VOA标准英语2008年-Mars Probe Approaching Red Planet

By Paul Sisco
Washington
14 May 2008
 

The U.S. space agency's Mars probe is within weeks of landing near the Red Planet's north pole.  NASA scientists in Washington recently talked about what they call the mission's "seven minutes of terror." That is how long it will take for a probe to slow down enough to land on its surface. Once there, the Phoenix¹ Mars Lander will dig into the Martian ice and soil, study the planet's atmosphere, and more.  VOA's Paul Sisco reports.

1 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。