世界最大望远镜将落座智利

时间：2014-06-20 08:14:43

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The top of a 3,000m-high mountain in Chile has been blown up to make way for the world's largest optical and infrared1 telescope.

智利一座海拔3000米的高山的山顶被炸平，用来建造世界上最大的光学以及红外望远镜。
The aptly named Extremely Large Telescope will be the largest telescope of its kind
The aptly named Extremely Large Telescope will be the largest telescope of its kind
 
A million tonnes of rock were blasted in order to create a level surface on which to build the European-Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT).
 
At its heart will lie a mirror that is half the size of a football pitch.
 
This will allow astronomers2 to look further into space and in more detail than ever before.
 
The explosion in Cerro Armazones in northern Chile took place just after 1840 BST and was streamed live by the European Southern Observatory3.
 
Dr Aprajita Verma, deputy project scientist for the E-ELT's UK team at the University of Oxford4, said: "The telescope is a really huge step in terms of its scale - it's so much bigger than anything else.
 
"It will give us a deeper and finer view of the Universe."
 
Now the mountaintop has been levelled, the construction of the E-ELT will begin. It is expected to take less than 10 years.
 
The site, in the middle of the Atacama desert - and close to the Very Large Telescope - has been chosen because of its near-perfect observing conditions: for most of the year, the sky is cloudless.

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1 infrared dx0yp     
adj./n.红外线(的)
参考例句：
  • Infrared is widely used in industry and medical science.红外线广泛应用于工业和医学科学。
  • Infrared radiation has wavelengths longer than those of visible light.红外辐射的波长比可见光的波长长。
2 astronomers 569155f16962e086bd7de77deceefcbd     
n.天文学者，天文学家( astronomer的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings. 天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 observatory hRgzP     
n.天文台，气象台，瞭望台，观测台
参考例句：
  • Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
  • Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。
4 Oxford Wmmz0a     
n.牛津（英国城市）
参考例句：
  • At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
  • This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

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