Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble★telescope (n.) （单筒）望远镜双筒望远镜：binocularsmicroscope 显微镜Tele 远距离的；远的；电视的Telephone/ telegram电报/ televisionInternational Telecom and Telephone Corp.国际电信电话公司★launch (v.) 发射launch a missile 发射导弹launch a satellite 发射卫星They have launched a man-made satellite successfully.他们成功地发射了一颗人造卫星。
★space n. 空间(指宇宙空间)spaceman，spaceshipIs there a space for the car（空白，空地）这儿有空位停车吗？There isn't much space left for your luggage.（空间）没有多少空间放你的行李了。
同义词room n. 空间（不可数）；房间（可数）Could you make room for me? 你能为我腾一点空间吗?★astronaut n.宇航员前缀aero 空气的；飞行器的Aeroplane飞机aerospace 宇宙空间★billion 十亿several billion 几十亿couple/ dozen 一打/score 20个/ hundred/ thousand/ million / billion/ trillionhundreds of 成百上千thousands of ….★faulty 有缺点的；不完美的fault n. I like him despite his faults.虽然他有种种缺点, 但我仍然喜欢他.It's partly your fault.一方面也是由于你的过错。
Mistake 生活词汇by mistake / mistake …. For….. mistook/mistakenI picked up your bag by mistake.我错拿了你的手提包。
★astronaut 宇航员astro 前缀宇宙的；太空的astronomy 天文学★shuttle (n.) 航天飞机；梭子；短程穿梭运行的车辆(或火车、飞机等)(v.) 短程穿梭般运送We shuttled the passengers to the city center by helicopter.我们使用直升飞机往返不停地将旅客运送到市中心。
Shuttle bus 往返的公交汽车shuttle service 定期往返班次★endeavor (n.) 努力（attempt，effort）Please make every endeavor to arrive in time请尽量准时到达(v.) 努力（比try 更正式）endeavor to do sthThey endeavored to make her happy but in vain.但是没有成功。
★robot-arm n. 机器手robot n. 机器人, 遥控设备, 自动机械, 机械般工作的人arm n.臂, v. 装备配备（be armed with）=be equipped withJustice has long arms. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Phrases: an arm and a leg （n.）过高的价格Arm in arm 臂挽臂（hand in hand / shoulder by shoulder）★grab (v.) 紧紧地抓；赶;匆忙地做；抢（n.）抓取物, 抓The thief grabbed the purse and ran away with it. 这贼猛地一把抓住钱包逃跑了Dad grabbed some breakfast and went off to work. 爸爸匆匆吃了点早饭就去上班了。
Grab a seat and make yourself at home. 随便找个地方坐，别客气。
★atmosphere n. 大气层添加含义：atmosphere n.气氛，氛围The meeting is gone on in very friendly atmosphere.会议在非常友好的气氛中进行The atmosphere over dinner was warm and friendly.用餐时洋溢著热情友好的气氛。
The atmosphere is very stuffy in here can we open a window?这的空气很闷--咱们能把窗户打开吗?★distant adj. 1.遥远的[(+from)] 2.非近亲的,远亲的[B]The sun is distant from the earth.太阳距地球很遥远。
He is my distant relative.他是我的远房亲戚。
★galaxy1.【天】银河the milky way2.一群(尤指出色的人或灿烂的事物a galaxy of talents一群才子a galaxy of film stars一群影星★eagle eye 鹰眼eagle 老鹰eye (n.)眼睛；眼光;眼神[C]with sleepy eyes 用昏昏欲睡的眼神keep an eye on …. 照看;注意make eyes at sb 向某人暗送秋波【课文讲解】1、The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars.at a cost of … 造价为……，耗资，以……的价格/费用He saved his daughter from the fire but at the cost of his own life.他牺牲了生命，把女儿从大火中救出来。
NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration(美国)国家航空和宇宙航行局（单词縮写一般都是组织或者机构）cost 价格，成本The cost of living continues to rise. 生活费用继续上涨。
He is determined to stay abroad at all cost. 他打定主意要不惜一切代价呆在国外。
2、Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. 从最开始哈勃望远镜就有问题◆right from the start 从最开始（right 起强调作用）He didn’t want to work at the firm (right) from the start. 他从最开始就不想在这家公司上班。
◆trouble with… 关于……有麻烦What's the trouble with you? 你有什么麻烦? (医生常这样问)There is (engine) trouble with my car. 我的汽车（发动机）有问题。
Mr Jones has a long history of heart trouble.琼斯先生有长期的心脏病史Nobody will believe he is in trouble because he has cried wolf so many times.因为他多次谎发警报，现在谁也不会相信他遭难了get into trouble.陷入麻烦You are just inviting trouble if you do that.你那么做就是在自找麻烦。
His father told him to stay out of trouble.他父亲叫他避开是非之地。
3、The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty! 它传送给我们的图像很令人失望, 因为它的主要镜子有误差main mirror 主要镜子◆fault n. 错误；faulty adj.有错误的The new TV is faulty in design.新电视在设计上是有缺点的。
Sorry, it's my fault.◆The speech was most disappointing这篇演讲非常令人失望Her exam results were disappointing她的考试成绩令人失望4、NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it. 国家航天局准备纠正这一错误，为此将把4名宇航员送入太空修复望远镜put sth. right 修好（故障等），校正，纠正Remember to put the lights right tomorrow.明天记得把灯修好Have you put the clock right?你把钟对好了吗？Minor mistakes must be quickly put right.小错误必须很快纠正。
A good rest will put you right.好好休息一下你就会好转的。
send up 往上送，使（价格等）上升，提高Space rockets are being sent up all the time.现在随时都有火箭发射send away 赶走，解雇，派he sent his daughter away to school in England5、跳过一句A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs. “奋进”号上的一只机器手将抓住望远。