1、It may not ever have made a trip into space, but Enterprise is still making history.也许永远不会有太空旅行,但企业号仍然创造历史。NASA retired its space shuttle fleet last year.这架航天飞机去年从美国宇航局退役。The four vehicles are heading to different museums around the country.这辆四轮汽车正前往全国各地不同的博物馆。And Enterprise is the first space shutt
2、le to land on an aircraft carrier.而企业号是第一架降落在一艘航空母舰上的航天飞机。The vehicles new home will be on board the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in order to get there, Enterprise had to travel on a barge down the Hudson River.它的新家将是“无畏”号航母博物馆,而为了到达那里，企业号不得不搭乘一艘驳船沿哈德逊河航行。It didnt make the trip alone.这次的旅程显然不孤
3、单。You can make out the shuttle in the middle of this floating convoy.在护航队的中间你就能发现航天飞机。And check out that island that Enterprise just passed by.看看企业通过的这个岛屿,That is the Statue of Liberty, welcoming the shuttle to New York City.这是自由女神像,欢迎航天飞机来到纽约。These folks arent at an outdoor 3D movie, but they are u
4、sing special glasses to check out something we reported on earlier this week.这些不是一个户外的3 D电影,而是人们使用特殊的眼镜观测出本周早些时候我们所报道的。Its an event that is truly once in a lifetime, because it wont happen again for more than a century.这是一个真正一生只经历一次的天文事件,因为它再次发生要一个多世纪。Were talking about the transit of Venus.我们正在谈论的是
5、,金星凌日。The giant glowing thing is the sun.这个巨大的发光物是太阳。That little black dot passing in front of it is Venus.在它前面通过的那个小黑点便是金星。Now, remember, Venus and Earth are pretty close to each other in size, so this definitely gives you some perspective on just how big the sun is.现在,记住,金星和地球彼此在形状上非常接近,所以这肯定带给你一些
6、太阳很大的感觉。One person who watched the transit in California said it was like watching grass grow, but he added, quote, If you were told that grass only grows every 100 years, youd probably want to watch it.加州一个观测凌日的人称这就像是在观察小草生长,但他补充道,这里引用他的原话:“如果你被告知草每100年才会生长,你可能会想去看它。”Were going to stick with the sp
7、ace theme for our next report from Rima Maktabi.来自利马马克特碧的下一个报道将坚持我们的宇宙主题。Its about a student in Egypt and his science project on spiders.它是关于在埃及的一位学生和他对蜘蛛的科学项目。He entered a contest recently that asked young people to come up with experiments that could be run in orbit.他最近参加了一场比赛,要求年轻人想出可以运行在轨道上的试验品。
8、Thanks to his idea, the International Space Station will be getting a visit from some eight-legged travelers.而就是多亏了他的想法,国际空间站将收到这些8条腿的旅行者们的拜访。Nineteen-year-old Amr Mohamed loves to read.19岁的艾玛默罕默德热爱阅读。Theres certainly plenty to choose from here at the Library of Alexandria.在亚历山大图书馆这里确实有许多选择。Right no
9、w, he looking for a book on spiders.现在,他正在找一本关于蜘蛛的书。Spiders, once they fork.蜘蛛,一旦它们跳开。Jumping spiders, to be exact.确切地说，是跳蛛。They do not build webs.它们不搭网。They approach their prey and when at a reachful distance, they jump and kill it with its jaws.在能够触及到的距离内它们接近猎物跳跃，并用利爪杀死猎物。Thats how they hunt on Ea
10、rth, of course.这就是它们如何在地球上狩猎,当然。But what about in outer space?但是停留在外层空间会如何呢?This young Egyptian is on a mission to find out.这个年轻的埃及人的任务就是要找出答案。Hello. My names Amr.你好。我的名字是艾玛。Last year, Amr uploaded this home video to the Web.去年,艾玛将视频上传到了网上。He entered it into SpaceLab, a YouTube competition launched
11、to inspire students in science and space.他进入到的是宇宙实验室,而这正是YouTube发起激发学生们对于科学和宇宙的兴趣的比赛。Winners get a big prize.获胜者们将会获得大奖。Their experiments will be rocketed to the International Space Station this summer for testing.他们的实验品今年夏天将被火箭发射到国际空间站进行测试。Thousands competed for viewer votes and eventually a jury s
12、election.成千上万的观众投票角逐,最终结果由评委裁定。Only three people in the world won.世界上只有3人赢得桂冠。And Amr was one of them.而艾玛就是其中之一。I was very happy and I was jumping around.我非常高兴，我高兴得手舞足蹈。Jumping around, indeed.手舞足蹈,的确是这样。His other prize was a zero-gravity flight.他的其他奖是一次零重力飞行。No spiders on this plane, though, yet.这架飞
13、机上显然没有蜘蛛。Why spiders?为什么是蜘蛛呢?Well, theyre interesting creatures.恩，它们是非常有趣的生物。I mean, eight legs. Interesting. And cool.我的意思是,8条腿。非常有趣，而且非常酷。Cool, maybe. But this self-described nerd may be onto something.酷,也许是这样。但这个自称书呆子的人可能做了件很有意义的事。If his spider test proves true, it may answer how or if humans can
14、 adapt in zero gravity.如果他的蜘蛛试验证明属实,那可能会对于人类是否能适应零重力做出解答。Amr admits he was luckier than most in Egypts second largest city.艾玛承认自己比埃及的第二大城市的多数人更为幸运。In ancient times, Alexandria was a center for innovation.在古代,亚历山大就是创新的中心。Today, Egypts education in math and science ranks among the lowest in the world.
15、而如今,埃及对于数学和科学的的教育只位列世界最低水平。Science and technology are not pop culture here, OK?科学和技术在这里不是流行文化,是这样吗?So I changed the way we think about science and technology.因此我改变了我们对于科学和技术的思考方式。Amrs heading to California to study at Stanford later this fall.今年秋天晚些时候艾玛将前往加州斯坦福大学进行学习。But he wants to return home some day and inspire more Egyptians to reach for the stars,Rima Maktabi, CNN,Alexandria, Egypt.但是他希望有一天回家,并激发更多的埃及人去参与其中,CNN新闻, 利马马克特碧，埃及，亚历山大报道。