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Graveyard of space
词数180 建议阅读时间6分钟
The International Space Station will fall down to Earth in 2031. TUCHONG
南太平洋上的“太空公墓”
The first piece of the International Space Station (ISS, 国际空间站) went into space in 1998. It has worked for over 20 years. More than 200 astronauts from 19 countries have been aboard (在……上) and done research there, according to CNN.
The ISS is old now. Around the year 2031, it will fall to Earth and “sleep” forever. The place for it to “sleep” is Point Nemo (尼莫点). It is about halfway between New Zealand and Chile, in the southern Pacific Ocean (南太平洋).
It is named after Captain Nemo from Jules Verne’s novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. “Nemo” also means “no one” in Latin (拉丁语). It is the furthest place from land. The closest humans to Point Nemo are often astronauts in space. There aren’t many animals either, because the water has poor nutrients (营养物). This makes it safe to dump (丢弃) old spacecraft there.
Since 1971, the United States, Russia, Japan and European countries have been using Point Nemo for crashing (坠毁) their old spacecraft. More than 263 pieces of space junk are there now. People call it the “space graveyard (墓地)”.
【重点词汇】
1. International Space Station 国际空间站
2. astronaut [ˈæstrənɔ:t]n.宇航员；航天员
3. aboard [əˈbɔ:d]adv. 在……上
4. the southern Pacific Ocean 南太平洋
5. Latin[ˈlætɪn]n. 拉丁语
6. nutrients [ˈnjuːtrɪənts]n.营养物
（nutrient的复数）
7. dump [dʌmp]v.倾倒；丢弃
8. crash [kræʃ]v.碰撞；坠毁
9. graveyard [ˈɡreɪvjɑ:d]n.墓地
【阅读理解练一练】
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. It took 20 years to build the ISS in space.
B. The ISS can hold 200 astronauts at a time.
C. Space research started in 1998.
D. The ISS is used by many countries.
文中相应句子
More than 200 astronauts from 19 countries have been aboard (在……上) and done research there, according to CNN.
2. What will happen to the ISS when it is too old to work?
A. It will keep flying in space.
B. It will be made into a museum.
C. It will fall into the southern Pacific Ocean.
D. It will become Point Nemo in space.
文中相应句子
Around the year 2031, it will fall to Earth and “sleep” forever. The place for it to “sleep” is Point Nemo (尼莫点). It is about halfway between New Zealand and Chile, in the southern Pacific Ocean (南太平洋).
3. What might the word “halfway” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. the furthest place
B. in the middle
C. the nearest place
D. at the end
文中相应句子
halfway between New Zealand and Chile
4. Point Nemo is a good home for space junk because .
a. it is named after a famous captain
b. it is the furthest place from land
c. there aren’t many animals
d. there are many nutrients
A. ab B. ac
C. bc D. bd
文中相应句子
It is the furthest place from land.
There aren’t many animals either, because the water has poor nutrients (营养物).
5. What can we learn from the story?
A. The ISS will still work for about 9 more years.
B. A book about Point Nemo was written in 1971.
C. Astronauts often train at Point Nemo.
D. There are 263 pieces of space junk above Earth.
文中相应句子
The ISS is old now. Around the year 2031, it will fall to Earth and “sleep” forever.
参考答案见下期
上期答案：CCBDB
南太平洋上的“太空公墓”
国际空间站（ISS）的第一部分于1998年进入太空。它已经运行了20多年。据CNN报道，来自19个国家的200多名宇航员已经登上过空间站并在那里做了研究。
国际空间站现在已使用很长时间了。大约在2031年，它会落到地球并永远“沉睡”。它“睡觉”的地方是尼莫点. 它位于南太平洋的新西兰和智利之间.
它是以儒勒·凡尔纳小说《海底两万里》中的尼摩船长命名的。“尼莫”在拉丁语中也有“无人”的意思. 这是离陆地最远的地方。距离尼莫点最近的人类通常是太空中的宇航员。动物也不多，因为水里的营养物很少. 这使得在那里丢弃旧的宇宙飞船是安全的。
自1971年以来，美国、俄罗斯、日本和欧洲国家一直在使用尼莫点进行坠毁他们的旧宇宙飞船。现在那里有超过263件太空垃圾。人们称之为“太空墓地”.
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