CNN 2011-11-25

 What isis the future outside the Marilyn Science Center.it's a full scale model of NASA'S James Web space telescope.Scientist believe the real thing will redefine our understanding of our place in the universe. It will be so unique it can look further back in time than the Hubble telescope,almost to the dawn of creation. The James Web telescope is to help us find our entire history,from the first things after the big bang to how the first galaxy¹ are born. And astronomers² say if they look in just the right place and get just a bit lucky,this may give us our first clues about existence of life in other solar system,  If we could see planet like earth with an ocean,I think that will be really cool. Web will orbit about 1,000,000 miles from  earth,its instrument are designed to image primarily in the infrared³ range like we can't see. Web's capability⁴ will allow it to literally⁵ look where Hubble could not into gas and dust clouds at the birth of the first stars and planets.Sounds incredible,right ? Web might get us another step closer to solving the puzzle ,are we alone ? I don't even know how you would put a price on being able to  answer questions like how old is the universe,how did this all start,where's it going,what is it made of,are there other people out there like us,these questions are just so intrinsic But there is a price tag,when Web is finally launched in 2018,it will be years behind schedule and cost about 8.8 billion dollars,6.5 billion more than the original estimate.At one point,congress can close to killing⁶ it,so what happen ? How did it end up astronomy at an astronomical⁷ cost ? When you do inventions and things for the first time,you don't know exactly what you're going to run into,we found serval things we had to work around And it'd better work from the get-go,when Hubble went into problems,spaceshuttle astronauts came to the rescue ,but Hubble was only 300 miles up, at 1 million miles away even if the shuttle was still flying,it could not get there to fix Web. Now the US space agency itself even try to come up all alternatives to Web because all the problems they were having.They change the management teams out,Ah,but what it came down to at the end of the day TJ was ,There were so far downstream already that it made more sense of what was gonna cost less , at the end of the day to continue with the program rather than just cutting the whole thing and trying to start over with something else,so the promise of Web is supposed absolutely incredible,we'll see if it ends up worth the price .Wow,there's  better work done, it's to take a lot of ifs and certainly a lot of money,there's better work ,John Zarrella ,always,good to see you ,thanks so much

1 galaxy   

n.星系；银河系；一群(杰出或著名的人物)

参考例句：

• The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
• The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。

2 astronomers   

n.天文学者，天文学家( astronomer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• 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。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 infrared   

adj./n.红外线(的)

参考例句：

• Infrared is widely used in industry and medical science.红外线广泛应用于工业和医学科学。
• Infrared radiation has wavelengths longer than those of visible light.红外辐射的波长比可见光的波长长。

4 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

5 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 astronomical   

adj.天文学的，（数字）极大的

参考例句：

• He was an expert on ancient Chinese astronomical literature.他是研究中国古代天文学文献的专家。
• Houses in the village are selling for astronomical prices.乡村的房价正在飙升。