The first anniversary of a major exploration effort on Mars

歌曲 The first anniversary of a major exploration effort on Mars
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[00:00.100] From VOA Learning English, this is In the News.
[00:08.790] This week marks the first anniversary of a major exploration effort on Mars.
[00:16.200] It has been 12 months since the exploration device called "Curiosity" landed on the distant planet.
[00:25.400] Curiosity is named for the human condition of wanting to learn or know something.
[00:33.360] The United States space agency, NASA, says Curiosity has driven more than 1.6 kilometers on Mars.
[00:44.080] The device, called a "rover," is about the size of a car.
[00:49.990] Curiosity has found evidence of an ancient riverbed and other signs of wet conditions.
[00:58.990] NASA scientists say that with these discoveries, Curiosity has answered the question of whether conditions on ancient Mars could have supported life.
[01:13.050] Jim Green leads the planetary division at NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
[01:19.750] "We found all the ingredients of life as measured in this material that's deposited in this ancient riverbed.
[01:27.910] Mars was habitable in its past."
[01:32.080] Curiosity is a traveling laboratory that contains 10 scientific instruments.
[01:40.030] The rover has found hydrogen, oxygen and other elements necessary for life.
[01:47.570] The space agency says Curiosity has fired more than 75,000 laser shots.
[01:55.890] The laser turns rocks and soil into gas.
[02:01.210] The equipment on Curiosity then examines and identifies the materials on the Martian surface.
[02:10.600] Curiosity has sent back more than 70,000 images that give a new understanding of Earth's neighboring planet.
[02:21.630] Curiosity's findings will help set future Mars exploration.
[02:28.270] NASA's Jim Green says the next mission will be launched in 2020.
[02:34.990] "Knowing that Mars was an environment that was habitable in its past,
[02:39.470] we're going to start seeking the signs of potential life that could have existed on Mars.
[02:46.200] And that, if we could answer that question, will change everything."
[02:51.190] Space scientists chose to explore Mars instead of other planets because of the Red Planet's similarities with our own.
[03:01.720] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says Mars is the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.
[03:10.450] "If life exists beyond Earth, and I am one who believes that it may very well,
[03:15.530] Mars, for me, is the most likely place that that life will be found."
[03:20.310] Mr. Bolden spoke at an event to mark Curiosity's first year of exploring Mars.
[03:27.570] Curiosity is traveling in the low area called Gale Crater, where it landed last year.
[03:35.850] The crater was formed by an asteroid that hit Mars long ago.
[03:42.130] It is a deep, 150-kilometer-wide area similar to a valley or canyon on Earth.
[03:51.020] Curiosity is moving toward the area called Mount Sharp.
[03:57.080] NASA scientists plan for the device to study the lower levels of that Martian mountain.
[04:05.460] It will search for clues about how the planet has changed over time.
[04:11.690] The rover will also search for a type of soil called "clay." Curiosity has found clay minerals on Mars.
[04:22.360] Clay is evidence of once wet conditions on the planet.
[04:28.320] Curiosity was designed to work for two years, but it could go on exploring and sending information back to Earth much longer.
[04:41.700] And that's In the News from VOA Learning English.

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[00:16.200] zì tàn cè shè bèi" hào qí hào" zài yáo yuǎn de huǒ xīng zhuó lù zhì jīn yǐ yǒu 12 gè yuè de shí jiān.
[00:25.400] " hào qí hào" de míng zì lái yuán yú rén lèi duì wèi zhī shì wù xué xí hé liǎo jiě de kě qiú.
[00:33.360] měi guó guó jiā háng tiān jú NASA chēng, hào qí hào zài huǒ xīng shàng yǐ xíng shǐ le chāo guò 1. 6 qiān mǐ.
[00:44.080] zhè gè qì chē dà xiǎo de shè bèi yě bèi chēng zuò" màn yóu zhě".
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[00:58.990] NASA kē xué jiā shuō, tōng guò zhèi xiē fā xiàn," hào qí hào" yǐ jīng huí dá le yuǎn gǔ huǒ xīng de huán jìng néng fǒu zhī chí shēng mìng cún zài de wèn tí
[01:13.050] jí mǔ gé lín shì NASA kē xué rèn wù lǐ shì huì xíng xīng bù mén de zhǔ guǎn.
[01:19.750] tā shuō:" wǒ men zài gǔ hé chuáng de chén jī wù zhōng fā xiàn le shēng mìng suǒ xū de yī qiè yào sù.
[01:27.910] zài guò qù, huǒ xīng shì shì hé jū zhù de."
[01:32.080] hào qí hào shì yí gè dài yǒu shí zhǒng kē yán yí qì shè bèi de yí dòng shí yàn shì.
[01:40.030] " màn yóu zhě" yǐ jīng fā xiàn qīng yǎng hé shēng mìng suǒ xū de qí tā yuán sù.
[01:47.570] NASA chēng hào qí hào yǐ fā shè chāo guò qī wàn wǔ qiān cì jī guāng qiāng.
[01:55.890] jī guāng jiāng yán shí hé tǔ rǎng biàn wéi qì tǐ.
[02:01.210] rán hòu yóu hào qí hào de yí qì jiǎn cè hé jiàn dìng nèi xiē huǒ xīng biǎo miàn dí wù zhì.
[02:10.600] " hào qí hào" yǐ jīng zhuàn huí lái chāo guò qī wàn zhāng tú xiàng, zhè shǐ wǒ men duì dì qiú de jìn lín huǒ xīng yǒu le xīn de rèn shi
[02:21.630] " hào qí hào" de fā xiàn yǒu zhù yú zhì dìng wèi lái de huǒ xīng tàn cè jì huà
[02:28.270] NASA de jí mǔ gé lín shuō xià yī ge rèn wù jiāng huì zài 2020 nián kāi shǐ.
[02:34.990] " zhī dào le huǒ xīng zài gǔ dài shì yí gè yí jū de huán jìng,
[02:39.470] wǒ men jiāng qù xún zhǎo huǒ xīng shàng kě néng cún zài de qián zài shēng mìng de jī xiàng.
[02:46.200] nà yàng, rú guǒ wǒ men néng huí dá zhèi xiē wèn tí, zhè jiāng gǎi biàn yī qiè."
[02:51.190] tài kōng kē xué jiā xuǎn zé tàn cè huǒ xīng ér fēi qí tā xíng xīng, shì yīn wèi huǒ xīng yǔ wǒ men de dì qiú shí fēn xiàng shì.
[03:01.720] NASA jú zhǎng chá ěr sī bó ěr dùn biǎo shì, huǒ xīng shì tài yáng xì zhōng hé dì qiú zuì xiāng xiàng de xíng xīng.
[03:10.450] rú guǒ dì qiú zhī wài cún zài shēng mìng, ér qiě wǒ rèn wéi hěn yǒu kě néng,
[03:15.530] duì wǒ lái shuō, huǒ xīng jiù shì zuì yǒu kě néng fā xiàn shēng mìng de dì fāng.
[03:20.310] bó ěr dēng xiān shēng zài hào qí hào tàn suǒ huǒ xīng yī zhōu nián jì niàn huó dòng shàng fā biǎo yǎn jiǎng.
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[03:42.130] tā shì gè hěn shēn de, 150KM kuān de yǔn kēng, lèi sì yú dì qiú shàng de shān gǔ huò xiá gǔ.
[03:51.020] hào qí hào zhèng xiàng bèi chēng wéi xià pǔ shān de dì qū jìn fā.
[03:57.080] NASA de kē xué jiā men jì huà lì yòng gāi tàn cè qì yán jiū huǒ xīng shān mài de dī wā chù.
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