2012年职称英语(理工新增文章Small But Wise )芒果备注解析1

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1 .What is so special about WISE?
WISE的特别之处在哪里？
A It is small in size but carries a large camera.
体积小却携带着一个大相机。
B It is as small as a trashcan.
和垃圾桶一样小。
C Its digital camera can help astronomers to see the unknown space.
上面携带的数码相机能帮助天文学家看到未知空间。
D Never before has a telescope carried a digital camera in space.
以前发射到太空的望远镜从未携带数码相机。
【教材解析】C 短文的第一和第二段提供了答案。WISE 的特殊之处就在于，虽然体积小，但它的数码相机能拍到任何天体，所以能够帮助天文学家观测到宇宙空间中（ in the known universe ）的未知天文现象。其他选项都不是短文表达的意思。

【芒果备注】On December 14, NASA blasted（发射） a small but mighty（威力强大的） telescope into space. The telescope is called WISE and is about as wide around as a trashcan（和垃圾桶一样大）. Don't let its small size fool（欺骗，不要理解为愚弄） you: WISE has a powerful digital camera, and it will be taking pictures of some the wildest objects in the known universe, including asteroids, faint stars, blazing galaxies（正在燃烧的星系） and giant clouds of dust where planets and stars are born.


2. Which is NOT the synonym for the word "snap" in the third paragraph?
下面哪个词不能代替第三段中的“snap”？
A make.
B shoot.
C take.
D photograph.
【教材解析】A snap 是个多义词，可以解释为“拍照”，更为确切的意思是“拍快照”。这里shoot, take 和photograph 都是snap 的同义词。

【芒果备注】Since arriving in space, the WISE telescope has been circling the Earth, held by gravity in a polar orbit (this means it crosses close to the north and south poles with each lap). Its camera is pointed outward, away from the Earth（相机指向外太空，背离地球）, and WISE will snap a picture（拍照） of a different part of the sky every 11 minutes. After six months it will have taken pictures across the entire sky.（此处用了将来完成时，表示六个月后将会拍下整个天空。）

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