Too Much Space Junk

3… 2… 1… Lift off! Yep! Another rocket is going into space! Did you know that humans have been putting rockets into space for about 65 years? We send rockets into space, but many times, after they go up, pieces of them never come back down! We call these things "space junk." 很多火箭飛出去後，火箭的某一些部份永遠不會回來，變成了太空垃圾。 Space junk is a big problem - one of these pieces could hit a spaceship! 太空垃圾可能會撞到太空船。 And, in space, everything moves super, super fast. So when one piece of space junk hits another piece of space junk… it's a huge crash! 太空中，東西移動的速度都很快。當太空垃圾撞到別的太空垃圾，形成巨大的碰撞。 And the crash makes even more space junk! The pieces get even smaller! And then they keep flying around the earth. 它們撞成碎片後，繼續繞著地球飛行！ Wow! People are sometimes really messy! We even make messes in space! Maybe someday special robots can go into space and help clean up space junk. 也許有一天，機器人能去外太空幫忙清這些垃圾。 It's not going to be easy, but if the whole world works together, we can find a way to do it. But, the first thing we should do is stop putting any more junk into space, right? 但還是要先停止讓更多垃圾到太空去！ ________________________________ Vocabulary 太空垃圾過多，對未來的太空旅行可能會造成危險。 1. spaceship 太空船 Look, a spaceship! 你看，太空船 ! I think that's a satellite, Paz. 我覺得那是一顆人造衛星。 It could be a spaceship. 也有可能是太空船。 2. junk 垃圾 You may be right. 你也許說對了。 But even if it's a spaceship, it could become space junk someday. 不過就算是太空船，有一天它也會變成太空垃圾。 Is there a lot of junk in space? 太空裡有很多垃圾嗎？ Yeah, a lot. 是，有很多。 3. mess 混亂 What a mess you have here! 你這裡真是一團亂！ Sorry. We had a party last night. 真抱歉，我們昨天開派對。 Let me clean it up. 讓我來清理一下。 4. messy 凌亂的 How could you sleep in this messy room? 你怎麼能睡在這個亂七八糟的房間？ Easy. I didn't sleep. 很簡單，我沒睡。 We talked, laughed and danced all night. 我們整晚聊天說笑，還跳舞。 今天的單字你可記住了？ spaceship 太空船 junk 垃圾 mess 混亂 messy 凌亂的 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What is "space junk?" A: Pieces of rockets B: Kitchen garbage C: Dirty socks and shoes 2. What happens when space junk crashes? A: It eats ice cream B: It gets smaller C: Nothing 3. How fast does space junk fly around the earth? A: As fast as a running horse B: Not very fast C: Super fast Answers 1. A 2. B 3. C -- Hosting provided by SoundOn