New Words
* rivalry
n. active competition between people 竞争;对抗
craft
n. 1. (pl. unchanged) a boat, ship, aircraft, etc. 小船;船;飞机;飞行器
2. skill and care in doing or making sth. 工艺;手艺
3. a trade or profession requiring skill and care (需要特种手艺的)行业;职业
4. 诡计;手腕
* shuttle
n. 航天飞机
v. go from one place to another 穿梭往返
extraterrestrial
a. happening, existing or coming from somewhere beyond Earth 地球(或其大气圈)外的;行星际的;宇宙的
military
a. of or for soldiers or an army 军事的
n. (the ~ ) soldiers or the army; the armed forces 军人;军队;武装部队
aeronautics
n. the scientific study or practice of constructing and flying aircraft 航空学
space exploration
n. 外层空间探索
* collaboration
n. working together with sb., esp. to create or produce sth. 合作,协作
cancel
vt. order (sth.) to be stopped; make (sth.) no longer valid 取消;废除
rocket
n. 火箭
vi. move very fast; rise quickly and suddenly 飞速前进;猛涨
* impetus
n. a force that encourages a process to develop more quickly 推动力;刺激
controversy
n. fierce argument or disagreement about sth., esp. one that is carried on in public over a long period 争论;争议
worthwhile
a. worth doing; worth the trouble taken 值得做的;值得花费时间(精力)的
orbit
n. a path followed by an object, eg. a spacecraft, round a planet, star, etc. [天]轨道
v. move in orbit round sth. 环绕(天体的)轨道运行
planetary
a. 行星的
gross
a. total; whole 总的;毛的
timewarp
n. (in science fiction) a situation in which people or things from one point in time are moved to or trapped in another point in time (科幻作品中)时间异常(或间断、暂停)