注意：space作“太空，宇宙空间”时为不可数名词，其前不能用冠词。
The earth moves through space .
From space , the earth looks like a huge water-covered globe .
6. fall back (to) 落回（到）；退回（到）
If the rocket does not reach its speed , it will fall back to the earth .
I’m sure the price of TV sets will fall back .
7. send up 发射；使上涨
This satellite has to be sent up into space successfully .
Such bad weather will send the price of vegetables up .
8. make A from B 用B制成A
It has equipment for making electricity from sunshine .
We can make hundreds of useful things from waste material .
注意：make A into B把A 制成B 。下面三句意思一样：We can make paper into these beautiful flowers . = We can make these beautiful flowers from paper . = These beautiful flowers can be made from paper by us .
9. fold up 折叠
Sun panels are folded up inside the satellite .
Please fold up the table to make room for the piano .
10. at a speed of 以……的速度
Signals travel at the speed of light .
It is said that jet plane can fly at a speed of more than 20xx miles per hour .
11. be likely to do 很可能
A fire is likely to break out in such places .
She is likely to give you a ring at supper .
12. the next day or two 未来的一两天
Is it possible for us to say what the weather is like in the next day or two ?
注意：在表示时间的“下一个”时，next 前常不用 the ；在表示“第二……，以后……时”next 前多加 the 。试对比：
She will bring you the magazine next week .
She brought you the magazine the next week .
13. keep out of 不使进入；不去惹事
This notice will keep those who have nothing to do with the meeting out of the building .
I hope you’ll keep your brother out of trouble while I’m away .
14. bring back 带回；归还；使回想起
You must bring these library books back to me next week .
The film brought back my happy childhood .
15. dozens of 几十个
She talked with dozens of scientists at the meeting .
16. put into把……安放进去
Today dozens of satellites have been put into space .
注意：put into 相当于 send up into ，课文中作者把space看成一个大容器，用put into 更显得生动传神。另外，put into 还表示“把……译成；投入”。
17. with the help of sb = with one’s help 在某人的帮助下
18. tell the difference between A and B = tell A from B 说出A 和B的区别
She can’t tell the difference between right and wrong .
19. be diseased 有病了，害了病的
These trees are diseased . You must cut away the diseased branches as soon as possible .
20. look into 调查；研究；往里面看
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高二英语第十四单元Satellites（卫星）