總工程師喬爾·克拉耶夫斯基主持整個測試
The fate of this mission
這次任務的結果
is central to everybody's soul, really.
對每個人來說都至關重要
Most folks have worked on this for three years,
大多數(shù)同事在這上面已經(jīng)花了
five years, eight years.
三年 五年 甚至八年的時間
You don't get to do many in a given career.
人們的職業(yè)生涯中不可能取得太多成就
You only get to do a few if you're lucky.
能有一些成就已經(jīng)是很幸運的
So the stakes for everybody are as high as they can be.
所以每個人下的賭注都很高
This is just a rehearsal,
這只是一場演習
but on the 6th of August,
但在八月六號
they'll be doing it for real,
這就是真的了
hoping the Curiosity rover
他們希望好奇號火星車
will arrive safely
能夠在目的地
at its destination.
安全著陸
Mars,
火星
the Red Planet.
紅色的行星
It's become known as the Bermuda Triangle of space.
它被稱為宇宙中的百慕大三角
Since the launch of the first rocket there in the 1960s,
自六十年代向火星發(fā)射第一枚火箭以來
two-thirds of all missions
三分之二的任務
have ended in disaster.
都以失敗告終
重點解釋:
1.work on 不停地工作
例句:She is working on a new dictionary.她一直在忙著編寫一本新詞典。
2.be known as 被稱為, 公認為
例句:t's known as the most dangerous part of the city.那地方都知道是市內最危險的地段。
3.end in 以 ... 告終
例句:is summer vacation will end in the late August.他的暑假將于八月底結束。