Space Elevator | Lesson 9
Part 1
elevator
1)“If I were an astronaut, I could go into space.” A
[livertar]の
G-1)
lot of people dream of traveling in space.
astronaut
estrond:t] 図
'excellent [éksalant]
But not
everyone can be an astronaut.
A lot of excellent
people try to get into space flight programs every
select [salékt]
survive [sarvárv]
achieve [atfi:v]
5 year,
but only a few of them are selected. Even if they
are selected, they have to survive the hard training.
promising
[prá()masip]
In the end, only a very few can achieve this dream.
technology
[tekná()ladsi] の
2) However, they should not give up their dream too
president
[prézidant]
quickly. Now there is promising scientific technology
association
[asousiéfan] 第
10 that may take us into space more easily. It is called
scene [sí:n]
“the space elevator.” Shuichi Ohno, the president of
fiction [fikjan]
the Japan Space Elevator Association (JSEA), said,
reality [rielati]
middle [mídl]
“Just like traveling abroad,
anyone will be able to ride
!)TRIVIA
15 the elevator into space.” This
astronaut
「宇宙飛行士」
astro- (宇宙)+-naut (航
行者)からできた語。米国
の宇宙飛行士を指す言葉
であり、ロシアの宇宙飛行士
は cosmonaut という。
sounds likea scene from a
science fiction story. According
to the JSEA, however, this
could become a reality by the
20 middle of this century.
Astronauts in space
4. get into A My sister got into the college.
5. even
2. dream of A 1 dream of becoming a doctor.
16. sound like A It
7. in the end He won her heart in the end.
If ~ Even ifit snows, we will go out.
Sounds like a good idea.
G-1) IfI had a time machine, I could see into my future.
U1 Is it easy to be an astronaut?
02 According to the JSEA, what could become a reality by the middle of this centurvo
Have you ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut?
