新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第61課(3)

　　Lesson 61:The future 未來

　　The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars. Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty! NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it. The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble. A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs. Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen. The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe. By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.

　　句子講解：

　　7、Of course, the Hubble is above the earth"s atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.

　　當然，哈勃位于地球的大氣層之外，因此，它很快就會給我們俜送我們所見到過的、有關行星和遠距離星系的最清晰的照片。

　　語言點 本句后半部分that we have ever seen為定語從句。

　　8、The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe.

　　哈勃將告訴我們有關宇宙的年齡和大小的許多事情。

　　語言點 a great deal大量;a great deal of 一般用于修飾不可數(shù)名詞。

　　9、By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.

　　等到你讀到這篇文章時，敏銳的哈勃望遠鏡已經(jīng)為我們送來了成千上萬張精彩的照片。

　　語言點 by the time用于完成時態(tài)will have sent連用。

　　真題測試 測試語言點：by the time用于完成時態(tài)

　　By the end of this month, we surely ( )a satisfactory solution to the problem. (1993 年 6月CET~4，第45題)

　　A. have found B. will be finding C. will have found D. are finding

　　答案：選C

　　分析：By the end of this month是表示將來的時間狀語，對應將來完成時。

　　翻譯：到這個月底，我們肯定能夠找到一個解決這個問題的滿意方法。

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