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💼 今日主題：Driving on Mars 在火星上開車

💼 凱妃老師&派老師共同推薦：雅思聽力最好的課外教材：BBC
💼 康康精選雅思會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!!

👯 建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。

👯 MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
http://static.iyuba.com/sounds/minutes/42.mp3

👯 只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：

👯 中英文稿：
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English, I’m Neil and with me today is Chris.
大家好！歡迎大家來到BBC英語學習欄目的六分鐘英語，我是Neil,今天和我一起討論的是Chris。
Hello there.
大家好。
Now Chris, are you fan of driving?
Chris,你喜歡開車嗎？
Erm not really. I do have a driving licence but I don’t actually drive that often.
額....不太熱衷。我確實有駕照，但是我其實不經常開車。
OK then, so how do you think you would you like to try driving on Mars?
好吧，那麼你認為你會願意在火星上開車嗎？
On Mars? Wow, yes, I suppose that would be even more challenging than the London rush hour.
火星上？哇哦，是的，我想和倫敦交通的高峰時刻相比，在火星上開車可更是個挑戰了。
Well, our story today is about driving on Mars, though the vehicle which has been sent up there is remotely controlled. It means there isn’t a person driving it. It’s controlled using a machine back on Earth.
好的，今天我們的故事就是關於在火星上開車的，雖然被發送過去的車輛是被遠端遙控的。意味著並沒有人去駕駛車。是通過在地球上的機器進行控制的。
Wow, it sounds just like the best Christmas present I ever got as a child!
喔，聽起來就像是我孩子時代得到的最棒的聖誕禮物！
Well, you’re going to like this programme then today! But before we get into the details, though, let’s have our quiz question. It’s Mars-related, of course. I want to know how long a Mars year is. So, how long does it take Mars to go around, or orbit, the Sun? Is it:a) 152 days b) 687 days c) 2024 days
當然，你一定會喜歡今天的內容的！但是在我們進入今天的主題細節前，我們會有一個小測試題目。當然也是和火星相關的。我想知道一個火星年有多長。火星繞太陽一周需要多久？152天687天2024天
That’s quite a tricky one. I will say b) 687 days.
這真是相當棘手的問題呀，我猜是687天
OK, we will find out if you are right at the end of the programme. Now, some more information about this vehicle on Mars.
好的，在今天節目的最後，我們一起來找到答案。接下來是更多關於這款車在火星上的資訊。
Yes, this isn’t the first rover – or driverless car - to drive on the surface of the red planet.
的確，這不是第一輛在紅色星球表面駛動的無人駕駛汽車。
No, there have been plenty of others but this is by far the most sophisticated. It’s called the Curiosity rover and was made by NASA, the American Space Agency.
是的，之前就有其他款車，但這款是目前最高級的。這輛車稱為好奇號漫遊者，由美國航空航天局製造。
It took eight months to get to Mars and it’s about the size of a family car. While it’s up there, Curiosity will spend about two years exploring.
它用了8個小時到達火星，大小就像家庭用車那麼大。雖然它已經在火星上，但是好奇號將花費兩年時間對火星進行探索。
After that, there’s a plan to send up a new robot called InSight. Listen to this first part of a report from the BBC’s correspondent Jonathan Amos. What does he say the robot will be doing?
那之後，計畫將新型機器人“洞察力”派遣過去。認真聽來自BBC的通訊員Jonathan Amos的報告的第一段。聽聽他介紹的機器人將做些什麼？
InSight will put seismometers on the surface of the Red Planet and listen for ‘Marsquakes’.From the pattern of signals it picks up, the spacecraft should be able to work out where the different rock boundaries lie inside the planet
“洞察力”會將測震儀放置在火星表面，監聽火星上的震動資訊。根據它挑選的信號模式，太空船應該能夠判斷出火星內部不同岩石的邊界。
Some interesting vocabulary there, Chris.
Chris,這裡有一些有趣的詞彙。
Yes, the robot will put some seismometers on the surface of Mars. A seismometer is a machine which measures sudden movements under the surface of a planet.
是的，機器人將一些測震儀放置在火星表面。測震儀是一種能夠測量出行星表面之下的一些突然運動的機器。
These seismometers will listen for what they’re calling ‘Marsquakes’.
這些測震儀將監聽他們所謂的“火星震動”。
When the earth shakes violently, it’s called an earthquake. Because this is Mars, they are calling them ‘Marsquakes’.
當地球劇烈震動時，就是發生了地震。因為這是火星，人們稱之為“火星震”。
They also hope to find out more about Mars’s core – that’s the centre of the planet.
他們也同樣希望找到更多關於火星內殼的資訊，這是火星的中心。
Listen out for a word which describes metal or rock which is so hot, it is liquid. Here’s the second part of the BBC report.
從聽力中找出形容熱的金屬或岩石的詞，它是一種液體。這裡是BBC報告的第二部分。
It should also be able to establish whether Mars has a molten core.It is Earth’s swirling iron core that gives it the magnetic field which protects our atmosphere and oceans from being eroded by the Sun.Mars doesn’t have that and this probably goes a long way to explaining why the cold, desiccated world appears to have no life on it today.
通過檢測火星震，還能夠確定火星是否有熔岩中心。熔岩中心是地球的旋轉鐵心，它通過磁場保護我們的大氣和海洋以防止它們被太陽侵蝕。火星沒有這樣的熔岩中心，這可能就基本解釋了為什麼時至今日在這個寒冷、乾燥的星球上至今沒有生命跡象。
Very interesting stuff there. They want to find out if the core of Mars is molten. That’s the word which describes rock or metal which is so hot it’s liquid.
非常有趣。人們想要找到火星內核是否是灼熱的。這個詞就是用來形容灼熱的岩石或鋼鐵並且是液體。
The Earth’s core is made from iron. This spinning iron ball gives us the magnetic field which protects our atmosphere. They think that Mars doesn’t have that and so its atmosphere is very thin. Therefore, it’s not protected from the Sun and that’s also why there is probably no life on Mars.
地球內核是鋼鐵質地的。這個旋轉的鐵球給了我們一個磁場來保護我們的大氣層。人們認為火星沒有這種磁場，因此它的大氣層是非常稀薄的。因此，它會受到太陽的侵蝕，並且這也是為什麼火星上沒有生命的原因。
No life on Mars!? Oh, come on Chris, don’t disappoint me.
火星上沒有生命！？哦，算了吧Chris，別讓我失望。
Well, according to scientists, it’s very unlikely. But they do hope the explorations will give them some clues about whether there ever was life on the red planet.
的確，根據科學家的研究，火星上確實不太可能有生命跡象。但是他們相當希望這次探索將會給他們帶來一些線索，在這個紅色星球上是否有生命跡象。
It’s a shame. It would be so fascinating to discover there was life on Mars. Just think how amazing it would be to discover little green men alive on Mars!
很抱歉。在火星上發現生命將是非常令人陶醉的。試著想想，在火星上發現有小綠人活著是多麼驚人！
Er, yeah, you sound a little bit obsessed with this idea of life on Mars, Neil. But you’re not the only one, according to some critics of NASA.
額，是的，你看起來很癡迷于火星上有生命這個觀點。但是根據美國航空航天局的一些觀點，你不是唯一一個。
Let’s hear the final part of this BBC report from Jonathan Amos. What do they say NASA should be doing?
我們來聽聽來自Jonathan Amos的BBC報告的最後一段。他們所說的美國航空航天局在做的研究是什麼？
Nasa says the selection of InSight was made before its latest rover, Curiosity, landed a fortnight ago, and so recent events had no influence on the decision. But there are those within the planetary science community who believe the agency is becoming Mars-obsessed, and they would like to see a more diverse list of exploration targets.
美國國家航空航天局稱，在最新的越野車“好奇”登陸火星兩周前，他們就選擇了“洞察力”，因此最近的新聞對決定沒有影響。但是行星科學界認為美國國家航空航天局越來越癡迷于火星研究，他們更願意看到更多樣化的探索目標清單。
Critics of NASA say they should be looking at a more diverse list of exploration targets.Basically, this means they should be looking at a variety of places in space rather than concentrating on Mars.
來自美國航空航天局的評論員稱，他們應該尋找更多樣化的勘探目標清單。基本上，這意味著他們應該尋找太空中更多樣化的地區而不是只關注火星。
Well, I’d be quite happy for them to keep concentrating on Mars, actually!
事實上，我對他們能關注于火星還是感到相當高興的！
But you don’t work for NASA.
但是你不為美國航空航天局工作。
That is very true. Now, we’re coming to the end of the programme, so there’s just time to answer the quiz question. I wanted to know how long a Mars year is. So how long does it take Mars to go around, or orbit, the Sun? Is it: a) 152 days b) 687 days c) 2024 days
千真萬確。現在，我們到了節目的結尾，正好回答小測試問題。我想知道火星年有多長。也就是，火星多久繞太陽一周？152天687天2024天
And I said b) 687 days.
我覺得是687天
And you were absolutely right. I think you should be the one working for NASA, Chris.
相當正確。我想你應該為美國航空航天局工作呀，Chris。
Thank you!
謝謝！
That’s all from us, but do join us again for more 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com. Goodbye for now!
這就是今天全部內容，期待下一次加入我們的BBC六分鐘英語，再見了！
Bye!
拜拜！