VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Rocket Scientists Enjoy a Good Reputation

短语讲解：

1. No one seems to know for sure.

for sure无疑
例句：The fighting was over for sure.
战斗确实结束了。

2. For example, a person who speaks and reads fifteen languages, or a medical doctor who operates on the brain.

operate on给…做手术
例句：The surgeons operated on her for a tumour.
外科医生为她施行了肿瘤切除手术。

3. Maybe it has to do with the mystery of space travel.

do with与…有关
例句：I'm interested in anything to do with music.
凡与音乐有关的事我都感兴趣。

4. Moving pictures from before World War Two showed a man named Buck Rogers landing on the planet Mars. He was a hero who could defeat any enemy from outer space.

land on落到…上; (使)在…上登陆
例句：We never imagined that men would land on the moon.
我们从未想到过人类能登上月球。

5. The scientists had planned that part of the rocket would fall into the ocean after the launch.

fall into掉进, 陷入
例句：The boy fell into water and had to be pulled out at once.
男孩掉入了水中，必须马上拉上来。

6. And now I get paid for it.

pay for因…受罚〔痛苦〕; 为…付出代价
例句：You'll have to pay for your crime.
你得为你的罪行付出代价。