文科生，也要飞天啦

据中国载人航天工程办公室消息，神舟十八号瞄准4月25日20时59分发射。今天，本次任务的飞行乘组航天员叶光富、李聪、李广苏与公众见面。

据了解，今年36岁的李广苏出生在江苏沛县，是第三批18位航天员里唯一的文科生。航天员李广苏：“我比较焦虑，因为好多东西老师一讲，战友在下面频频点头，但我真听不懂。我就经常私下问战友、老师，从最基础的知识开始学，包括高数，谁能想到这么多年后我还会把它翻出来再学一下？”

🤔️小作业：

1. What distinguishes Li Guangsu's anticipation for the space mission?

A) He is excited to conduct experiments on the space station.

B) He looks forward to observing the Earth and locating personal landmarks.

C) He aims to verify scientific theories in zero gravity.

D) He wishes to improve his skills for future lunar missions.

A) Li Cong, who has been on multiple missions before.

B) Ye Guangfu, an astronaut with previous space mission experience.

C) Li Guangsu, who is going to space for the first time.

D) Lin Xiqiang, who is responsible for mission coordination.

无注释原文：

China To Send Fresh Crew To Tiangong Space Station On Thursday

From: AFP

China will send a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday evening, Beijing's Manned Space Agency announced, the latest mission in a programme that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030.

The Shenzhou-18 mission -- crewed by three astronauts -- is scheduled to take off at 8:59 pm Thursday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Beijing announced Wednesday.

It will be led by Ye Guangfu, a fighter pilot and astronaut who was previously part of the Shenzhou-13 crew in 2021.

He will be joined by astronauts Li Cong and Li Guangsu, who are heading into space for the first time.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Commander Ye described the launch as a "new beginning".

"Facing the challenge, my two teammates and I are fully prepared. We are full of confidence in completing this mission!" he said.

Li Guangsu, in turn, said he wanted to take a "good look at the beautiful blue planet, the splendid mountains and rivers of the motherland, and find the places that have nurtured me along the way".

"I also want to see for my lovely child if the stars in the sky can really twinkle or not," he added.

The latest batch of Tiangong astronauts will stay in orbit for six months, carrying out experiments in gravity and physics, as well as in life sciences.

They will also carry out a "project on high-resolution global greenhouse gas detection", Deputy Director General of the CMSA Lin Xiqiang said, according to state news agency Xinhua.

"All pre-launch preparations are on schedule," he said.

"They will work with other active astronauts to carry out the follow-up space station missions and to realise the country's manned lunar landing."

The Tiangong, which means "heavenly palace", is the crown jewel of a space programme that has landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon, and made China the third country to independently put humans in orbit.

It is constantly crewed by rotating teams of three astronauts, with construction completed in 2022.

The Tiangong is expected to remain in low Earth orbit at between 400 and 450 kilometres (250 and 280 miles) above the planet for at least 10 years.

The new crew will replace the Shenzhou-17 team, who were sent to the station in October.

Plans for China's "space dream" have been put into overdrive.

The world's second-largest economy has pumped billions of dollars into its space programme in an effort to catch up with the United States and Russia.

Beijing also aims to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030, and plans to build a base on the lunar surface.

China's space agency said on Wednesday it had secured new international partners for its planned lunar base, known as the International Lunar Research Station, which Beijing has said will be completed by 2030.

The partners include Nicaragua, the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences, Xinhua said.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

China To Send Fresh Crew To Tiangong Space Station On Thursday

From: AFP

China will send a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday evening, Beijing's Manned Space Agency announced, the latest mission in a programme that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030.

中国载人航天工程办公室宣布，中国将于周四晚间向天宫空间站派出新航天员乘组，这是中国载人航天计划的最新任务，该计划旨在将航天员送至月球，预定在2030年前完成。

crew /kruː/ 1）作名词，表示“全体船员；全体机务人员”，英文解释为“The crew of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft is the people who work on and operate it.”举个🌰：The mission for the crew of the space shuttle is essentially over. 航天飞机全体机务人员的使命基本完成。

2）作名词，表示“一组工作人员”，英文解释为“A crew is a group of people with special technical skills who work together on a task or project.”如：a two-man film crew making a documentary 一个制作纪录片的两人摄制组。

3）作动词，表示“当船员；充当…的船员”，英文解释为“If you crew a boat, you work on it as part of the crew.”举个🌰：This neighbour crewed on a ferryboat. 这位邻居在一艘渡船上当船员。

manned /mænd/ 表示“（机器、车辆、地方或活动）有人控制的，需人操纵的”，英文解释为“if a machine, a vehicle, a place or an activity is manned , it has or needs a person to control or operate it”如：manned space flight 载人航天。

The Shenzhou-18 mission -- crewed by three astronauts -- is scheduled to take off at 8:59 pm Thursday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Beijing announced Wednesday.

北京载人航天工程局周三宣布，搭载三名航天员的神舟十八号载人飞船，计划于周四晚上8:59从中国西北部的酒泉卫星发射中心发射。

1）表示“突然开始成功；开始走红，流行起来”，英文解释为“to suddenly start to be successful or popular”举个🌰：Her singing career had just begun to take off. 她的歌唱事业刚刚起飞。

2）表示“起飞；飞起”，英文解释为“If an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off, it leaves the ground and begins to fly.”举个🌰：The plane took off at 8.30 a.m. 飞机上午8点半起飞。

It will be led by Ye Guangfu, a fighter pilot and astronaut who was previously part of the Shenzhou-13 crew in 2021.

此次任务将由战斗机飞行员兼航天员叶光富担任指令长，此前他参与了2021年神舟十三号任务。

fighter /ˈfaɪ.tər/ 可以表示“战士；战斗者；斗士”，英文解释为“someone who fights”，也可以表示“战斗机，歼击机”，英文解释为“a small, fast military aircraft used for chasing and destroying enemy aircraft”如：a fighter plane/aircraft 战斗机，a fighter pilot 战斗机驾驶员。

He will be joined by astronauts Li Cong and Li Guangsu, who are heading into space for the first time.

他的队友李聪和李广苏将是首次进入太空。

At a press conference on Wednesday, Commander Ye described the launch as a "new beginning".

在周三的新闻发布会上，指令长叶光富称此次飞行是一次“全新的开始”。

commander /kəˈmɑːn.dər/ 表示“指挥官；司令官”，英文解释为“A commander is an officer in charge of a military operation or organization.”

"Facing the challenge, my two teammates and I are fully prepared. We are full of confidence in completing this mission!" he said.

他说：“面对挑战，我和我的两位队友（以及整个航天团队），已经做好了充足的准备，对于完成这次任务，我们信心满满。”

Li Guangsu, in turn, said he wanted to take a "good look at the beautiful blue planet, the splendid mountains and rivers of the motherland, and find the places that have nurtured me along the way".

李广苏则表示，他想“好好看一看美丽的蓝色星球，看一看祖国的锦绣山河，找一找一路走来养育培养过我的地方”。

splendid /ˈsplen.dɪd/ 表示“极佳的，非常好的；华丽的；壮丽的”，英文解释为“excellent, or beautiful and impressive”举个🌰：We had splendid food/a splendid holiday/splendid weather. 我们的食物/我们的假期/我们碰到的天气简直太棒了。

nurture /ˈnɜː.tʃər/ 表示“促进；扶助；培养”，英文解释为“to help a plan or a person to develop and be successful”举个🌰：As a record company executive, his job is to nurture young talent. 作为唱片公司主管，他的职责是培养有才华的年轻人。

"I also want to see for my lovely child if the stars in the sky can really twinkle or not," he added.

“也想替我可爱的孩子看一看天上的星星到底会不会眨眼，”他补充道。

twinkle /ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/ 表示“闪烁，闪耀”，英文解释为“(of light or a shiny surface) to shine repeatedly strongly then weakly, as if flashing on and off very quickly”举个🌰：The lights of the town twinkled in the distance. 城镇的灯火在远处闪烁着。

The latest batch of Tiangong astronauts will stay in orbit for six months, carrying out experiments in gravity and physics, as well as in life sciences.

新一批天宫航天员将在轨道上停留6个月，开展重力、物理和生命科学实验。

batch /bætʃ/ 表示“一批，一组”，英文解释为“a group of things or people dealt with at the same time or considered similar in type”举个🌰：The cook brought in a fresh batch of homemade cupcakes. 那位厨师带来了一炉刚刚烤好的自制蛋糕。

gravity /ˈɡræv.ə.ti/ 1）常见含义表示“重力；地球引力”，英文解释为“the force that attracts objects in space towards each other, and that on the earth pulls them towards the centre of the planet, so that things fall to the ground when they are dropped”如：the laws of gravity 万有引力定律，物理课上学的g=9.8还是g=10你还记得吗？

🎬电影《星际迷航》（Star Trek）中的台词提到：Captain, we're caught in the gravity well. It's got us. 舰长 我们被引力井吸住了，它吸住我们了。

2）表示“严重性”，英文解释为“extreme importance and a cause for worry”，可以替换seriousness，举个🌰：Punishment varies according to the gravity of the offence. 处罚根据罪行的严重程度而有所不同。

3）表示“严肃；庄严”，英文解释为“serious behaviour, speech or appearance”举个🌰：They were asked to behave with the gravity that was appropriate in a court of law. 他们被要求在法庭上表现出应有的严肃态度。

They will also carry out a "project on high-resolution global greenhouse gas detection", Deputy Director General of the CMSA Lin Xiqiang said, according to state news agency Xinhua.

据国家通讯社新华社报道，中国载人航天工程办公室副主任林西强表示，他们还将开展“高分辨率全球温室气体探测”项目。

resolution /ˌrez.əˈluː.ʃən/ 1）表示“决议”，英文解释为“A resolution is a formal decision made at a meeting by means of a vote.”举个🌰：He replied that the UN had passed two major resolutions. 他回复说联合国已经通过两项重大决议。

2）表示“决心，决定”，英文解释为“If you make a resolution, you decide to try very hard to do something.”举个🌰：They made a resolution to lose all the weight gained during the Christmas holidays. 他们下了一个决心要减掉圣诞节期间增加的全部体重。

3）表示“（显微镜、电视、计算机显示屏等的）清晰度，分辨率”，英文解释为“the ability of a microscope, or a television or computer screen, to show things clearly and with a lot of detail”如：a high/low resolution image 高/低清晰度图像。

deputy /ˈdepjʊtɪ/ 1）表示“代理人；副职，副手”，英文解释为“a person who is given the power to do something instead of another person, or the person whose rank is immediately below that of the leader of an organization”

2）表示“（某些国家的）议员”，英文解释为“the name for a member of parliament in some countries”。

"All pre-launch preparations are on schedule," he said.

他说：“目前，任务各项准备工作正在稳步推进。”

"They will work with other active astronauts to carry out the follow-up space station missions and to realise the country's manned lunar landing."

“他们（第四批航天员）将和现役航天员一起，实施空间站后续任务，并实现中国人登陆月球。”

The Tiangong, which means "heavenly palace", is the crown jewel of a space programme that has landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon, and made China the third country to independently put humans in orbit.

天宫，意即“天上宫殿”，是中国航天计划的顶尖成就，该计划已成功将机器人探测器送至火星和月球，并使中国成为第三个将人类独立送入轨道的国家。

📍crown jewel指的是某个集合中最珍贵或最重要的部分，类似于皇冠上最显眼的宝石。

📍the jewel in the crown 表示“王冠上的宝石，最珍贵的部分”，英文解释为“the best or most valuable part of something”

rover /ˈrəʊ.vər/ 1）表示“流浪者，漫游者”，英文解释为“a person who spends their time travelling from place to place”举个🌰：Their uncle was a rover, never settling for long in any one place. 他们的叔叔四海为家，从不在任何一个地方停留太久。

2）表示“（用于其他行星的粗糙地面、有时可从地球遥控的）车，探测器”，英文解释为“a small vehicle that can move over rough ground, often used on the surface of other planets, sometimes controlled from the earth”如：the lunar rover that transported astronauts and their equipment 运送宇航员及其设备的月球车。

📍此外，我们常听说的汽车品牌“路虎”的英文就是“Land Rover”。

Land Rover is a luxury car brand that specialises in four-wheel-drive vehicles, owned by British multinational car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover, which has been owned by India's Tata Motors since 2008.（Wikipedia）路虎是英国的全地形车和运动型多用途车品牌，隶属于捷豹路虎，总部位于英国考文垂怀特利（Whitley）。

It is constantly crewed by rotating teams of three astronauts, with construction completed in 2022.

天宫空间站始终由三名航天员组成的乘组轮换驻守，该空间站于2022年完工。

rotate /rəʊˈteɪt/ 1）表示“（尤指围绕一个固定点）（使）旋转，（使）转动”，英文解释为“to turn or cause something to turn in a circle, especially around a fixed point”举个🌰：Rotate the handle by 180° to open the door. 要想打开门，将把手旋转180度。

2）表示“轮流做；（由…）轮值;轮换”，英文解释为“If a job rotates or if a group of people rotate their jobs, the jobs are done at different times by different people.”

The Tiangong is expected to remain in low Earth orbit at between 400 and 450 kilometres (250 and 280 miles) above the planet for at least 10 years.

天宫空间站预计将在离地球400至450公里（250至280英里）的近地轨道上运行至少10年。

The new crew will replace the Shenzhou-17 team, who were sent to the station in October.

新乘组将接替去年十月份前往空间站的神舟十七号乘组。

Plans for China's "space dream" have been put into overdrive.

中国“太空梦”计划正在加速推进。

overdrive /ˈəʊ.və.draɪv/ 表示“超速运转;加倍努力;过度操劳”，英文解释为“a state of great activity, effort, or hard work”举个🌰：The cast was in overdrive, rehearsing for the first performance. 全体演员正在为首演加倍努力地排练。

The world's second-largest economy has pumped billions of dollars into its space programme in an effort to catch up with the United States and Russia.

作为全球第二大经济体，中国投入了数十亿美元于其航天项目，力图赶超美国和俄罗斯。

pump /pʌmp/ 1）表示“抽送；用泵（或泵样器官等）输送”，英文解释为“To pump a liquid or gas in a particular direction means to force it to flow in that direction using a pump.”举个🌰：The money raised will be used to dig bore holes to pump water into the dried-up lake. 筹到的钱款将用来挖井眼，再将水抽入干涸的湖中。

2）表示“洗胃”，英文解释为“If someone has their stomach pumped, doctors remove the contents of their stomach, for example, because they have swallowed poison or drugs.”举个🌰：One woman was rushed to the emergency room to have her stomach pumped. 一名妇女被紧急送进急诊室去洗胃。

📍pump sth into sth表示“投入（大量资金）”，英文解释为“to spend a lot of money trying to make something operate successfully”举个🌰：They had been pumping money into the business for some years without seeing any results. 几年来他们一直在为这个企业投入大量资金，可是还没有看到任何成果。

Beijing also aims to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030, and plans to build a base on the lunar surface.

中国还计划在2030年前向月球发射载人飞船，并计划在月球表面建立基地。

China's space agency said on Wednesday it had secured new international partners for its planned lunar base, known as the International Lunar Research Station, which Beijing has said will be completed by 2030.

国家航天局周三表示，已为其计划中的月球基地（即国际月球科研站）找到了新的国际合作伙伴，该研究站计划于2030年前完工。

secure /sɪˈkjʊər/ 1）熟词僻义，作动词，表示“获得；设法得到；争取到”，英文解释为“to get something, sometimes with difficulty”举个🌰：He was disappointed by his failure to secure the top job with the bank. 他因没能得到银行的高层工作而失望。

2）表示“使安全；保护；保卫”，英文解释为“to make certain something is protected from danger or risk”举个🌰：This form of investment is an excellent way of securing your children's financial future. 这种投资方式是为你的孩子提供日后经济保障的极佳方式。

The partners include Nicaragua, the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences, Xinhua said.

新华社称，新增合作伙伴包括尼加拉瓜、亚太空间合作组织、阿拉伯天文学和空间科学联盟。

astronomy /əˈstrɒn.ə.mi/ 表示“天文学”，英文解释为“the scientific study of the universe and of objects that exist naturally in space, such as the moon, the sun, planets, and stars”

📍词根“astr-”来自希腊语“astron”，意味着“星星”，“-nomy”来自“nomos”，意味着“法则”，整体表示“研究星星的法则”。近义词：cosmology（宇宙学），同根词：astronomical（天文的），常用短语：study astronomy（研究天文学）

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