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美国一男子自制火箭上天不幸身亡
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  • An amateur American astronaut who said he wanted to prove the Earth is flat has been killed in the crash of his homemade rocket in California, said the Science Channel, which filmed the launch. 据美国科学频道报道,美国一业余宇航员在加利福尼亚乘坐自制火箭坠毁身亡。他曾说想要证明地球是平的。美国科学频道拍摄了他升空的视频。 "Michael 'Mad Mike' Hughes tragically passed away today during an attempt to launch his homemade rocket," the channel, which is part of the Discovery Channel, said on Twitter. 美国科学频道隶属探索频道,该频道在推特上说:“迈克尔·‘狂人麦克’·休斯今天在尝试发射自制火箭时不幸去世。” "Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends during this difficult time." “在这一令人悲痛的时刻,我们要向他的家人和朋友表达我们的哀悼和祈祷。” A stuntman by profession, Hughes, 64, launched himself Saturday in a steam-powered rocket that he built in the backyard of his home in Barstow, California. Several brands sponsored the project. 64岁的休斯是一名职业特技演员,周六乘坐蒸汽火箭升空。火箭是他在加州巴斯托家中的后院自制的。这一项目获得了几个品牌的赞助。 His goal, he told the local press, was to ascend more than 1,500 meters (nearly one mile) to prove that the Earth is not round but shaped like a Frisbee. 他对当地媒体说,他的目标是要升到1,500多米(近1英里)的空中,证明地球不是圆的,而是像一个飞盘。 His spokesman Darren Shuster told the Los Angeles Times, however, that the flat Earth claim was merely to drum up publicity for the launch. 但他的发言人Darren Shuster对《洛杉矶时报》说,“地球是平的”的言论仅仅是为这次发射做宣传的。 "I don't think he believed it," Shuster said. "He did have some governmental conspiracy theories. But don't confuse it with that flat Earth thing. That was a PR stunt we dreamed up." Shuster说:“我觉得他不是这样想的,他的确有政府阴谋论的想法,但不要把它和‘地球是平的’的说法混为一谈。那只是我们想出来的公关噱头。” Images of the launch, carried out in the desert in front of a crowd of horrified witnesses, circulated on social media. 火箭是在沙漠发射升空的,事故目击者都惊恐万分,社交媒体上疯传火箭发射视频。 A parachute can be seen tearing away from the rocket moments after the launch, as the spacecraft loops downward and crashes several hundred meters from the launch site near Barstow, 110 miles (180 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles. 发射后火箭盘旋而下,降落伞与火箭分离,火箭坠毁在距发射地点几百米远的地方,在巴斯托附近,位于洛杉矶东北部110英里(180千米)。 "It was always his dream to do this launch and Science Channel was there to chronicle his journey," said the channel, which filmed the launch for a new series called Homemade Astronauts. 美国科学频道为新系列片《私房宇航员》拍摄该火箭升空视频,说:“这次发射一直是他的梦想,科学频道在现场记录他的旅程。” Dressed in a red-and-black space suit and posing in front of the rocket, Hughes had announced plans for the launch on the Discovery Channel. 休斯穿着红黑相间的航天服,在火箭前摆好姿势,在探索频道上宣布他的发射计划。 Explaining why he would do it, he said, "Just to convince people that they can do things extraordinary with their lives... Maybe it will inspire someone else." 在解释他这样做的原因时,他说:“只是为了说服人们他们能用生命做出非凡之举,这也许能激励到别人。”
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    0 horrified ['hɔrifaid] 8rUzZU   第8级
    a.(表现出)恐惧的
    参考例句:
    • The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
    • We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。
    0 spacecraft [ˈspeɪskrɑ:ft] TwowV   第7级
    n.太空船,宇宙飞船
    参考例句:
    • There're three astronauts in the spacecraft. 在这艘宇宙飞船里有三名宇航员。
    • The spacecraft rounded the moon. 宇宙飞船环绕月球飞行。
    0 tragically ['trædʒɪklɪ] 7bc94e82e1e513c38f4a9dea83dc8681   第7级
    adv. 悲剧地,悲惨地
    参考例句:
    • Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident. 他们的女儿不幸死于车祸。
    • Her father died tragically in a car crash. 她父亲在一场车祸中惨死。
    0 stunt [stʌnt] otxwC   第8级
    n.惊人表演,绝技,特技;vt.阻碍...发育,妨碍...生长
    参考例句:
    • Lack of the right food may stunt growth. 缺乏适当的食物会阻碍发育。
    • Right up there is where the big stunt is taking place. 那边将会有惊人的表演。
    0 conspiracy [kənˈspɪrəsi] NpczE   第7级
    n.阴谋,密谋,共谋
    参考例句:
    • The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder. 这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
    • He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him. 他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
    0 frisbee ['frɪzbɪ] pzrz1   第11级
    n.飞盘(塑料玩具)
    参考例句:
    • We always go to the park on weekends and play Frisbee. 我们周末总会到公园玩飞盘。
    • The frisbee is a light plastic disc, shaped like a plate. 飞盘是一种碟形塑料盘。
    0 publicity [pʌbˈlɪsəti] ASmxx   第7级
    n.众所周知,闻名;宣传,广告
    参考例句:
    • The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity. 这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
    • He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick. 他不理会这件事,只当它是一种宣传手法。
    0 stuntman [ˈstʌntmæn] CtrwC   第12级
    n.特技演员
    参考例句:
    • The stuntman will double for the main actor during the action scenes. 一些动作场景中,特技演员代替主演。
    • The stuntman flew the aircraft upside-down within a hair's breadth of the rooftops. 那位做电影演员替身的杂技演员驾驶着飞机翻过来又倒过去,差一点撞着平顶房的屋顶。
    0 ascend [əˈsend] avnzD   第7级
    vi.渐渐上升,升高;vt.攀登,登上
    参考例句:
    • We watched the airplane ascend higher and higher. 我们看着飞机逐渐升高。
    • We ascend in the order of time and of development. 我们按时间和发展顺序向上溯。

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