VOA常速英语2015--科幻电影为新晋科学家助力

科幻电影为新晋科学家助力

In The Martian, Mark Watney is a U.S. astronaut who has to survive alone on Mars after his crew leaves the planet without him, thinking he died in a storm that swept him away.

在《火星救援》中，马克·沃特尼是一位美国宇航员。他必须要在火星上独自设法生存下来。他的同伴们以为他在一场风暴中死去，便抛下他离开了这个星球。

The botanist¹ played by Matt Damon is not a typical Hollywood hero, but he is one of several role models in the film for aspiring² scientists.

这位由马特·戴蒙饰演的植物学家并不是典型的好莱坞英雄，但他为那些立志成为科学家的年轻人树立了一个榜样。

Another is Mars mission commander Melissa Lewis, played by Jessica Chastain.

另一个榜样是由杰西卡·查斯顿饰演的火星任务指挥官梅莉莎·刘易斯。

It's a performance that excites Costa Rican space enthusiast³ and student Montserrat Cordero, who appeared on HashtagVOA via Skype.

她的表演让哥斯达黎加的太空爱好者、学生蒙特塞拉特·科德罗兴奋不已，她通过Skype参加了美国之音的节目。

Jessica Chastain's character is amazing. We also have the computer programmer who is also a woman. This is not what we tend to see. So I'm really excited to see this kind of thing, hope to see a lot more of it.

杰西卡·查斯顿扮演的角色棒极了。电影里还有一女性名电脑程序员。 这是我们不常在电影里看到的，所以当我看到她们的时候特别激动，希望能有更多这样的角色。

Cordero is also a graduate of an international summer school run by the Foundation for International Space Education in Houston, Texas.

科德罗毕业于位于德克萨斯州休斯敦的国际太空教育基金会的一个国际暑期学校。

It's director of educational programs told HashtagVOA via Skype that The Martian's role models will have a positive influence.

这个基金会教育项目的主管通过Skype告诉美国之音，电影里的这些角色会带来积极影响

The more women we have involved in science, technology, engineering and math, the better a society we have, and the better we’ll be able to accomplish those missions and do things like go to Mars.

在科学、技术、工程和数学领域有越多的女性参与，这个社会就会变得越好，我们也就能更好地完成这些使命，完成登录火星任务等等。

In the film, NASA, the U.S. government space agency, tries to overcome great obstacles to bring Watney back to Earth.

在电影中，美国太空署设法克服各种阻碍让沃特尼返回地球。

That's not just science fiction. The science and technology seen in the movie is based on real-life work by NASA, which acted as an adviser⁴ to the filmmakers. And that work been done here at NASA headquaters in Washington includes preparations for an actual manned mission to Mars.

这一切并不只是科幻。人们在电影里看到的科学技术都是以美国太空署真正的研究成果为依据。美国太空署也为这部电影的制作担当顾问。而在华盛顿的美国太空署总部正在做的工作中就包括为人类登上火星的任务做准备。

As part of that effort, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been operating rovers to collect Martian soil samples.

作为登陆火星工作的一部分，美国太空署的喷气推进实验室一直在使用探测器收集火星上的土质样本。

Speaking to HashtagVOA via Skype, the laboratory's Mars engineering manager, said his team needs diversity to succeed.

这个实验室的火星工程项目负责人通过Skype告诉美国之音，他需要一个多样化的团队才能成功。

People who see the world from different angles to come in and bring their creative ideas with them, to come here and to help us out. So what we do here is really, in many respects, an international effort.

我们需要能从不同角度看世界的人加入我们，并且带给我们创新的想法，来帮助我们成功。我们所做的工作很多方面带有国际性。

 

NASA hopes The Martian will help that effort by inspiring young scientists everywhere to bing humans to Mars by 2030.

美国太空署希望《火星救援》能激励全球各地的年轻科学家们一起努力在2030年以前把人类送上火星。

1 botanist   

n.植物学家

参考例句：

• The botanist introduced a new species of plant to the region.那位植物学家向该地区引入了一种新植物。
• I had never talked with a botanist before,and I found him fascinating.我从没有接触过植物学那一类的学者，我觉得他说话极有吸引力。

2 aspiring   

adj.有志气的；有抱负的；高耸的v.渴望；追求

参考例句：

• Aspiring musicians need hours of practice every day. 想当音乐家就要每天练许多小时。
• He came from an aspiring working-class background. 他出身于有抱负的工人阶级家庭。 来自辞典例句

3 enthusiast   

n.热心人，热衷者

参考例句：

• He is an enthusiast about politics.他是个热衷于政治的人。
• He was an enthusiast and loved to evoke enthusiasm in others.他是一个激情昂扬的人，也热中于唤起他人心中的激情。

4 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。