负责调查上个月哥伦比亚号航天飞机解体事故的美国官员说,新的录像为航天飞机在起飞阶段就可能已受到某种损坏的说法提供了最新证据。
注释:
1.liftoff n. 起飞,发射火箭或其他类似飞行器起飞时的初始动作或时刻
2.foam n. 泡沫, 水沫, 泡沫塑料
3.insulation n . 绝缘
4.tile n. 瓦片, 瓷砖
5.vulnerable adj. 脆弱的,易受攻击的,
6.leading adj. 前列的,前沿的
New Information about Columbia
US officials investigating last month’s breakup of the shuttle Columbia say new video provides fresh evidence of how the spacecraft may have been damaged during liftoff1. Investigators are pursuing a theory that foam2 insulation3, which fell off during the launch, damaged insulation tiles4, or the vulnerable5 leading6 edge of the left wing.
哥伦比亚失事新发现
负责调查上个月哥伦比亚号航天飞机解体事故的美国官员说,新的录像为航天飞机在起飞阶段就可能已受到某种损坏的说法提供了最新证据。调查人员正在探究这样一种结论,即在发射阶段脱落的泡沫塑料绝缘体,损坏了隔热瓦,或者是飞机左翼脆弱的前缘。