Lesson 61

The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20, 1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars.
哈勃望远镜由美国宇航局于1990年4月20日发射升空，耗资超过10亿美元。
Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble.
从一开始，哈勃望远镜就出了问题。
The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty!
它发给我们的那些照片非常令人失望，因为它的主镜有缺陷！
NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it.
美国国家航空航天局现在正打算修复这台望远镜，所以很快就会送四名宇航员上去修理它。
The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble.
奋进号航天飞机将带着宇航员们前往哈勃望远镜。
A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.
来自奋进号的机器人手臂将抓取望远镜并抓住它，同时宇航员们进行必要的修理。
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.
当然，哈勃望远镜位于地球大气层之上，所以它很快就会向我们发回我们曾见过的最清晰的恒星及遥远星系的照片。
The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.
哈勃望远镜将告诉我们大量关于宇宙年龄和大小的信息。
By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands
到你读到这篇文章的时候，哈勃的鹰眼将已经给我们发送了成千上万（张照片）
and
和
thousands of
成千上万的
wonderful
精彩的
pictures
图片