CNN英语听力2012年05月合辑（文本 翻译）：20120528.doc

1、We appreciate the students at Ridgeview Junior High for getting us started today.Hi, Im Carl Azuz.Its May 23rd and we are ready to launch into todays headlines.Three, two, one, zero and launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket, as NASA turns to the private sector to resupplythe International Space Stati

2、on.What youre watching is the beginning of a new era in space exploration. Its the first time a commercial rocket,one owned by a private company, has taken off for the International Space Station.SpaceXs Falcon 9 Rocket is carrying 1,300 pounds of food, clothes and supplies. The company has a contra

3、ct with NASA worth nearly $400 million. And its trying to show that private companies can get to the ISS safely and efficiently.John Zarrella explains this shift in space exploration.No one is going to any planets right now, because there are no vehicles that can take anybody to the planet. So all o

4、f these companies are trying to develop their own rockets, their own spacecraft, in order to take U.S.astronauts to the International Space Station.What NASA decided to do was to get out of the low Earth orbit business.How do you do that?You start turning over to commercial companies the flights to

5、the International Space Station, taking crew, taking cargo and eliminating the Space Shuttle program. It was the only way that NASA was going to be able to move out and do the things that NASA does best, which is to do deep space exploration.So now you have several commercial companies competing for

6、 contracts for taking cargo to the International Space Station, competing for contracts to ultimately take astronauts to the International Space Station.The only place to go right now, until there are space hotels, until there are private space stations, is the International Space Station. So, you k

7、now, these companies really need NASAs money and NASAs seed money in order to develop their spacecraft.And at this point, the only real customer out there to go to the International Space Station, you know, is NASA.SpaceX is saying that it can charge NASA $20 million a seat to fly astronauts to the

8、International Space Station.Right now, because NASA has no way to get there but using the Russians and their Soyuz rocket, NASA is paying $50 million to $60 million a seat to the Russians.So a big difference in how much its going to cost if someone like SpaceX or Orbital, U.S. commercial companies,s

9、tart flying astronauts. It will bring the cost way down. 感谢里奇初中的学生们，让我们开始今天的节目。嗨,我是卡尔阿祖兹。今天是5月23日,我们已经准备好了今天的头条新闻。三、二、一、零，SpaceX猎鹰9号火箭发射标志着NASA为国际空间站提供补给转向私人化。你正在看到的是太空探索一个新时代的开始。这是第一次一家私营公司所拥有的商业火箭,它已经起飞前往国际空间站。SpaceX公司的猎鹰9号火箭装备有1300磅的食物、衣服和物资。公司与美国宇航局的合同价值近4亿美元。它的努力表明,私人公司可以安全有效的到达国际空间站。约翰萨雷拉解释这种太

10、空探索的变化。现在没有人打算去任何行星,因为没有设备可以把任何人送往目的地。所以所有的这些公司正在努力开发他们自己的火箭,他们自己的飞船,为了运送美国宇航员去国际空间站。美国宇航局决定做的是摆脱地球轨道的业务。你是怎么做到的?你开始将商业公司的航班驶向国际空间站,搭载船员,搭载货物并消除航天飞机项目。这是唯一的方法,美国宇航局将能够界定及美国宇航局能够做得最好做的事情,这是深入的进行太空探索。所以现在你有几个商业公司竞争承担货物至国际空间站的合同,争夺最终将宇航员送到国际空间站的权利。现在唯一的需要的是直到有了太空酒店,直到有私人空间站,而现在是国际空间站。所以, 为了发展他们的飞船，你知道,这些公司真正需要美国宇航局的种子资金。在这一点上,唯一前往国际空间站真正的客户,你知道,就是NASA。SpaceX称宇航员到国际空间站可以向NASA提供 2000万美元的一个座位。现在NASA除了使用俄罗斯和他们的联盟号火箭也没有办法去那里,而NASA支付俄罗斯一个座位的价格是5000万美元到6000万美元。如此大的差异到底要花多少钱,如果有人喜欢美国商业公司SpaceX或Orbital开始运载宇航员。它会将使成本下降。