16.Even a telescope in orbit round the earth, like the very successful Hubbletelescope, would not be suitable because of the dust particles iron solar system.
即使是一臺放置在圍繞地球的軌道上的望遠(yuǎn)鏡—如非常成功的哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡—也因?yàn)樘栂抵械膲m埃微粒而無法勝任。
17.A telescope would have to be as far away as the planet Jupiter to look for life inouter space, because the dust becomes thinner the further we travel towards theouter edges of our own solar system.
望遠(yuǎn)鏡要放置在木星那樣遙遠(yuǎn)的行星上才有可能在外層空間搜尋生命。因?yàn)槲覀冊绞墙咏栂档倪吘?,塵埃就越稀薄。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:as…as引導(dǎo)比較狀語,變?yōu)榉穸〞r(shí)只需變化為not as/so…as即可。
18.Once we detected a planet, we would have to find a way of blotting out the lightfrom its star, so that we would be able to 'see' the planet properly and analyze itsatmosphere.
一旦我們找到這樣一顆行星,我們就要想辦法將它的恒星射過來的光線遮暗,這樣我們就能徹底“看見”這顆行星,并分析它的大氣層。
語言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:so that引導(dǎo)結(jié)果狀語從句。