VOA慢速英语:Ancient Martian Conditions Could Have Supported Life

短语讲解：

1. We tell about plans to send another spacecraft and possibly human beings to the red planet.

tell about 谈及；讲述
例句：What would he tell about now?
他现在会说些什么？

2. Curiosity used a drill on its two-meter long robotic arms to cut into the rock and collect about ten grams of powder.

cut into 打断[扰]；切入
例句：Don't cut into my conversation with my boyfriend.
不要打断我跟我男朋友的谈话。

3. Joel Hurowitz works for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.

work for 效劳；致力
例句：I am always ready to work for you.
我愿意随时为你效劳。

4. He told reporters that the Curiosity team was excited to see that the material was gray, not red -- the color normally linked to the Martian surface.

link to 与…连接， 联系
例句：Click a link to schedule updates for this content source.
单击链接可排定该内容源的更新计划。

5. In fact, this is the first time any rover has drilled into a rock to collect a sample anywhere but on Earth.

in fact 其实
例句：In fact, I'm like that as well.
其实，我也喜欢那样。

6. The rock sample came from an area on Mars called Yellowknife Bay.

come from 来自
例句：Our orders come from washington.
我们的订单来自美国。

7. The project is expected to last two years and cost $2.5 billion.

be expect to 被期望
例句：The whole project be expect to be profit-make by 1993.
全部工程预期1993年赢利。

8. Curiosity is not designed to look for microbes that may be alive on Mars today or inspect remains of life forms that no longer exist.

look for 寻找
例句：You look for this girl?
你在找这个女孩儿？

9. He says the mission is mainly concerned about ancient Mars.

concern about 担心
例句：There is widespread public concern about this problem.
公众普遍地关注这个问题。

10. When we send astronauts to Mars in the future, we need to be able to fully-understand what the radiation is doing so that we can help plan a safe mission for those astronauts.

be able to 能，会；能够
例句：We'll be able to smooth away these difficulties.
我们能够克服这些困难。