Section IV Translation (20 point)

Directions: in this section there is a passage in English. Translate the five underlined sentences into Chinese and write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET

The smooth landing of shuttle (航 天 飞 机) Discovery ended a flight that was successful in almost every respect but one: the dislodging of a big chunk of foam, like the one that doomed the Columbia. This flight was supposed to vault the shuttle fleet back into space after a prolonged grounding for repairs. But given the repeat of the very problem that two years of retooling was supposed to resolve, the verdict is necessarily mixed.(61) Once again, the space agency has been forced to put off the flight until it can find a solution to the problem, and no one seems willing to guess how long that may take .

The Discovery astronauts performed superbly during their two-week mission, and the shuttle looked better than ever in some respects. (62) Space officials were justifiably happy that so much had gone well, despite daily worries over possible risks. The flight clearly achieved its prime objectives.

The astronauts transferred tons of cargo to the international space station, which has been limping along overhead with a reduced crew and limited supplies carried up on smaller Russian spacecraft. (63) They replaced a broken device, repaired another and carted away a load of rubbish that had been left on the station, showing the shuttle can bring full loads back down from space.

This was the most scrutinized shuttle flight ever, with the vehicle undergoing close inspection while still in orbit. (64) New sensing and photographic equipment to look for potentially dangerous damage to the sensitive external skin proved valuable .A new back flip maneuver allowed station astronauts to photograph the shuttle’s underbelly, and an extra-long robotic arm enabled astronauts see parts of the shuttle that were previously out of sight.

(65).The flood of images and the openness in discussing its uncertainties about potential hazards sometimes made it appear that the shuttle was about to fall apart. In the end the damage was clearly tolerable. A much-touted spacewalk to repair the shuttle’s skin-the first of its kind- moved an astronaut close enough to pluck out some protruding material with his hand. Preliminary evidence indicates that Discovery has far fewer nicks and gouges than shuttles on previous flights, perhaps showing that improvements to reduce the shedding of debris from the external fuel tank have had some success.

参考译文：

(61) 航天机构被迫再次推迟飞行，直到找到解决问题的方案。似乎没有人愿意猜测这一推迟可能会持续多长时间。

(62) 航天局的官员完全有理由为此感到高兴，虽然每天都在担心可能会发生危险，但这么多的工作都进展顺利。这次飞行明显实现了它的主要目标。

(63) 他们替换了一个破损的仪器，修好了另外一个仪器，清理掉了太空站上留下的垃圾 — 这表明航天飞机可以满载太空上的物品，返回地球。

(64) 事实表明，用新的传感和照相设备来探寻敏感的机体外壳上潜在的损伤，这是有用/有效的。

(65).大量的图像和公开讨论关于它的潜在危险的不确定性，有时使人觉得航天飞机仿佛快要解体。最终，他的损伤是明显可以承受的。