
Bacteria are an annoying problem for astronauts. The microorganisms(微生物) from our bodies grow uncontrollably on surfaces of the International Space Station, so astronauts spend hours cleaning them up each week. How is NASA overcoming this very tiny big problem? It’s turning to a bunch of high school kids. But not just any kids. It depending on NASA HUNCH high school classrooms, like the one science teachers Gene Gordon and Donna Himmelberg lead at Fairport High School in Fairport, New York.
HUNCH is designed to connect high school classrooms with NASA engineers. For the past two years, Gordon’s students have been studying ways to kill bacteria in zero gravity, and they think they’re close to a solution(解决方案). “We don’t give the students any breaks. They have to do it just like NASA engineers,” says Florence Gold, a project manager.
"There are no tests," Gordon says. "There is no graded homework. There almost are no grades, other than 'Are you working towards your goal?' Basically, it’s 'I’ve got to produce this product and then, at the end of year, present it to NASA.' Engineers come and really do an in-person review, and... it’s not a very nice thing at times. It’s a hard business review of your product."
Gordon says the HUNCH program has an impact(影响) on college admissions and practical life skills. "These kids are so absorbed in their studies that I just sit back. I don’t teach." And that annoying bacteria? Gordon says his students are emailing daily with NASA engineers about the problem, readying a workable solution to test in space.
细菌对宇航员来说是一个恼人的问题。我们体内的微生物在国际空间站的表面不受控制地生长,所以宇航员每周要花几个小时来清理它们。NASA是如何克服这个非常小的大问题的?现在轮到一群高中生了。但并不是所有的孩子都这样。这取决于美国宇航局预感高中的教室,就像科学老师吉恩·戈登和唐娜·希梅尔伯格在纽约费尔波特的费尔波特高中所领导的那样。
HUNCH旨在将高中教室与NASA工程师连接起来。在过去的两年里,戈登的学生们一直在研究在零重力下杀死细菌的方法,他们认为他们已经接近解决方案了。“我们不给学生任何休息时间。他们必须像美国宇航局的工程师一样去做,”项目经理弗洛伦斯·戈尔德说。
“没有测试,”戈登说。“没有打分的家庭作业。除了“你在朝着你的目标努力吗?”基本上,就是“我必须生产出这个产品,然后在年底把它交给美国宇航局。”工程师会亲自来做评估,然后……有时这不是一件好事。这是对你的产品的一次艰难的商业评估。”
戈登说,HUNCH项目对大学录取和实际生活技能都有影响。“这些孩子如此专注于他们的学习,我只是坐在那里。我不教书。”那讨厌的细菌呢?戈登说,他的学生每天都在给美国宇航局的工程师发电子邮件,讨论这个问题,准备一个可行的解决方案,在太空中进行测试。以上翻译结果来自有道神经网络翻译(YNMT)· 通用场景
句子成分分析:
HUNCH is designed toconnect high school classrooms with NASA engineers.
句子语法结构详解:
* designed 为谓语,采用一般现在时和被动语态。
* to connect 为不定式,作状语。
* is 为助动词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
connect...with... | 1) 连接...与..., 联结...和... 2) 注意到...有关联, 把...联系起来 |
high school | 中学 |
Vocabulary:
hunch [hʌntʃ] | n. | 预感;直觉 |
design [di'zain] | vt. | 1) 设计,制图,构思 2) 计划,筹划,制订 |
classroom ['klɑ:sru:m] | n. | 教室 |
engineer [,endʒi'niә] | n. | 1) 工程师 2) (修理机器等的)技工,技师 |
句子成分分析:
[For the past two years],Gordon's students have been studying ways tokill bacteria [in zero gravity], || and they think
| they're close to a solution.
句子语法结构详解:
(they're = they are)
* studying 为谓语,采用现在完成进行时。
* to kill 为不定式,作状语。
* and 为并列连词,连接并列句。
* think 为谓语,采用一般现在时。
* 第2个 they 开头为宾语从句,引导词 that 被省略。
* are 为系动词作谓语,采用一般现在时。
* close 为形容词作表语。
* they 为人称代词主格。have, been 为助动词。Gordon's 为名词所有格。the 为定冠词。a 为不定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
zero gravity | (太空等的)零重力状态,失重状态 |
1) (在某事物上)接近 2) (空间或时间上)离...近 |
Vocabulary:
past [pɑ:st] | a. | 1) 过去的,昔日的 2) 刚过去的 |
two [tu:] | num | 二 |
year [jiә] | n. | 1) 年 2) 一年时间 |
student ['stju:dnt] | n. | 1) 学生,(尤指)中学生 2) 大学生,研究生,博士生 |
study ['stʌdi] | vt. | 1) 学习,攻读 2) 审视,端详,细看 |
way [wei] | n. | 1) 方法,方式,途径 2) 路, 道路,路线 |
kill [kil] | vt. | 1) 杀死 2) 毁灭,破坏,扼杀,使停止 |
bacteria [bæk'tiәriә] | n. | 细菌 |
think [θiŋk] | vt. | 1) 想,思考,思索,思想 2) 想,琢磨 |
solution [sә'lu:ʃәn] | n. | 1) 解决方法 2) 答案,谜底 |
子成分分析:
Gordon says | his students are emailing daily [with NASA engineers] [about the problem], readying a workable
solution to test [in space].
句子语法结构详解:
* says 为谓语,采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。
* his 开头为宾语从句,引导词 that 被省略。
* are 为系动词作谓语,采用一般现在时。
* emailing 为现在分词作定语
* readying 为现在分词,作状语。
* to test 为不定式,作状语。
* his 为形容词型物主代词。the 为定冠词。a 为不定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Vocabulary:
say [sei] | vt. | 1) 说,讲,告诉 2) 比方说,假设 |
student ['stju:dnt] | n. | 1) 学生,(尤指)中学生 2) 大学生,研究生,博士生 |
vt. | 给...发电子邮件 | |
daily ['deili] | n. | 日报 |
engineer [,endʒi'niә] | n. | 1) 工程师 2) (修理机器等的)技工,技师 |
about [ә'baut] | prep. | 1) 关于, 有关(...的) 2) 在...附近 3) 在...各处 |
problem ['prɔblәm] | n. | 1) 棘手的问题,难题,困难 2) 逻辑题,数学题 |
ready ['redi] | vt. | 作好……的准备,(为……)作好准备 |
workable ['wә:kәbl] | a. | 1) (系统、想法等)可行的;行得通的 2) 可成形(或延长、挖掘等)的 |
solution [sә'lu:ʃәn] | n. | 1) 解决方法 2) 答案,谜底 |
test [test] | vi. | 1) 测验,考查 2) 试验,检查,化验 |
space [speis] | n. | 1) 太空, 外层空间 2) 空间, 空地 3) 空, 空隙 |
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