Lesson 60 The future

' As she walked away, I followed her out of the fair.

”當她走開時，我也跟著她出了集市。

Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble

The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars.

哈勃望遠鏡于1990年4月20日由國家航空航天局發射升空，耗資10多億美元。

Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble

Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble.

從最開始哈勃望遠鏡就有問題。

Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble

The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty!

它傳送給我們的圖像很令人失望，因為它的主要鏡子有誤差。

Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble

NASA is now going to put the telescope right,

國家航天局準備糾正這一錯誤，

Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble

so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it.

為此將把4名宇航員送入太空修復望遠鏡。

Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble

The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble.

“奮進”號航天飛機將把宇航員送上哈勃。

Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble

A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.

當宇航員進行必要的修復工作時，“奮進”號上的一只機器手將抓住望遠鏡并托住它。

Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble

Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.

當然，哈勃位于地球的大氣層之外，因此，它很快就會給我們傳送我們所見到過的、有關行星和遠距離星系的最清晰的照片。

Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble

The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.

哈勃將告訴我們有關宇宙的年齡和大小的許多事情。

Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble

By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.

等到你讀到這篇文章時，敏銳的哈勃望遠鏡已經為我們送來了成千上萬張精彩的照片。

Lesson 62 After the fire

Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control.

消防隊員們同那場森林大火搏斗了將近3個星期才最后把火勢控制住。

Lesson 62 After the fire

A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around.

就在不久之前，參天大樹還覆蓋著方圓數英里的土地。

Lesson 62 After the fire

Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills.

而現在，發熱的地面上仍然升騰著煙霧，彌漫在荒涼的山丘上。

Lesson 62 After the fire

Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well.

冬季即將來臨，這些山丘對周圍的村莊具有毀滅性的威脅，因為大雨不僅會沖走土壤，而且還會引起嚴重的水災。

Lesson 62 After the fire

When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly.

在大火最后被撲滅后，森林管理當局訂購了好幾噸一種生長迅速的特殊類型的草籽。

Lesson 62 After the fire

The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes.

飛機把這種草籽大量地撒播在地上。

Lesson 62 After the fire

The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain.

飛機撒播近一個月后，開始下起雨來。

Lesson 62 After the fire

By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root.

然而到那時，很多地方的草已經生了根。

Lesson 62 After the fire

In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.

一片片的綠草開始出現在這片燒焦的土地上，代替了多少世紀以來一直生長在那里的參天大樹。

Lesson 63 She was not amused

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and if very popular at parties.

杰里米。漢普登交際甚廣，是各種聚會上深受大家歡迎的人。

Lesson 63 She was not amused

Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour --

人人都欽佩他那絕妙的幽默感 -- 人人，

Lesson 63 She was not amused

everybody,that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.

就是說，除他6歲的女兒珍妮之外的每一個人。

Lesson 63 She was not amused

Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception.

最近，杰里米的一個最親密的朋友請他在一個婚禮上祝詞。

Lesson 63 She was not amused

This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves.

這正是杰里米喜歡做的事情。

Lesson 63 She was not amused

He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.

他認真準備了講稿，帶著珍妮一道去參加了婚禮。

Lesson 63 She was not amused

he had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success.

他的祝詞里面加進了大量逗人的故事，自然大獲成功。

Lesson 63 She was not amused

As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home.

他剛一講完，珍妮就對他說她要回家。

Lesson 63 She was not amused

Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked.

這不免使杰里米有點掃興，但他還是按照女兒的要求做了。

Lesson 63 She was not amused

On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech.

在回家的路上，他問珍妮是否喜歡他的祝詞。