话题123 太空梦想
太空旅游是基于人们邀游太空的理想，到太空去旅游，给人提供一种前所未有的体验，最新奇和最为刺激人的是可以观赏太空旖旎的风光，同时还可以享受失重的感觉。太空游项目始干2001年4月30日。第一位太空游客为美国商人丹尼斯·蒂托，第二位太空游客为南非富翁马克·沙特尔沃思，第三位太空游客为美国人格雷戈里·奥尔森。
英语情景会话
A: Oh, Ralph,I heard it is vary dangerous traveling in space.Disasters have happened before. If the spaceship were out of order...
A：哦，拉尔夫。我听说太空旅行很危险。以前就发生过灾难。如果飞船失控……
B: You should be optimistic about this. Things have taken a good turn. You should remember that less than two centuries ago the dangers of train travel seemed similarly terrible.
B：这个你应该乐观。事情已经有了好转。你还得记两百年前乘坐火车时看起来同样惊险。
A: But is it possible thar travelers could be hit by meteors?
A：但是旅行者有没有可能被流星撞上？
B: It's once in blue moon.
B：这种事情千载难逢。
A: What do you think is the real danger man faced in space?
A：太空旅行的真正危险是什么？
B: The main one is radiation. There are two sorts of radiation man must fe.ar in space. The first is radiation from the sun, and this is particularly dangerous when the sun is very active and explosions are occurring on its surface. The second, less harmful, comes from the so-called Van Allen Belts.
B：主要是辐射。有两种辐射让人恐惧。第一个是太阳辐射，当太阳活动积极时或太阳表面爆炸时尤其危险。第二个危害小一点，是来自所谓的范·艾伦辐射带的辐射。
其他常用英语口语表达
What is the most unexpected thing you experienced in space?
你在太空中最出乎意料的经历是什么？
I wasn't quite prepared for the view of the Earth as we left.
我们离开地球时对宇宙中所看到的地球的模样没有心理准备。
It was just awe-inspiring.
那景观真是今人肃然起敬。
Absolutely!It says there is water on Mars buried beneath the surface. It's just a matter of how deep it is．
报道中说火星的地下埋藏着水。只不过是一个深浅的问题。
Then could the soil on Mars somehow be fertile enough to grow simple plants?
那么火星土壤的肥沃程度够不够种植一些简单的作物呢？
常用英语词汇表达
space 太空
astronaut 宇航员
travel in space 太空旅游
the Galaxy 银河系
the cosmos 宇宙
space suit 太空服