十多年來(lái)
Joel has been engineering rovers
喬爾一直在設(shè)計(jì)建造
to send to the Red Planet.
前往紅色行星的火星車
Before I got into working on rovers,
在參與到火星車工作之前
of course like anybody else
我當(dāng)然也會(huì)和別人一樣
I thought it was going to be a kind of a tricky business.
以為它是一項(xiàng)困難的工作
It sounds hard throwing things up into space
光聽(tīng)到要把東西送進(jìn)宇宙
and exploring other planets.
探索其他行星就覺(jué)得很難
Once I got into it,
當(dāng)我開(kāi)始做這個(gè)工作后
I learned that it's even harder than I thought.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)它比我想象的更困難
This is the third rover that Joel has worked on.
這是喬爾設(shè)計(jì)建造的第三個(gè)火星車了
But even for a Mars veteran like him,
但即便他對(duì)火星任務(wù)已經(jīng)相當(dāng)了解
Curiosity has been a huge challenge.
好奇號(hào)仍然是一個(gè)巨大的挑戰(zhàn)
Curiosity is the most complex vehicle we have sent to Mars.
好奇號(hào)是我們送往火星的最復(fù)雜的探測(cè)器
Hundreds of people have worked on it for more than eight years
八年多來(lái) 數(shù)百人都在為它工作
and we're still working on it.
但我們的工作仍在繼續(xù)
Different people understand different aspects of it,
不同領(lǐng)域的人負(fù)責(zé)它的不同部分
but nobody knows it all.
沒(méi)有人能精通全部
重點(diǎn)解釋:
1.more than 超過(guò);多于
例句:She wishes to be treated as nothing more than a common girl.她希望被對(duì)待得只不過(guò)像一般的女孩子。
2.send to 派駐,派往
例句:I have three suits to send to the cleaners.我有三套衣服要送到洗衣店去干洗。
3.work on 忙于
例句:She is working on a new dictionary.她一直在忙著編寫(xiě)一本新詞典。