时事热点英文

Tiangong-1 is a rendezvous and docking target spacecraft of China's manned space engineering project, mainly developed by China Academy of Space Technology. Adopting a new design and a lot of new technology, Tiangong-1 consists of an experiment module and a support module, which is like a small space station. The experiment module is used for astronauts to live and work, providing them with appropriate living conditions such as cabin pressure, temperature, humidity and gas components. The front part of the experiment module is fitted with a docking mechanism and the measuring and communications equipment used for supporting the rendezvous docking with the spacecraft. The support module can provide power supply for orbit maneuvering and spacecraft orbiting.Tiangong-1 is expected to be launched aboard an improved Long March-2F launch vehicle in 2011, and dock with Shenzhou-8 spacecraft after in-orbit testing, which is scheduled to be launched later.China's manned space engineering project follows a "three-step" strategic plan. The first step is to send Chinese astronauts into space, conduct multi-day and multi-manned space flight with safe return to the preset position. The tasks of the first step have been perfectly completed with the Shenzhou-5 to Shenzhou-7 missions. The second step is to make a breakthrough in the key technology of carrying out extravehicular activity and rendezvous docking, send space station into space, and perform short-term manned space applicable experiment. The third step is to build a permanent space laboratory that allows astronauts to conduct long-term manned space applicable experiment.

The heavenly palace a number (Tiangong-1) is China's first goal in aircraft, on September 29, 2011 in 16 points 21 3 seconds in the jiuquan satellite launch centre, the aircraft is 10.4 meters 3.35 meters in diameter, the largest, the lab and resources a cabin. Its launch marks China's entering China aerospace "three steps" strategy the second step in the second stage. According to the plan, the shenzhou number 8, 9, 10 shenzhou shenzhou spacecraft will in turn in two years with the heavenly number one complete no one or someone rendezvous and docking, and establish China's first task a space laboratory.

英语时事短篇新闻：

When the earthquake occurred in Japan, 130 kilometers northeast of Fukushima Prefecture, a huge tsunami was formed due to the earthquake, and it invaded the port at a very fast speed.

Hundreds of people died. The earthquake is the strongest in Japan in more than 100 years, causing huge losses.

日本地震发生的时候，距离福岛县东北方向130公里处的海上，因地震而形成了巨大海啸，并以极快的速度向港口侵袭。

数百人丧生。这次地震是日本100多年来最强烈的一次地震，造成了巨大的损失。

重点词汇：

海上：at sea ; on the sea ; seaborne。

海啸：bore ; tidal wave ; seismic sea wave ; seaquake。

侵袭：make inroads on ; invade and attack ; smite ; hit。

数百：hundreds of ; several hundred ; people lost their jobs。

丧生：meet one's death ; lose one's life ; get killed。

多年来：over the years ; for years ; through the years。

以上内容参考 百度百科-日本地震

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