1、Unit 6 Space and beyond导读话题妙切入 1Taken as a whole，the universe is absurd.Bagchot整体说来，宇宙无法理解。巴佐特2A grain of sand includes the universe.Coleridge一粒沙包含着宇宙。柯勒律治3Nothing puzzles me more than time and space；and yet nothing troubles me less.Charles Lamb时空使我困惑最多，然而也令我烦恼最少。查尔斯兰姆4The universe is full of magica
2、l things，patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.Eden Phillpotts宇宙中充满着不可思议的事物，耐心地等着我们的智慧变得更加敏锐。艾登菲尔波次Located in a natural depression in Guizhou，Chinas Fivehundredmeter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope，known as FAST，has identified six pulsars(脉冲星)after one year of trial operation.It is the f
3、irst time Chinese scientists have discovered pulsars using a radiotelescope independently developed by Chinese scientists，thus opening a“new era of Chinese original space discovery”Chinas FAST science impact on astronomy will be extraordinary，and has the potential to revolutionize other areas of the
4、 natural sciences.It will remain the global leader for the next 10 to 20 years.Have you ever dreamed of visiting a planet in the Milky Way?While the trip sounds exciting，it would take years and years to reach your destination.So in the future，bedtime for astronauts may be more than a few hours of re
5、gular shuteye.They would have to sleep for years.European researchers are now conducting hibernation(冬眠)experiments.The study may help them understand whether humans could ever sleep through the years it would take for a space flight to distant planets.What seems like science fiction is not complete
6、ly unlikely.Researchers have been able to use chemicals to put living cells into a sleep-like state where they dont age.They have now moved on to small，nonhibernating mammals(哺乳动物)like rats.According to Marco Biggiogera，a hibernation researcher at Italys University of Pavia，the six-person Human Oute
7、r Planets Exploration Mission to Jupiters moon Callisto，could be an opportunity to use human hibernation.The mission aims to send six persons on a fiveyear flight to Callisto，where they will spend 30 days，in 2045.探究发现1Find out the purpose of hibernation experiments by the European researchers.2Find
8、out the first try of the hibernation technology according to Marco Biggiogera.The sixperson Human Outer Planets Exploration Mission to To know if man can sleep for years.Jupiters moon Callisto.3Find out the main idea of the passage and then think of a proper title for it.Hibernation study for space travel;Deep Sleep for Deep Space Travel.Thank you for watching!
