Space Junk Zooms Over California

Space Junk Zooms Over California Do you look at the sky at night? Well, one night in California, people saw a big, bright light. It zoomed across the sky. Maybe it was a plane or a shooting star. But… it was falling to the Earth! 你會抬頭看晚上的天空嗎? 加州有一天晚上，民眾看到一道很亮的光，劃過天空。那可能是飛機或是流星。但是它卻掉到了地球上! Later, scientists said it was a piece of a rocket. Pieces of broken or old rockets and satellites are space junk. 後來科學家說那是火箭的碎片。舊的火箭、衛星的碎片都是太空垃圾。 Millions of pieces of space junk zoom around the Earth. The pieces can zoom 28,000 kilometers an hour! They're a big problem! Space junk can hit satellites or spaceships. 數以百萬計的太空垃圾碎片繞著地球轉，它們移動的速度可以高達每一小時2萬8千公里，可能會打到衛星或太空船。 Sometimes space junk falls to the Earth. Scientists said the space junk falling over California was about 1,500 kilograms! But no one found it. Metal becomes very, very hot when it falls to the Earth. Maybe the space junk burned up! 科學家說掉在加州的太空垃圾重達1500公斤，但是沒有人找到。可能它掉落的時候，金屬過熱，整個燒掉了。 Scientists are finding ways to clean up space junk. They want to keep everyone safe from it. 科學家也在想辦法清理太空垃圾，保護大家安全。 Maybe you'll see a bright light zooming across the night sky too. Maybe it will be a plane or a shooting star. Or maybe it'll be space junk! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocabulary 劃過夜空的亮光，可能是太空垃圾進入地球大氣層燃燒的火花。 1. junk 垃圾 Did you see that? 你看到了嗎? I sure did! It's amazing, isn't it? 看到了，很精彩吧? My guess is that it's space junk.我猜是太空垃圾。 2. piece 碎片 Why? 為什麼呢? Because it seems to have many pieces. 因為似乎有很多片。 Maybe they are parts of a big rocket. 也許是一枚大火箭的零件。 That would be so cool! 那很酷呢! 3. fall 掉落 The pieces may fall on us. 可能會掉在我們頭上呢. That would be big news! 那會是大新聞! 4. hit 打擊 You're not worried? 你不擔心? Not at all. 一點也不。 I'm sure they won't hit me.肯定不會打到我。 Look, another one is coming! 你看，又來了一個! Help! 救命啊! Have you ever seen space junk? junk垃圾 piece碎片 fall掉落 hit打擊 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz 1. What was in the sky over California? a. A piece of a rocket b. A shooting star c. A plane 2. What is space junk? a. New spaceships b. Pieces of satellites c. Space travel snacks 3. Why is space junk a problem? a. It's not healthy. b. It's old. c. It can hit satellites. Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. c -- Hosting provided by SoundOn