Studioclassroom_20090317

Exploring the Final Frontier

Is space worth the trouble?

20090317空英講解課程

SC: Space programs have been around for about 60 years. What have we learned in that time?
PT: Well, a great deal. We have satisfied many of the curiosities we had about space and the different planets.
Perhaps most importantly, space exploration has opened our eyes to things we never though to ask about/
SC: Space exploration is very dangerous and there has a huge cost. Has it been worth it?
PT: In terms of cost, yes. The movie Titanic cost about $200 million.


PT: Now, a few years later, nobody talks about it anymore. The Stardust space mission cost about $150 million,
and it will be reflected in textbooks and research for the next two decades.
The program will impact our understanding of the processes of the solar system and of life where we come from and
where we are going. It might sound like $150 million is a lot of money and it is.
I don't have that much - but there are endeavors that are much larger and perhaps have more ephemeral effects.






explore v.
eg: Tim explored the forest behind his house.

open one's/someone's eyes
eg: Jarrod's visit to Cambodia opened his eyes to the way many people live.
eg: My visit to the volcano really opened my eyes to nature's beauty.
eg: A talk with the professor really opened my eyes to my own ignorance.


impact v.
eg: Cell phones will continue to impact the way people live and work for many years.

endeavor n. 努力
eg: Sara is always taking on some new endeavor like climbing a mountain or exploring a lost city.
eg: Raising a child is a joint endeavor between the father and the mother.
eg: The advanture's endeavor to cross the Atlantic

ephemeral
eg: Pop songs are often ephemeral
eg: The poem talks about love being only an ephemeral fever.


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