NASA's Big Space Telescopes
NASA 的大型太空望遠鏡
Introduction
NASA is looking at two big telescopes. They are the Hubble and the James Webb telescopes.
NASA 正在關注兩台大型望遠鏡，分別是 Hubble 和 James Webb 望遠鏡。
Main Body
The James Webb telescope is very expensive. It has a big mirror. It looks at old stars and far planets. NASA wants to keep using it for more years.
James Webb 望遠鏡非常昂貴。它有一個巨大的鏡面，用來觀測古老的恆星和遙遠的行星。NASA 希望能繼續使用它更多年。
The Hubble telescope is older. It sees different types of light. NASA must decide if Hubble can work until 2030 or if it must stop now.
Hubble 望遠鏡較舊。它能觀測不同類型的光。NASA 必須決定 Hubble 能否運作至 2030 年，或者現在就必須停止。
These two telescopes work together to help scientists. Now, more women scientists get to use them because NASA changed the rules for choosing projects.
這兩台望遠鏡協作以幫助科學家。現在有更多女性科學家可以使用它們，因為 NASA 更改了選擇項目的規則。
NASA also works with other countries. They use many telescopes together. This helps them find new things in space.
NASA 也與其他國家合作。他們共同使用許多望遠鏡。這有助於他們在太空中發現新事物。
Conclusion
NASA wants to know if they have enough money and tools to keep these telescopes working.
NASA 想知道他們是否有足夠的資金和工具來維持這些望遠鏡的運作。
Vocabulary Learning
🔭 Talking about 'The Big Stuff'
In this text, we see words like Big, Old, Expensive, and Different. These are 'describing words.' To reach A2, you need to put these before the thing you are talking about.
The Pattern: [Describing Word] → [Thing]
- Big → mirror
- Old → stars
- Expensive → telescope
🛠️ Action Words (The 'Must' Rule)
Look at this sentence: "NASA must decide."
When you use must, the action word that follows is always simple. No "-ing," no "-ed," and no "to."
❌ NASA must deciding ❌ NASA must to decide ✅ NASA must decide
🌍 Grouping People
Notice how the text says "other countries" and "women scientists."
To talk about a general group of people in English, we often leave out the word "the" at the start.
- The women scientists → (Specific women)
- Women scientists → (Women scientists in general)
NASA changed the rules for women scientists (all of them, everywhere).