day 66big projects
unit 9 · science & techbig projects
Talk about big science and engineering: space, the Moon, research projects, patents, AI and the pipes and bridges that run a city, and set conditions with 除非……才…….
today’s words
- 太空 tàikōng · outer space
- 月球 yuèqiú · the Moon
- 天文 tiānwén · astronomy
- 轨道 guǐdào · orbit; track, rails
- 航空 hángkōng · aviation; air (travel)
- 基地 jīdì · base
- 探索 tànsuǒ · to explore
- 突破 tūpò · to break through; breakthrough
- 科普 kēpǔ · popular science
- 课题 kètí · research topic, project
- 考察 kǎochá · to investigate on site, study
- 采集 cǎijí · to collect, gather (samples)
- 搜集 sōují · to collect, gather (information)
- 专利 zhuānlì · patent
- 命名 mìngmíng · to name
- 高新技术 gāoxīnjìshù · high and new technology
- 人工智能 réngōngzhìnéng · artificial intelligence, AI
- 放大 fàngdà · to enlarge, magnify
- 覆盖 fùgài · to cover
- 升 shēng · litre
- 桥梁 qiáoliáng · bridge (formal)
- 水库 shuǐkù · reservoir
- 管道 guǎndào · pipe, pipeline
- 输送 shūsòng · to carry, transport (by pipe, line)
sentences
- 人类一直在探索太空的秘密。 · People have always tried to uncover the secrets of space.
- 科学家们采集了月球的土壤，带回来检验。 · Scientists collected some soil from the Moon and brought it back for testing.
- 除非技术上有新的突破，这个项目才能继续。 · Only a new technical breakthrough will let this project go on.
- 这项发明已经申请了专利。 · A patent has been applied for on this invention.
- 这颗星星是用一位科学家的名字命名的。 · This star was named after a scientist.