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VOA慢速英语:SpaceX Celebrates Historic Rocket Launch, Landing

2015-12-24来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. Normally rockets deliver their payload – a satellite, for example, or supplies – and then burn up on their way back to Earth.

burn up 烧毁; 烧起来，烧掉
例句：Let's burn up all this waste paper.
咱们把这些废纸烧掉吧。

2. What the SpaceX mission proved Monday night is that a rocket may be able to safely return to Earth and be used again.

be able to 能够
例句：We must be able to stay impartial at all times.
我们必须经常保持公正的态度。

3. Dan Friedell wrote this story for Learning English based on reporting from the Associated Press.

base on 使建立在…基础上
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。