New Words

* rivalry
n. active competition between people 競爭；對抗

craft
n. 1. (pl. unchanged) a boat, ship, aircraft, etc. 小船；船；飛機；飛行器
2. skill and care in doing or making sth. 工藝；手藝
3. a trade or profession requiring skill and care （需要特種手藝的）行業；職業
4. 詭計；手腕

* shuttle
n. 航天飛機
v. go from one place to another 穿梭往返

extraterrestrial
a. happening, existing or coming from somewhere beyond Earth 地球（或其大氣圈）外的；行星際的；宇宙的

military
a. of or for soldiers or an army 軍事的
n. (the ～ ) soldiers or the army; the armed forces 軍人；軍隊；武裝部隊

aeronautics
n. the scientific study or practice of constructing and flying aircraft 航空學

space exploration
n. 外層空間探索

* collaboration
n. working together with sb., esp. to create or produce sth. 合作，協作

cancel
vt. order (sth.) to be stopped; make (sth.) no longer valid 取消；廢除

rocket
n. 火箭
vi. move very fast; rise quickly and suddenly 飛速前進；猛漲

* impetus
n. a force that encourages a process to develop more quickly 推動力；刺激

controversy
n. fierce argument or disagreement about sth., esp. one that is carried on in public over a long period 爭論；爭議

worthwhile
a. worth doing; worth the trouble taken 值得做的；值得花費時間（精力）的

orbit
n. a path followed by an object, eg. a spacecraft, round a planet, star, etc. ［天］軌道
v. move in orbit round sth. 環繞（天體的）軌道運行

planetary
a. 行星的

gross
a. total; whole 總的；毛的

timewarp
n. (in science fiction) a situation in which people or things from one point in time are moved to or trapped in another point in time （科幻作品中）時間異常（或間斷、暫停）