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新太空競賽The New Space Race

太空旅行不再只是科幻小說 Space tourism is no longer just science fiction

太空景點

參觀什麼要看情況；「太空發射行程」會將遊客帶到地球上空八十五到一百公里的地方,停留大約五分鐘。

遊客可以從那裡看到地球的孤線並在身體失重狀態下漂浮盤旋。

「太空軌道行程」則會載著好奇的遊客往上飛越四百多公里進入太空,前往參觀國際太空站！

所需花費ロ太空發射之旅：二十五萬美元口國際太空站之旅：五千五百萬美元訓練要求

遊客為了太空旅行所需的預備,包括乘坐模擬失重的特殊飛機,以及練習在離心機中快速旋轉承受高度加速。

俯瞰地球

國際太空站指揮官克里斯哈德菲爾德表示,那是種無與倫比深刻且十分壯麗的景象：「我已經環繞地球兩千六百五十次左右,但我從來不覺得看夠了。．．．我上一次繞行地球的體驗比之前所有的都更加豐富、更為壯麗、更令人驚嘆不已。」儘管價錢讓人望而卻步,太空旅館和月球行正逐漸從科幻小說走入現實。

誰知道未來會是什麼樣子？

Where exactly do space tourists go?

That depends. A "space shot" takes visitors 85 to 100 kilometers above Earth for approximately five minutes. From there they can see the curve of the earth and hover in weightlessness. A trip into orbit takes the curious over 400 kilometers up into space to visit the International Space Station (ISS)!

How much does it cost?

A space shot: US$250,000

A trip to the ISS: US$55 million

What about training?

To prepare for a trip, a person rides in a special airplane that simulates weightlessness and practices tolerating high acceleration by spinning in a centrifuge.

What's it like to see Earth from space?

It's incomparably profound and constantly magnificent, according to ISS Commander Chris Hadfield: "I've been around the world 2,650 times or so, and I never once could see enough of it. ... My last orbit of the world was even more rich and magnificent and awe-inspiring than all of the ones before it."

Prohibitive as the price tag is, space hotels and moon tours are heading out of science fiction and into reality. Who knows what the future will bring?

that depends/ it depends取決於…；看…情況

When Blake asked Alice to dinner she replied, "That denends on where vou want to eat "

When a student asks Mrs. Nordvedt if their answer is correct or not, she always answers, "It depends," before asking a further question.

that all depends/ it all depends視情況而定

Chloe asked her mother if she could go to a party, and her mom answered, "That all depends on who is going to be there."要看有哪些人會去來決定

（to）hover 在空中盤旋或翱翔

The helicopter hovered above the canyon as the rescue workers dropped a rope down for the hiker to grab onto.

The birds are hovering above the waves waiting to catch sight of a fish.盤旋

（to）hover 徘徊；守候

Nate's mother always hovers over him when he does his homework.

horizon vs. the curve of the earth

centrifuge 離心機

we use this in the medical field, urn, to talk about something that spins around really quickly to separate liquids inside these tubes.

tolerate

a learning curve

have a steep learning curve 學習某是很困難

English can sometimes have a steep learning curve.

incomparably （adv.）額外地；無比地

The researcher remarked that it was incomparably rare to find those kinds of gold items at an ancient site.無比稀少的

incomparable（adj.）無可匹敵的；無與倫比的

 The incomparable feats that Simone Biles performed in gymnastics still leave people wondering how she did them.超群技藝

The entire hiking group stood at the top of the mountain and stared at the incomparable beauty before them.無與倫比的美景

prohibitive　（adj.）費用高的；負擔不起的

During the crisis, the prohibitive prices of rice and vegetables meant a lot of people went hungry. 危難的時刻，過高的米價和菜價意味著很多人要挨餓

The prohibitive cost of airplane tickets prevented Janice from going to Europe to see her brother.

prohibit　（v.）禁止；阻止

Isabelle’s mother prohibited Alan from seeing Isabelle again after he brought her home an hour late.

What’s it like to ＋（v.）？

What’s like to grow up in Taiwan as a foreigner？

profound 深刻的

very great and intense

Often we use it to describe something that has to do with our emotions or an emotional experience.

I also think of the word "profound" as saying that something has a lot of weight.

It carries a lot of influence, I think, as well.

Somebody that has had a profound impact or influence on you.

accerleration

…or so

（n.）＋never grows old

When you really enjoy something or when you like to do something so much that you're willing to do it over and over, you can say, "I never grow old... or I never grow tired of this."

Yeah. It never grows old.

I never get tired of this, right?

Well, prohibitive as the price tag is, space hotels and moon tours are heading out of science fiction and into reality.