Name: 美國國家航空航天局擊碎小行星 - BBC新聞評論 (Nasa smashes asteroid - BBC News Review)
Uploaded: 2022-09-28T16:45:30.000Z
Duration: 7 min 8 s

美國國家航空航天局擊碎小行星。

BBC Learning English. I'm Neil. And I'm Beth.

BBC學習英語。我是尼爾。而我是貝絲。

Make sure you watch to the end to learn vocabulary to talk about today's story.

請確保你看完了，以學習詞彙來談論今天的故事。

And don't forget to subscribe to a channel, like this video,

不要忘記訂閱一個頻道，就像這個視頻。

並嘗試在我們的網站上進行測驗。

保護我們的地球不受太空石塊的影響。

Nasa has successfully crashed a dart spacecraft into an asteroid

美國國家航空航天局成功將飛鏢飛船撞向小行星

as part of a defence test. It's hoped scientists will learn more

作為防禦測試的一部分。希望科學家們能瞭解更多

about pushing dangerous asteroids off course.

關於將危險的小行星推離軌道。

Dr Lori Glaze, the director of planetary science at Nasa,

美國國家航空航天局的行星科學主任洛裡-格萊茲博士。

We have 'bullseye', 'rams' and 'unprecedented'.

我們有'牛眼'、'公羊'和'空前'。

讓我們看一下我們的第一個標題。

And so the meaning of this headline is that Nasa have smashed a spacecraft

是以，這個標題的含義是，美國國家航空航天局砸毀了一個航天器

An asteroid is a really big rock floating in space,

小行星是漂浮在太空中的一塊真正的大石頭。

and to smash something means to hit it really, really hard. But the word

而砸東西是指非常、非常用力地砸它。但這個詞

'bullseye', and it's a word from sport, isn't it?

'bullseye'，這是一個來自體育的詞，不是嗎？

Yes. Now, the spacecraft was called dart, and darts is a game

是的。現在，該航天器被稱為飛鏢，而飛鏢是一種遊戲

or a sport where you throw a small arrow called a dart

into the centre target, which is called a bullseye.

進入中心目標，這被稱為牛眼。

Now, if you hit that you, get a lot of points.

現在，如果你擊中了那個你，就會得到很多分。

And when you hit it, you say: 'bullseye'.

當你擊中它時，你說："靶心"。

And so the headline writer is saying that Nasa hit this asteroid exactly

是以，標題作者說，美國國家航空航天局正好擊中了這顆小行星

in the right place. And they are using the word

在正確的地方。而且他們正在使用這個詞

'bullseye' because the spacecraft is called dart.

'牛眼'，因為航天器被稱為飛鏢。

But can we use the word beyond sport? Well,

但我們能不能用超越體育這個詞呢？嗯。

we often say it when we get the exact result that we wanted.

我們經常在得到我們想要的確切結果時說這句話。

It's a bit similar to 'yes!', or 'I did it',

這有點類似於'是的！'，或者'我做到了'。

Right, OK. So, if I take this piece of paper,

對，好的。所以，如果我拿著這張紙。

and I tried to hit the camera lens right in the middle. I can say:

而我試圖把相機鏡頭打在正中間。我可以說。

'Bullseye!'. Let's have a look at that again.

'Bullseye！'。讓我們再看看這個。

讓我們看看我們的下一個頭條新聞。

The headline is saying that Nasa did this experiment

標題是說，美國國家航空航天局做了這個實驗

is an activity designed to stop something bad happening. In this case,

是一種旨在阻止壞事發生的活動。在這種情況下。

But the word we're looking at is 'ram'. Now, Beth.

但我們要看的這個詞是'公羊'。現在，貝絲。

是的，公羊實際上是一隻公羊。

and they smash into things really hard with their head.

他們用自己的頭狠狠地砸向東西。

So imagine this action as a verb: 'to ram'. It means to push

是以，把這個動作想象成一個動詞："衝撞"。它意味著推動

Now, we know that the spacecraft hit the asteroid

現在，我們知道，航天器撞上了這顆小行星

and was actually destroyed when that happened,

並在發生這種情況時實際上被摧毀了。

OK, 'ram' as a verb then means 'to hit something really hard'.

好吧，'衝撞'作為動詞的意思是'非常用力地撞擊東西'。

We're not talking about a little knock or a tap.

我們不是在談論一個小敲門或輕拍。

Imagine the police trying to open the door of a building

想象一下，警察試圖打開一棟大樓的門

There is another word connected to 'ram': 'rammed',

還有一個詞與'ram'相連。'rammed'。

as an adjective - has a different meaning, doesn't it?

作為一個形容詞--有不同的含義，不是嗎？

Yeah. Exactly. So if you imagine almost that the people have been pushed

是的。正是如此。是以，如果你幾乎想象一下，人們已經被推到了

或擠在一個非常狹窄的空間裡。

it's very busy. So, we can say 'it's rammed'.

它非常繁忙。是以，我們可以說'它很擁擠'。

Have you been anywhere that was rammed, recently, Neil?

你最近去過被撞的地方嗎，尼爾？

Yes, my train into work this morning was absolutely rammed - it was full

是的，我今天早上上班的火車絕對是擁擠的--它是滿的。

of people. Now, that's quite informal way of describing it.

的人。現在，這是很非正式的描述方式。

Yeah. So, if you want to use it in a situation that isn't informal,

是的。所以，如果你想在一個不是非正式的情況下使用它。

you might say it's 'overcrowded' or 'busy'.

你可能會說它是 "過度擁擠 "或 "繁忙"。

Our next headline, please. This one comes from CBC:

我們的下一個頭條新聞，請。這條新聞來自CBC。

The headline says that Nasa slammed a spacecraft

標題說，美國國家航空航天局抨擊了一個航天器

into an asteroid. 'Slammed' as another word like 'smashed'

撞上一顆小行星。'Slammed'是另一個像'smashed'的詞

and 'rammed' that we've heard already, meaning hit very hard.

和我們已經聽到的'衝撞'，意思是撞得很厲害。

But we are looking at the word 'unprecedented'

We are, and unprecedented is an adjective.

我們是，空前絕後是一個形容詞。

It means something that hasn't happened before,

它意味著一些以前沒有發生過的事情。

or something that we haven't known until now.

或一些我們到現在還不知道的東西。

And, so, the headline describes the test as unprecedented.

是以，標題將這次測試描述為史無前例。

They've never done this before. They haven't tried to push an asteroid

他們以前從來沒有這樣做過。他們還沒有嘗試過推動一顆小行星

off its course ever before. Now, this word 'unprecedented'.

偏離了它的路線，這是前所未有的。現在，這個詞'空前'。

Yeah, we see it all the time in the news.

是的，我們在新聞中經常看到這種情況。

I mean, the news is all about new events,

我的意思是，新聞都是關於新事件的。

so recently we've heard about unprecedented levels of rainfall.

所以最近我們聽說了前所未有的降雨量。

We have also heard about unprecedented rises in prices of gas, for example.

例如，我們還聽說了天然氣價格的空前上漲。

Yeah. And those are all very serious things.

是的。而這些都是非常嚴重的事情。

And, so, unprecedented is often used for more kind of formal situations.

是以，史無前例地經常被用於更多的正式場合。