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2024年03月29日
为什么人人都可以成为火箭科学家 |劳伦·菲尔
鼓舞人心的演讲:TEDx Worldwide 的新见解
我不认为这可能是太空任务的一部分。 我在课堂上的表现让我最好的数学老师之一告诉我的父母,劳伦在生活中不会走得太远。 我被告知,通往太空职业生涯的环境并不是我生来就适合的环境。而且我没有飞行员执照。
This seed is a result of generations and generations of adaptation to life on Earth.

Why everyone can be a rocket scientist | Lauren Fell

This seed is a result of generations and generations of adaptation to life on Earth.

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  This seed is a result of generations and generations of adaptation(适应) to life on Earth. All it knows is Earth. It's built for Earth. How can it survive beyond(在…的那边) the environment it's adapted(使适应) to grow in? Growing up, I never thought I could be part of a space mission(使命). I wasn't very good at maths in school.
  In fact, my performance in class led one of my high school maths teachers to tell my parents that Lauren just wouldn't go very far in life. The type of environment that typically leads to a career in space is not one I was taught that I was built for. And I believed it. I mean, I wasn't going to do an engineering degree. I didn't have my pilot's license. I didn't live in Houston, Texas(德克萨斯州(美国州名)).
  As silly as some of these imagined qualifications seem now, that's what we all thought of when I was younger, when we imagined astronauts and the possibilities of working in space. In 2017, after finishing a degree in psychology( 心理学) and working in user experience research, I received a simple email. It was announcing a challenge that NASA had put out to the public. They wanted help designing a storyboard for a video that would explain how they use RFID tagging on the International Space Station. My first thought was, wow, NASA is letting regular people in on this? And my second thought was, what on earth is RFID?
  Or what off earth is it? Well, I found(找到) out and I put together a submission(屈服). And to my immense(极广大的) surprise, I won first place. When the next NASA challenge came around, I jumped in straight away. This was a little different. It was to design a radiation(发散) shield(盾) that would wrap(裹) around a future spacecraft on its way to Mars.
  And the trick was it needed to be folded down to be compact(紧凑的) enough to fit inside a small rocket(火箭). Again, I thought, NASA is really letting people in on this? I had to think of the solution for this one for a while. But I eventually drew inspiration(灵感) from how an armadillo folds up its armor( 盔甲), its shield. Now, I didn't have any industrial(工业的) design or engineering skills. So I put together my submission, the best way I knew how, using the shapes tool in PowerPoint.
  I'm fairly sure most of my calculations(计算) are incorrect(不正确的). But despite(不管) being someone who didn't have the CV or education to possibly hope for a job at NASA, they awarded me second place for this design. The freedom(自由) of the challenge actually allowed my idea to speak for itself without needing that formal education or background to prop( 支持) it up. A few years later, after a few more second and third place entries and a whole lot of failed attempts(企图), I had taught myself 3D modeling, 3D printing, and some basic robotics. I used these skills to participate in a higher profile challenge. For this, I designed and built a prototype(原型) for a lunar(月亮的) crane(起重机) that could help autonomously offload cargo from landers of different shapes and sizes on the moon.

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重点单词:

C2
agility:noun.敏捷;灵活;机敏
C1
boundary:noun.分界线,边界
indispensable:adj.必不可少的,必需的
immense:adj.极广大的, 无边的, <口>非常好的
prototype:noun.原型
humanity:noun.人性, 人类, 博爱, 仁慈
Texas:noun.德克萨斯州(美国州名)
calculation:noun.计算,计算结果
prop:verb. 支持
venture:verb.敢于;冒险
cargo:noun.船货,货物
burden:noun.担子,重担;装载量
capability:noun.才能,能力;性能,容量
suspension:noun.悬浮;暂停;停职
adaptability:noun. 适应性
flourish:verb.繁荣,茂盛,兴旺
adaptation:noun.适应;改编;改编本,改写本
submission:noun.屈服, 降服, 服从, 谦恭, 投降
inspiration:noun.灵感
privilege:noun.特权, 特别待遇, 基本公民权力, 特免
analogy:noun.类似, 类推
armor:noun. 盔甲, 装甲; 保护物
consortium:noun.财团;联合;合伙
compact:adj.紧凑的, 紧密的, 简洁的
anti:noun.反对者 a反对的
inclusive:adj.包括的,包含的
lunar:adj.月亮的,月球的;阴历的;银的;微亮的
coordinate:verb.使协调,调节
thrive:verb.兴旺,繁荣,旺盛
complexity:noun.复杂,复杂性;复杂错综的事物
precision:noun.精度,[数] 精密度;精确
B2
mission:noun.使命,任务;使团
psychology:noun. 心理学
attempt:noun.企图
mighty:adj. 强有力的, 强大的; 巨大的
diversity:noun.差异, 多样性
constantly:adv.不断地;时常地
freely:adv.自由地;直率地
adapt:verb.使适应;改编
creativity:noun.创造力;创造性
associate:verb.交往
exploration:noun.探险, 踏勘, 探测, [医](伤处等的)探查, 探察术
insight:noun.洞察力;洞悉
rocket:noun.火箭,火箭发动机
incorrect:adj.不正确的,错误的
shield:noun.盾;防护物;保护者
crane:noun.起重机,摄影升降机
survival:noun. 幸存; 生存
freedom:noun.自由;自主
expertise:noun.专家的意见, 专门技术
innovation:noun.创新,革新;新方法
motivation:noun.动机
unexpected:adj.想不到的,意外的
passionate:adj.有激情的;热烈的,激昂的
spacecraft:noun.航天器,宇宙飞船
industrial:adj.工业的;产业的
launch:noun.发射;发行,投放市场;下水;汽艇
diversity:noun.差异, 多样性
handle:verb.拿,触
universe:noun. 宇宙
vast:adj.巨大的;大量的
radiation:noun.发散, 发光, 发热, 辐射, 放射, 放射线, 放射物
wrap:verb.裹,包,捆
gardener:noun.园丁,花匠
unfamiliar:adj.不熟悉的;不常见的;没有经验的
vibration:noun. 振动
protection:noun.保护,警戒
adaptable:adj.能适应的, 可修改的
beyond:adp.在…的那边
perspective:noun.透视画法, 透视图, 远景, 前途, 观点, 看法, 观点, 观察
mechanism:noun.机制;原理,途径;进程;机械装置;技巧
unique:adj.唯一的,独一无二的
trust:noun.信任
ensure:verb.保证,确保;使安全
专辑
鼓舞人心的演讲:TEDx Worldwide 的新见解
难度
B2
词汇量
445/1451
摘要
我不认为这可能是太空任务的一部分。 我在课堂上的表现让我最好的数学老师之一告诉我的父母,劳伦在生活中不会走得太远。 我被告知,通往太空职业生涯的环境并不是我生来就适合的环境。而且我没有飞行员执照。
第1句的重点词汇:
1. adaptation

C1

noun.适应;改编;改编本,改写本
语法:of的介词宾语

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