Space:The next frontier for war?

山東平邑縣第一中學 高呈寶

聽力掃障

1.catastrophic adj.災難的；悲慘的

2.defunct adj.失效的

3.render v.致使

4.Kessler Syndrome凱斯勒現象

掃碼聽測

Ⅰ.聽力理解

聽下面一段錄音，錄音結束后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項。

In this section,you will hear a passage.After you hear the passage,you should read the three choices of A,B,C,and mark the best answer to each question.

1.What's the function of satellites over the earth mentioned in the article?

A.To respond to an emergency.

B.To spy on other countries.

C.To combat space war.

2.What's the purpose of the service craft?

A.To become war craft.

B.To bring profit to the company.

C.To repair and move existing satellites.

Ⅱ.聽寫練習

一邊聽錄音一邊閱讀以下文字材料，這些文字材料不是錄音的全部內容，而是以提綱、摘要、筆記、圖表等形式再現的錄音的主要內容，需要補全的內容一般是錄音中的關鍵信息。注意每空一詞。

Space:The next frontier for war?

1.Some satellites are ________________for emergency response and for the military.

2.Great powers have developed various ________________for destroying satellites.

3.The purpose of service craft is to ________________and move existing satellites.

4.The US Army has ________________more capability from satellites than any other country.

文本解說

特朗普說：“太空是一個全新的作戰領域，就像陸地、天空和海洋一樣。”軍事家把太空描述為“擁擠又充滿競爭的必爭之地”。無疑，太空正成為大國必爭的戰略要地。請閱讀文章，并思考：大國為太空爭霸做了什么準備呢？

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The 1,300 active satellites above the earth provide a wide array of services.Some of which arevitalfor emergencyresponseand for the military.An attack on our country satellites could becatastrophic,and many worried that space may become a new theater of war.

Large powers have developed various capabilities for destroying satellites.Now companies are buildingadvancedservice spacecraft that could become weapons.The purpose of these service craft is to repair and move existing satellites,but all it takes is a change ofintentfor these spacecraft to become war craft.

A Chinese space weapon test which destroyed one of its owndefunctsatellites in 2007,createda great deal ofdebris （殘骸）that put other satellites in danger.If remains from one act of destruction go on to destroy further satellites,a chainreaction renderssome orbits unusable.

This is known as theKessler Syndrome.

Because America's armed forces gain more capability from satellites than any other country,America has the most to lose from war in space.It is planning to increase its capabilities in the area.President Trump wants a new space force.

The world will hope for peace in the cosmos （宇宙）,but history suggests that such ideals are not easily maintained.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Important words and expressions in the text

1.vital adj.至關重要的

2.response n.響應；反應

3.advanced adj.先進的；高級的

4.intent n.意圖；目的

5.reaction n.反應

6.a great deal of大量

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the words and ex-pressions given above.

1.My immediate ________was one of shock.

2.There were only three of us on the________course.

3.To overcome this feeling of loneliness,you musthave ________emotional support from your family and friends.

4.She never ________to my letter.

5.They went into town with the________of visiting the library.

6.The tourist industry is of________importance to the national economy.

視野拓展

Kessler Syndrome

凱斯勒現象

Kessler Syndrome is a thought-up situation made by the NASA scientist Donald J.Kessler in which the amount of space debris in orbit is large enough to cause space collisions to happen often.This would make space mostly unusable for years if it happened at an extreme level.

There is a satellite in orbit that is large and inactive,making it count as space debris,but it is in an orbit with a large amount of space debris.Two known objects get within 200m of it every year.This could cause a lot of space debris,inducing a domino effect with more collisions.