译林版(初中)九年级下册英语Unit 4 Life on Mars课文音频

Unit 4 Life on Mars 翻译：第四单元 火星上的生活

Wow, I've never thought about travelling into space. 翻译：哇，我从未想过到太空旅行。

Me neither. 翻译：我也是。

How do you like life on Mars? 翻译：你觉得火星上的生活怎么样？

I hate it. 翻译：我讨厌它。

Why do you hate it? I thought you liked Mars. 翻译：你为什么讨厌它？我以为你喜欢火星呢。

It's this helmet. 翻译：因为这个头盔。

I can't get to my food. 翻译：我吃不到食物。

Welcome to the unit 翻译：欢迎学习本单元

Life in space 翻译：太空生活

B Daniel is talking to Amy about living on Mars. 翻译：B 丹尼尔正在跟艾米讨论在火星上生活。

What would it be like? 翻译：它会是什么样子的呢？

Work in pairs and discuss with your partner. 翻译：两人一组，与你的搭档讨论。

Use the conversation below as a model. 翻译：以下面的对话为例。

What would it be like to live on Mars? 翻译：在火星上生活会是什么样子的呢？

There's less gravity on Mars. 翻译：火星上的重力更小。

We'd probably need to wear special boots. 翻译：我们可能需要穿特殊的靴子。

Yes. And we might need sleeping bags too. 翻译：是的，我们也可能需要睡袋。

I agree. Also, there's no fruit or vegetables, so we would have to eat dried food. 翻译：我同意。而且那里没有水果和蔬菜，所以我们得吃压缩食物。

Well ... that sounds quite boring! 翻译：呃……那听起来相当枯燥！

But there would be no pollution on Mars. 翻译：但是火星上可能没有污染。

I hope so. 翻译：希望如此。

Reading 翻译：阅读

A Life on another planet 翻译：A 另一个星球上的生活

Daniel wants to find out more about life in space in the future. 翻译：丹尼尔想找到更多有关将来太空生活的事情。

He has found the following article by a famous scientist who thinks humans could live on Mars by the next century. 翻译：他找到了下面这个文章，是一个著名科学家写的，这个科学家认为到下个世纪人类可以在火星上生活。

Moving to Mars 翻译：移居到火星

Some people believe that humans could live on the planet Mars by the year 2100. 翻译：有些人相信到2100年人类可以在火星上生活。

Our own planet, the Earth, is becoming more and more crowded 翻译：我们自己的星球，地球，因为人口的快速增长正在变得越来越拥挤

and polluted because of the rapid increase in population. 翻译：污染越来越严重。

It is hoped that people could start all over again and build a better world on Mars. 翻译：人们有望能够在火星上重新开始，建设一个更好的世界。

Here is what life there could be like. 翻译：这里描述的是火星上的生活可能是什么样子。

At present, our spacecraft are too slow to carry large numbers of passengers to Mars --it would take months. 翻译：目前，我们的宇宙飞船太慢了，无法运送大批的乘客去火星——因为要花几个月的时间。

With the development of technology, by the year 2100, 翻译：随着技术的发展，到2100年，

the journey might only take about 20 minutes in spacecraft that travel at the speed of light! 翻译：乘坐以光速飞行的宇宙飞船，行程或许只要大约20分钟！

However, the spacecraft would travel so fast that the journey to Mars might be quite uncomfortable. 翻译：但是，宇宙飞船的飞行速度如此之快，可能会导致到火星的行程相当不舒服。

Many people would feel ill. 翻译：很多人会觉得不舒服。

Humans cannot survive without water, oxygen or food. 翻译：没有水、氧气和食物，人类无法生存。

So far, nobody knows whether there would be enough water or oxygen on Mars for people there. 翻译：到目前为止，没有人知道火星上是否有足够的水和氧气供人类生存。

Moreover, scientists are not sure whether plants could grow on Mars. 翻译：而且，科学家也不确定植物是否能在火星上生长。

Food would most probably be in the form of pills and would not be so tasty. 翻译：食物很大可能会以药片的形式存在，而且味道没那么可口。

Gravity could be another problem. 翻译：重力可能会是另一个问题。

The gravity on Mars is only about three-eighths of that on the Earth. 翻译：火星上的重力大约只有地球上的八分之三。

People would have to wear boots that are specially designed to prevent themselves from floating off into space. 翻译：人们可能得穿上特殊设计的靴子，防止自己漂浮到太空中去。

Compared with life on the Earth, life on Mars would be better in some ways. 翻译：与地球上的生活相比，火星上的生活在有些方面要好些。

People would have more space. 翻译：人们会有更多的空间。