observation system and advances solar science through the Solar Science Research Program.NASA focuses on exploring all celestial（天空的）bodies in the solar system using advanced mechanical missions and using astronomical observatories and related programs to study topics in astrophysics such as the big bang theory.NASA shares its research data with many national and international organizations.

NASA是美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局的簡(jiǎn)稱，它是美國(guó)聯(lián)邦政府的一個(gè)政府機(jī)構(gòu)，負(fù)責(zé)美國(guó)的航空科學(xué)及太空計(jì)劃。