英语听力：自然百科:行星旅行指南 火星(29)

Around Jupiter, around we find inside rings.

在木星周围,我们发现内部的环。

If you want to ask fundamental questions about the solar system in general,

如果你想问太阳系系统最基本的问题，

Saturn¹ would be the place we go.

土星就是我们要去的地方。

When the Cassini Huygens spacecraft took off in 1997 for a closing encounter with Saturn,

当卡西尼·惠更斯号宇宙飞船从1997年开始接触土星,

it was packed with the essential items for a long adventure in deep space.

这就成为了一个进入太空深处冒险的重要项目。

A power generator², extra fuel, a good antenna³ and a moon probe.

一个发电机,额外的燃料,一个好的天线和一架月球探测器。

Imaging team leader Caroline Porco made sure took along a pretty good camera, too.

当然也要想象确保小组的领导人卡罗琳·伯克带了一个相当不错的相机。

After all, this destination is the pin-up boy of the solar system.

毕竟,这会是太阳系中一次很奇异的旅程。

1 Saturn   

n.农神，土星

参考例句：

• Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings.天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。
• These comparisons suggested that Saturn is made of lighter materials.这些比较告诉我们，土星由较轻的物质构成。

2 generator   

n.发电机，发生器

参考例句：

• All the while the giant generator poured out its power.巨大的发电机一刻不停地发出电力。
• This is an alternating current generator.这是一台交流发电机。

3 antenna   

n.触角，触须；天线

参考例句：

• The workman fixed the antenna to the roof of the house.工人把天线固定在房顶上。
• In our village, there is an antenna on every roof for receiving TV signals.在我们村里，每家房顶上都有天线接收电视信号。