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1. Spacecraft n. a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun宇宙飛船
2. Probe n. a flexible slender surgical instrument used to explore wounds or body cavities探測針
3. Astronomy n. the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole天文學
4. Asteroid belt n. the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found 小行星帶
5. Asteroid n. any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)小行星、小游星
6. Antenna n. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals天線
7. Transmit v. transfer to another傳輸
8. Atmosphere n. a particular environment or surrounding influence大氣
9. Satellite n. man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon衛星
【聽力原文】
It's my pleasure to come to you today to talk about the Galileo mission to the planet Jupiter. Galileo was launched in 1989 and we had to wait until the end of 1995 for the spacecraft and its probe to reach Jupiter. Of course there was some exciting moment for long away too. I first visited Dr. Black's Astronomy class--back when Galileo, had just visited the Asteroid Belt. I was able at that time to bring Galileo's images of the Asteroid Gasper. That was the first time we got an up-close look at an Asteroid. And it was just amazing. But there were also some disappointments. In April of 1991 we realized that one of the antennas that was supposed to transmit data had not functioned. That meant that we had to rely on the smaller antennas to give us data. But we ended up being quite pleased with what we see from Galileo. As I mentioned before, at the end of 1995, the Galileo probe finally entered Jupiter's atmosphere. We knew Jupiter's position at that time will make communication with the spacecraft difficult, so we decided to suspend data transmission. After waiting about half a year, we began to receive data about Jupiter's atmosphere in satellites,and we continued collecting it for two years. And now what you all have been waiting for, direct images of Jupiter.
