warp
n. 1. a bend or twist 變形；翹曲
2. a fault or abnormality in a person's character 反常心理；乖戾

Phrases and Expressions

press ahead (with sth.)
continue doing a task or pursuing an aim despite difficulties, objections, etc. （不顧困難地）繼續(xù)進(jìn)行

coupled with
together with 與…一起；連同

scale back
reduce in size 按比例縮減，相應(yīng)縮減

put sth. in doubt
make sth. uncertain 使某事物不確定

blow up
explode; be destroyed by an explosion 爆炸；炸毀

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
the annual total value of goods produced, and services provided, in a country 國(guó)內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值

be on good terms
have a good relationship 關(guān)系好

be caught in
be involved in 陷入，卷入

Proper Names

the Soviet Union
蘇聯(lián)（蘇維埃社會(huì)主義共和國(guó)聯(lián)盟，現(xiàn)已解體為獨(dú)聯(lián)體）

John F. Kennedy
約翰·F·肯尼迪（1917—1963，美國(guó)第三十五任總統(tǒng)[1961—1963]）

the Cold War
a state of hostility between the U.S. and the USSR without actual fighting after World War II （第二次世界大戰(zhàn)后為爭(zhēng)奪世界霸權(quán)的）美蘇冷戰(zhàn)（時(shí)期）

the Challenger disaster
explosion of the spaceship "Challenger" in which seven people were killed, including a woman teacher who was the first non-astronaut to be invited on a flight into space 美國(guó)“挑戰(zhàn)者”號(hào)航天飛機(jī)升空后73秒爆炸這一慘劇(1986)

Mir
（前蘇聯(lián)和現(xiàn)俄羅斯的）“和平”號(hào)空間站

the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
an agency of the U.S. government established to direct and aid civilian research and development in aeronautics and aerospace technology （美國(guó)）國(guó)家航空和航天局

the International Space Station
（多國(guó)合作的）國(guó)際空間站

the House of Representatives
（美國(guó)）眾議院

Ariane
阿麗亞娜（歐洲航天局研制的火箭名）

the Berlin wall
柏林墻（1961年由東德政府修筑，1900年拆除）