Lesson18 The International Space Station: A World Project

Scientists have built an exciting project 270 miles into space. Sixteen countries from all around the world worked together to plan and construct a permanent space station. The 16 nations included the United States,Canada,Japan,Russia,Brazil, Belgium,Denmark,France,Germany,Italy,the Netherlands,Norway,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,and the United Kingdom. In fact, the International Space Station (ISS) is the largest international scientific project in human history.Construction on the ISS began in 1998 and was completed in 2002.
Six people from different countries live on the Space Station. It has a permanent laboratory where the scientists conduct research that they cannot do on Earth. These studies will be possible because the space station is almost completely outside Earth's gravity. Some of this important research will help scientists understand more about human learning and memory. The scientists will also be able to study Earth systems such as the oceans,weather,climate,and plant growth.These systems affect the quality of life for all people today,as well as for our future generation.

construct 建造
permanent 永久的
construction 建造
gravity 重力

國際空間站——一項全球性工程

科學(xué)家們已經(jīng)在太空270英里處建造了一項激動人心的工程。世界上16個國家共同努力，設(shè)計并建造了一個永久性空間站。這16個國家包括美國、加拿大、日本、俄羅斯、巴西、比利時、丹麥、法國、德國、意大利、荷蘭、挪威、西班牙、瑞典、瑞士和英國。

事實上，國際空間站是人類歷史上最大的國際性科學(xué)項目。國際空間站的建造開始于1998年，完工于2002年。
來自于不同國家的六個人居住在空間站中?？臻g站有一個永久的實驗室，在那里科學(xué)家可以做他們在地球上無法做的實驗，因為空間站幾乎完全不受地心引力影響。其中一些重要的研究將幫助科學(xué)家更好地了解人類的學(xué)習(xí)與記憶?？茖W(xué)家還將研究例如海洋、天氣、氣候和植物生長等地球系統(tǒng)。這些系統(tǒng)將影響我們所有人及我們后代的生活質(zhì)量。