VOA慢速英语:American Space Agency Launches Black Hole Hunter

1. We also tell about final preparations for setting down a science laboratory on Mars.

tell about 讲述
例句：The witness was telling about the whole accident.
目击者正在讲述整个事故的过程。
set down 记下
例句：I have set down everything that happened.
我已将发生的每件事记了下来。

2. And we hear from both supporters and opponents of plans to send a human crew to the red planet.

hear from 收到...的信(或电报等)
例句：I haven't heard from him since he telephoned.
自从那次他来电话后,我一直没有收到他的来信。

3. The gravitational power of black holes is so strong that not even light can escape from them.

escape from 从……逃跑
例句：The jailer connived at the escape from prison. 
狱吏纵容犯人的逃狱

4. This action creates very powerful X-ray light emissions. Scientists plan to use NuSTAR to search for these emissions.

search for 寻求
例句：The search for peace also means the search for justice. 
寻求和平也意味着寻求正义。

5. PAUL HERTZ: “Like all of our NASA missions, we’re going to find unexpected things out there that will lead us to questions and answers that we aren’t even anticipating at this time.”(:08)

lead to 导致
例句：Worries and tenseness can lead to insomnia. 
忧虑和紧张会导致失眠。 

6. The space agency also has created a simulation that shows how much more NASA expects NuSTAR will see when it searches the sky.

how much 多少
例句：How much salary does the job pay? 
这份工作的薪俸是多少？ 

7. It is set to arrive on the red planet on August sixth.

set to 开始认真干起来
例句：They all set to work and the time flew. 
他们都开始工作，时间在飞逝。 

8. It is designed to carry out an investigation of Mars’ ability to support microbial life.

carry out 履行
例句：No matter what we do, we must carry out our duties. 
无论干什么工作,我们都应履行自己的职责. 

9. STEVEN WEINBERG: “We can’t even do that with Antarctica. There is no economically self-sustaining colony on Antarctica and, compared to Mars, Antarctica is heaven.”

compare to 把...比作
例句：He compared the girl to the moon in the poem.
他在诗中把那姑娘比作月亮。

10. Mister Kraft supports calls to build bases on the Moon before sending humans to Mars.

base on 基于
例句："Base on Yunfu, orient to the world and aim at the future." 
立足云浮,面向世界,走向未来。