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口译练习 Day 23:Space Tourism

2018-03-03 译匠

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Space Tourism Will Lift off in 2018


In late 2018, tourists will be heading into space. And there is a race on to get them there. 


Per Wimmer: I’ve done a lot of adventurous things on Earth, but going into space is kind of the ultimate adventure.


Virgin Galactic will at last take paying customers beyond the stratosphere. But their efforts might be eclipsed by SpaceX, a company planning to send two tourists around the Moon, taking them further into space than any human since 1972. 



Phil Larson: Science fiction is becoming science fact. And that’s what we’re going to see next year.


Per Wimmer: The first that will happen when you’re in space is just a feeling of weightlessness. Being free like a bird, no strings attached. Watching the beautiful Earth, the blue waters, the land masses, the darkness of the universe in the back. I can’t think about a better place to be.


There’s a new breed of would-be astronauts for whom the sky is no limit. 


Per Wimmer: It’s very difficult to be an adventurer on Earth today. Most of the world is already discovered. I’ve certainly done my part in traveling around the world. But space, that is where the true frontier is for us in 2018 – being an adventurer, that’s what we’ve got to go.


But it’s not in everyone’s reach. Multi-millionaire entrepreneur, Per Wimmer, will be one of the first tourists to go into space with private company, Virgin Galactic.


Per Wimmer: Going to space ain’t cheap. I’ve certainly spent more than a million dollars. The ticket itself and then you’ve got training and it starts to add up.


If all goes to plan, in 2018, Virgin Galactic will launch Mr. Wimmer to the edge of the atmosphere, where he’ll be able to look back down on Earth. 


But Elon Musk’s aerospace company, SpaceX, plans to go one step further on a flyby loop around the Moon. 


Phil Larson: It’s orders of magnitude more difficult to get to orbit or to go around the Moon. The energies, the fuel, the power, the materials are on a whole different level.


We have a liftoff, 32 minutes past the hour, liftoff on Apollo 11.


Only 24 astronauts have ever made the almost 240,000-mile voyage to Earth’s nearest neighbor. In 2018, two paying customers could be the first humans to venture that far into space for over 40 years. But this mission is shrouded in mystery.


Phil Larson: They’ve not disclosed who’s actually going, but it’s someone with the means of paying for private rocket launch and a trip that has never been done before.


There are serious doubts whether these ambitious targets can be reached in 2018. SpaceX has yet to carry out fundamental tests on the launcher. But if these missions do go ahead, they’ll be dangerous ventures.


Phil Larson: Only about 550 people in total have ever been to space, and launching is still a risky endeavor. Until we get that perfected, it’s going to be one of the challenges private space companies face.


Obviously, a major malfunction.



Eighteen people have died in spaceflight, and one of Virgin Galactic’s own test pilots lost his life in training in 2014.


Phil Larson: Once you’re in space, everything from orbital debris traveling at 17,500mph to the loss of bone and muscle density, which could have detrimental effects to your health. 


Per Wimmer: You have got to take risk. You are pushing the boundaries. Family, friends, they tend to be more concerned. I have signed a…a letter of consent, I take on the risk, but I’m aware of what I’m doing. 


This boom in the commercial space industry marks a new era in space travel.


Phil Larson: The fact that the private sector has to compete with one another requires they innovate and that will help drive down cost.


Elon Musk: This is extremely important for revolutionising access to space.



Phil Larson: As more and more people go to space and we master space tourism, that’s going to enable whole new economies in space. We will be able to go to the Moon, to asteroids, to Mars, all because we’ve lowered the cost of access to space. I could see space travel being open to the masses within a decade.


And opening space up to the masses may have an impact on the way humans see the Earth itself.


Phil Larson: When Apollo 8 came around the dark side of the Moon and saw Earth for the first time as a whole disc, that gave us a sense of how small we are. Space tourism has the ability to help change humanity’s perspective on what it means to be human, and what it means to take care of the Earth.


打卡任务清单:

必做的标配打卡任务,可提高英语听力、提高翻译能力;

可选的高配打卡任务,可练习口译笔记、提高口译能力。

 

标配打卡任务清单:

1 集中注意力仔细听一遍英文音频/视频,有意识地抓句子主干、概括大意;

看视频/听音频进行跟读影子练习

3 再听一遍音频/视频,边听边做口译笔记;

4 对照文本记下文中没听懂和没看懂的发音和术语含义(通过在线搜索,积累专业术语储备)。

5 选一段你认为代表整个文本核心内容的句子进行笔译练习,以双语对照的形式贴在评论区。

 

高配打卡任务清单:

 

1 集中注意力仔细听一遍英文音频/视频,基础好的可以直接边听边练习记笔记;

看视频/听音频进行跟读影子练习;

3 再听一遍做口译笔记或补充之前的笔记,可根据具体情况适当停顿,希望比第一遍多抓住信息点;

4 打开音频或视频,对照文本进行实时视译,之后记下文中没听懂和没看懂的发音和术语含义,通过在线搜索,积累专业术语储备。

5 选一段你认为代表整个文本核心内容的句子进行笔译练习,以双语对照的形式贴在评论区。想练习交传和同传的小伙伴可以自己录音,自己听后评估或找partner反馈。

 

如果完成打卡任务,请在评论区,朋友圈评论区或文字发布区写下完成清单数字并附上一段话的双语对照译文。


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