CNN news 2011-11-25 加文本
短语讲解:
1. It will be so unique it can look further back in time than the Hubble telescope, almost to the dawn of creation.
look back回顾,倒退;回顾,追忆
例句:She can look back on her career with great satisfaction.
她回顾自己的经历觉得心满意足。
in time及时, 不迟
例句:The doctor came in time to save his life.
医生及时来抢救他的生命。
2. The James Webb telescope is to help us find out entire history from the first days after the Big Bang to how the first galaxies are born.
find out发现, 看穿, 揭发, 找出;查明
例句:The manager had found him out and was going to sack him.
经理发觉了他的不轨行为, 打算炒他鱿鱼。
3. And, astronomers say, if they look in just the right place and get just a bit lucky.
look in把注意力转向…
例句:I won't be able to look him in the eye if I lie.
我要是撒谎, 我就不敢直视他的眼睛。
4. What is it made of?
make of用…做成
例句:The table is made of wood.
桌子是木制的。
5. When Webb is finally launched in 2018 it will be years behind schedule and cost about $8.8 billion, $6.5 billion more than the original estimate.
behind schedule晚点; 落后于预定计划
例句:The flight is behind schedule
班机误点了。
6. How did it end up astronomy at an astronomical cost?
end up结束; 最终成为〔变得〕
例句:He finally ended up his speech.
最后他结束了自己的讲话。
7. When you're doing inventions and things for the first time, you don't know exactly what you're going to run into.
run into偶然遇见
例句:He has run into trouble in his job.
他的工作遇到了麻烦。
8. Now, the U.S. space agency itself even tried to come up with alternatives to web, because of all the problems they were having.
come up with (针对问题等)想出;提供
例句:He came up with good ideas for the product promotion.
他想出一个推广产品的好方法。
9. But what it came down to at the end of the day, T.J., was, they were so far downstream already, that it made more sense and was going to cost less at the end of the day to continue with the program rather than just gutting the whole thing and trying to start over with something else.
come down to归结起来(为…)
例句:Their quarrel comes down to money.
他们的吵架说到底是为钱。
10. So -- the promise of web is supposed to be absolutely incredible. We'll see if it ends up worth the price.
be supposed to应该,被期望
例句:You are supposed to get there tomorrow.
你们应该明天到达那里。