11月24日4時30分，我國在中國文昌航天發射場，用長徵五號遙五運載火箭成功發射探月工程嫦娥五號探測器，火箭飛行約2200秒後，順利將探測器送入預定軌道，開啟我國首次地外天體採樣返回之旅。#奇速英語時文閱讀#
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02:09來自奇速英語學堂
China has launched a mission to try to get rock samples from the Moon. Its robotic Chang'e-5 spacecraft departed the Wenchang launch complex on a Long March 5 rocket early on Tuesday morning local time, and if successful should return to Earth in mid-December.
It's more than 40 years since the Americans and the Soviets brought home lunar rock and "soil" for analysis. China aims to be only the third country to achieve this feat, which will be an extremely complex endeavour.
It's a multi-step process that involves an orbiter, a lander-ascender and finally a return component that uses a capsule to survive a fast and hot entry into Earth's atmosphere at the end of the mission.
But confidence should be high after a series of lunar missions that started just over a decade ago with a couple satellites. These were followed up by lander-rover combinations—with the most recent, Chang'e-4, making a soft touch down on the Moon's farside, something no nation had previously accomplished.
Chang'e-5 is going to target a nearside location called Mons Rümker, a high volcanic complex in a region known as Oceanus Procellarum. The rocks in this location are thought to be very young compared with those sampled by the US Apollo astronauts and the Soviet Luna robots.
This will give scientists another data point for the method they use to age events in the inner Solar System.
When Chang'e-5 arrives at the Moon, it will go into orbit. A lander will then detach and make a powered descent. Once down, instruments will characterise the surroundings before getting some surface material. The lander has the capacity also to drill into the soil.
An ascent vehicle will carry the samples back up to rendezvous with the orbiter. A shepherding craft will direct the capsule to enter the atmosphere over Inner Mongolia.
譯文
中國已經啟動了一項任務，試圖從月球上獲取巖石樣本。嫦娥五號飛船於當地時間周二清晨乘坐長徵五號火箭離開文昌發射場，如果成功，將於12月中旬返回地球。自從美國和蘇聯人把月球巖石和「土壤」帶回家進行分析已經40多年了。中國的目標是成為第三個實現這一壯舉的國家，這將是一項極其複雜的努力。
這是一個多步驟的過程，包括一個軌道飛行器，一個著陸器上升器，最後是一個返回組件，在任務結束時用一個太空艙快速熱進入地球大氣層。但在10年前剛剛開始的一系列月球任務之後，人們的信心應該很高。隨後，登月車與最新的嫦娥四號組合，在月球的遠端進行了一次軟著陸，這是以前任何國家都沒有完成的。
嫦娥五號將把目標鎖定在一個名為Mons Rümker的附近，這是一個高火山雜巖，位於一個被稱為大洋洲Procellarum的地區。與美國阿波羅太空人和蘇聯月球機器人取樣的巖石相比，這個地點的巖石被認為是非常年輕的。這將給科學家們提供另一個數據點，來說明他們用來對太陽系內部事件進行年齡測定的方法。
當嫦娥五號到達月球時，它將進入軌道。著陸器將分離並進行動力下降。一旦降落，儀器將在獲取表面材料之前對周圍環境進行特徵描述。著陸器也有鑽入土壤的能力。一個上升的飛行器將攜帶樣本返回與軌道飛行器會合。一艘牧羊船將引導太空艙進入內蒙古上空的大氣層。
時文閱讀習題
1 . The underlined word 「feat」 in the first paragraph refers to ______.
A getting rock samples from the Moon
B building the Wenchang launch complex
C going beyond the Americans and the Soviets
D taking amounts of the soil from the Sun
2 . What did the spacecraft use to bear the hot air when returning to the Earth?
A The lander.
B The capsule.
C The shepherding craft.
D The flying satellite.
3 . What is importance for Chang'e-5 to get rocks in Mons Rümker?
A It will confirm the Moon is a high volcanic complex.
B It will help know the exact age of the inner Solar System.
C It will prove the US Apollo astronauts are actually right.
D It will show the Soviet Luna robots are better than China’s.
4 . What will Chang'e-5 do before getting the samples?
A It will go back to the earth orbit.
B It will drill deep into the hard soil.
C It will make clear of surroundings.
D It will analyse the soil of the moon.
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