VOA慢速英语:Apollo 13: 'Houston, We've Had a Problem Here'

1. Everyone expected the third moon-landing flight, Apollo Thirteen, would go as well as the first two.

as well as 和...一样;和;也
例句：Boys as well as girls are taught cookery in school these days. 
现在学校里男女学生都学烹饪。 

2. They fired it again to break out of moon orbit for the return flight to Earth.

break out 爆发;突然发生
例句：He'll break out some of these days. 
他总有一天会脱颖而出的。 
 
3. Engineers had to boil off the remaining oxygen by turning on a heater in the tank.

boil off 蒸发汽化
例句：Engineers had to boil off the remaining oxygen by turning on a heater in the tank. 
工程师只好打开氧气瓶内的加热器，煮干剩余的氧。 

4. The spacecraft was too far away to be seen.

far away 远离
例句：I live far away from my school. 
我住的地方离学校很远。  
 
5. And they turned off all the electrical devices they could.

turn off 关掉
例句：Please turn off the power. 
请把电源关掉。 

6. Carbon dioxide was no longer a problem.

no longer 不再
例句：She no longer feared that they should misunderstand her. 
她不再害怕他们会误解她了。  

7. This speeded up the spacecraft to reach Earth nine hours sooner.

speed up 促使
例句：We will be able to speed up that day. 
我们要促使这一天的来临。