Space and the universe: HSK 7-9 宇宙与航天：HSK 七至九级

但宇宙无限。

Dàn yǔzhòu wúxiàn.

But the universe is infinite.

宇宙是怎样形成的？

Yǔzhòu shì zěnyàng xíngchéng de?

How was the universe formed?

航天博物馆周末开门吗？

Hángtiān bówùguǎn zhōumò kāimén ma?

Is the space museum open on weekends?

他的梦想是成为航天航空工程师。

Tā de mèngxiǎng shì chéngwéi hángtiān hángkōng gōngchéngshī.

His dream is to become an aerospace engineer.

金星没有卫星。

Jīnxīng méiyǒu wèixīng.

Venus has no moons.

那些卫星在哪里？

Nèixiē wèixīng zài nǎlǐ?

Where are the satellites?

他们发射火箭。

Tāmen fāshè huǒjiàn.

They launched a rocket.

火箭飞得极快。

Huǒjiàn fēi de jí kuài.

The rocket travels at a tremendous speed.

宇航员在太空怎么睡觉？

Yǔhángyuán zài tàikōng zěnme shuìjiào?

How do astronauts sleep in space?

我儿子长大想当宇航员。

Wǒ érzi zhǎngdà xiǎng dāng yǔhángyuán.

My son wants to be an astronaut when he grows up.

你来自哪个行星？

Nǐ láizì nǎge xíngxīng?

Which planet are you from?

地球是一个行星。

Dìqiú shì yí gè xíngxīng.

Earth is a planet.

夜里在山上能看见银河。

Yèli zài shānshàng néng kànjiàn yínhé.

At night you can see the Milky Way from the mountains.

银河里有几千亿颗星星。

Yínhé lǐ yǒu jǐqiān yì kē xīngxing.

The Milky Way holds hundreds of billions of stars.

我们能拯救这颗星球吗？

Wǒmen néng zhěngjiù zhè kē xīngqiú ma?

Can we save the planet?

飞船正在探测那颗星球。

Fēichuán zhèngzài tàncè nà kē xīngqiú.

The spacecraft is probing that planet.

飞船离开太阳系了。

Fēichuán líkāi tàiyángxì le.

The spacecraft has left the solar system.

除了我们地球，太阳系还有七个星球。

Chúle wǒmen dìqiú, tàiyángxì háiyǒu qī gè xīngqiú.

There are seven more planets in the Solar System besides Earth.

夜里能看见银河系吗？

Yèli néng kànjiàn yínhéxì ma?

Can you see the Milky Way at night?

银河系以外，还有多少星系？

Yínhéxì yǐwài, háiyǒu duōshǎo xīngxì?

Apart from the Milky Way, what other galaxies are there?

地球不是恒星，而是行星。

Dìqiú bú shì héngxīng, érshì xíngxīng.

The earth is not a star, but a planet.

行星围着固定不动的恒星转。

Xíngxīng wéizhe gùdìng bú dòng de héngxīng zhuǎn.

Planets move around a fixed star.

彗星多久会回来一次？

Huìxīng duōjiǔ huì huílai yícì?

How often does a comet come back?

彗星的尾巴为什么那么长？

Huìxīng de wěiba wèishénme nàme cháng?

Why is a comet's tail so long?

火星上以前有水吗？

Huǒxīng shàng yǐqián yǒu shuǐ ma?

Was there water on Mars in the past?

火星车成功着陆了！

Huǒxīng chē chénggōng zhuólùle!

The Mars rover has touched down successfully!

天文学需要很好的数学吗？

Tiānwénxué xūyào hěn hǎo de shùxué ma?

Does astronomy require good math skills?

我哥哥大学学的是天文学。

Wǒ gēge dàxué xué de shì tiānwénxué.

My older brother studied astronomy at university.

大气层怎么会影响天气？

Dàqìcéng zěnme huì yǐngxiǎng tiānqì?

How can the atmosphere affect the weather?

流星进入大气层就会燃烧。

Liúxīng jìnrù dàqìcéng jiù huì ránshāo.

A meteor burns up once it enters the atmosphere.

地球对月亮也有引力吗？

Dìqiú duì yuèliang yě yǒu yǐnlì ma?

Does the Earth also exert a gravitational pull on the moon?

黑洞的引力为什么那么大？

Hēidòng de yǐnlì wèishénme nàme dà?

Why is the gravitational pull of a black hole so strong?

飞机起飞要克服重力。

Fēijī qǐfēi yào kèfú zhònglì.

An airplane has to overcome gravity to take off.

月球上的重力比地球小。

Yuèqiú shàng de zhònglì bǐ dìqiú xiǎo.

Gravity on the moon is weaker than on Earth.

失重时，水会变成圆球。

Shīzhòng shí, shuǐ huì biànchéng yuánqiú.

In weightlessness, water forms into round balls.

在失重的环境里怎么睡觉？

Zài shīzhòng de huánjìng lǐ zěnme shuìjiào?

How do you sleep in a weightless environment?

我儿子长大想当航天员。

Wǒ érzi zhǎngdà xiǎng dāng hángtiānyuán.

My son wants to be an astronaut when he grows up.

航天员在天宫里做实验。

Hángtiānyuán zài Tiāngōng lǐ zuò shíyàn.

The astronauts are doing experiments aboard Tiangong.

那艘飞船真大啊。

Nà sōu fēichuán zhēn dà a.

How huge that airship is!

飞船明天重返地球。

Fēichuán míngtiān chóngfǎn dìqiú.

The spacecraft will return to Earth tomorrow.

工程师们正在检查新的航天器。

Gōngchéngshīmen zhèngzài jiǎnchá xīn de hángtiānqì.

The engineers are inspecting the new spacecraft.

航天器回到地球时，速度非常快。

Hángtiānqì huídào dìqiú shí, sùdù fēicháng kuài.

When a spacecraft returns to Earth, it travels extremely fast.

探测器已经到达了木星附近。

Tàncèqì yǐjīng dàodále mùxīng fùjìn.

The probe has already reached the vicinity of Jupiter.

探测器拍到了木星表面的照片吗？

Tàncèqì pāi dàole mùxīng biǎomiàn de zhàopiān ma?

Did the probe take pictures of Jupiter's surface?

仪器探测到了微弱的信号。

Yíqì tàncè dàole wēiruò de xìnhào.

The instrument picked up a faint signal.

开始发射倒数。

Kāishǐ fāshè dàoshǔ.

Begin the launch countdown.

俄罗斯去年发射了一个卫星。

Éluósī qùnián fāshèle yí gè wèixīng.

A satellite was launched in Russia last year.

空间站在太空中绕着地球转。

Kōngjiānzhàn zài tàikōng zhōng ràozhe dìqiú zhuǎn.

The space station orbits the Earth in outer space.

晚上有时能在天上看到空间站。

Wǎnshang yǒushí néng zài tiānshàng kàndào kōngjiānzhàn.

Sometimes you can see the space station in the sky at night.

登月是人类开天辟地的大事。

Dēngyuè shì rénlèi kāitiānpìdì de dàshì.

Landing on the moon was an unprecedented event for humankind.

我爷爷还记得当年登月的新闻。

Wǒ yéye hái jìde dāngnián dēngyuè de xīnwén.

My grandfather still remembers the news of the moon landing back then.

大爆炸之前到底有什么？

Dàbàozhà zhīqián dàodǐ yǒu shénme?

What was there before the Big Bang, anyway?

你相信宇宙开始于一次大爆炸吗？

Nǐ xiāngxìn yǔzhòu kāishǐ yú yícì Dàbàozhà ma?

Do you believe the universe began with a Big Bang?

如果掉进黑洞，会发生什么事？

Rúguǒ diào jìn hēidòng, huì fāshēng shénme shì?

What would happen if you fell into a black hole?

用望远镜能看见星星。

Yòng wàngyuǎnjìng néng kànjiàn xīngxing.

You can see the stars using a telescope.

你可以用望远镜看星星。

Nǐ kěyǐ yòng wàngyuǎnjìng kàn xīngxing.

You can use a telescope to look at the stars.

我被外星人绑架了。

Wǒ bèi wàixīngrén bǎngjiàle.

I was abducted by aliens.

不是所有外星人都坏。

Bú shì suǒyǒu wàixīngrén dōu huài.

Not all aliens are bad.

飞行器什么时候到火星？

Fēixíngqì shénme shíhou dào huǒxīng?

When will the spacecraft reach Mars?

新飞行器明天早上从海边发射。

Xīn fēixíngqì míngtiān zǎoshang cóng hǎibiān fāshè.

The new flying craft will be launched from the coast tomorrow morning.

山里的夜晚，星空特别亮。

Shān lǐ de yèwǎn, xīngkōng tèbié liàng.

On a night in the mountains, the starry sky is especially bright.

那颗陨石是从太空掉下来的。

Nà kē yǔnshí shì cóng tàikōng diào xiàlai de.

That meteorite fell from space.

那颗陨石落在了山后面的田里。

Nà kē yǔnshí luò zài le shān hòumian de tiánlǐ.

That meteorite landed in a field behind the mountain.

夜空中划过一颗流星。

Yèkōng zhōng huáguò yì kē liúxīng.

A shooting star streaked across the night sky.

这颗小行星离地球很远。

Zhè kē xiǎoxíngxīng lí dìqiú hěn yuǎn.

This asteroid is very far from the Earth.

小行星撞上地球会怎么样？

Xiǎoxíngxīng zhuàng shàng dìqiú huì zěnmeyàng?

What would happen if an asteroid hit the Earth?

望远镜里的星云像一朵花。

Wàngyuǎnjìng lǐ de xīngyún xiàng yì duǒ huā.

The nebula in the telescope looks like a flower.

这张照片拍的是一片星云。

Zhè zhāng zhàopiān pāi de shì yípiàn xīngyún.

This photo shows a nebula.

超新星爆发时会非常亮。

Chāoxīnxīng bàofā shí huì fēicháng liàng.

A supernova becomes extremely bright when it explodes.

这颗超新星离我们很远。

Zhè kē chāoxīnxīng lí wǒmen hěn yuǎn.

This supernova is very far from us.

宇宙中有很多暗物质吗？

Yǔzhòu zhōng yǒu hěn duō ànwùzhì ma?

Is there a lot of dark matter in the universe?

暗物质至今还没被找到。

Ànwùzhì zhìjīn hái méi bèi zhǎodào.

Dark matter still hasn't been found.

宇宙飞船明天就要起飞了。

Yǔzhòufēichuán míngtiān jiùyào qǐfēile.

The spaceship is about to take off tomorrow.

那艘宇宙飞船要飞去哪里？

Nà sōu yǔzhòufēichuán yào fēi qù nǎlǐ?

Where is that spaceship going?

航天飞机终于回到地球了。

Hángtiānfēijī zhōngyú huídào dìqiú le.

The space shuttle has finally returned to Earth.

这架航天飞机能坐几个人？

Zhè jià hángtiānfēijī néng zuò jǐ ge rén?

How many people can this space shuttle carry?

飞船的推进器突然坏了！

Fēichuán de tuījìnqì tūrán huàile!

The spaceship's thruster suddenly broke down!

推进器一开，飞船就动了。

Tuījìnqì yì kāi, fēichuán jiù dòngle.

As soon as the thruster fired, the spaceship moved.

这艘飞船会在哪里着陆？

Zhè sōu fēichuán huì zài nǎlǐ zhuólù?

Where will this spaceship land?

太空舱里面又小又冷吗？

Tàikōngcāng lǐmiàn yòu xiǎo yòu lěng ma?

Is it small and cold inside the space capsule?

太空舱安全落在了沙漠里。

Tàikōngcāng ānquán luò zài le shāmò lǐ.

The space capsule landed safely in the desert.

木星有很多颗卫星。

Mùxīng yǒu hěn duō kē wèixīng.

Jupiter has many moons.

用望远镜能看到木星吗？

Yòng wàngyuǎnjìng néng kàndào mùxīng ma?

Can you see Jupiter with a telescope?

金星自转得非常慢。

Jīnxīng zìzhuàn de fēicháng màn.

Venus rotates on its axis very slowly.

金星上的温度非常高。

Jīnxīng shàng de wēndù fēicháng gāo.

The temperature on Venus is extremely high.

水星是最小的行星。

Shuǐxīng shì zuì xiǎo de xíngxīng.

Mercury is the smallest planet.

水星公转得比地球快吗？

Shuǐxīng gōngzhuàn de bǐ dìqiú kuài ma?

Does Mercury orbit faster than the Earth?

土星周围有明亮的光环。

Tǔxīng zhōuwéi yǒu míngliàng de guānghuán.

Saturn is surrounded by bright rings.

土星周围有一圈很大的光环。

Tǔxīng zhōuwéi yǒu yì quān hěn dà de guānghuán.

Saturn has a big ring of light around it.

晚上往北看，就能找到北斗星。

Wǎnshang wǎng běi kàn, jiù néng zhǎodào Běidǒuxīng.

Look north at night and you can find the Big Dipper.

爷爷教我怎么用北斗星找方向。

Yéye jiāo wǒ zěnme yòng Běidǒuxīng zhǎo fāngxiàng.

My grandpa taught me how to find directions using the Big Dipper.

一光年到底有多长？

Yì guāngnián dàodǐ yǒu duō cháng?

Just how long is one light-year?

这颗星星离我们有四光年远。

Zhè kē xīngxing lí wǒmen yǒu sì guāngnián yuǎn.

This star is four light-years away from us.

你什么星座啊？

Nǐ shénme xīngzuò a?

What's your sign?

夜空中能看到很多星座。

Yèkōng zhōng néng kàndào hěn duō xīngzuò.

You can see many constellations in the night sky.