The Martian

The Martian 火星救援

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TheMartian is about Mark Watney, who goes to Mars as an Ares 3 c______________ member.Before l______________, the crew had dropped s______________ to help themsurvive and study the planet. Their living quarters, known as the Hab, wasdropped onto the surface along with the Mars ascent v______________, which willtake them back up to the spaceship once their research is complete.

Justas Hab is e______________, providing the astronauts with a safe livingenvironment, a sandstorm kicks up. Visibility d______________ almostimmediately to zero, worrying that the storm might last for several months andthreaten the lives of the astronauts, NASA immediately i______________ the Ares3 crew to fly back to Earth.

Duringthe evacuation one of the crew members, Mark Watney, is hit by a p______________due to the storm and is thrown away. The crew is forced to leave him thinkinghe died due to r______________ in his space suit. However Mark survives and nowhas to find i______________ ways to make it till the next scheduled Marsmission four years later with the remaining m______________ supplies.

Beinga botanist he manages to c______________ food and survives by s______________parts of previous missions. NASA soon learns about him and attempts a d______________and dangerous mission to bring him back. Will they succeed in bringing him backalive? Only time will tell.

【词汇注释】

supply  [sə'plaɪ]n.补给品

survive[sə'vaɪv]v.生存；存活

surface['sɜːfɪs]n.表面；地面00

vehicle['viːɪkl]n.车辆；工具

erect[ɪ'rekt]v.建立；创立

provide[prə'vaɪd]v.提供；供应

visibility[.vɪzə'bɪləti]n.可见性；能见度

immediately[ɪ'midiətli]adv.立即；马上

threaten['θretn]v.威胁；危及

evacuation[ɪ.vækju'eɪʃn]n.撤退；抽空

projectile[prə'dʒektaɪ l]n.射弹；抛射体

rupture['rʌptʃə]v.破裂；断裂

【参考译文】

《火星救援》讲述的是战神3号飞船成员马克·沃特尼前往火星的故事。飞船成员在着陆之前先行投放了补给，以帮助他们在这个星球上生存和进行研究。他们那被称为哈布的宿舍与火星上升飞行器一起降落在火星表面。一旦他们的研究完成，它就会把他们送回到宇宙飞船。

就在为宇航员提供一个安全的生活环境的哈布建立之际，一场沙尘暴袭来。能见度几乎立刻降到零。由于担心风暴可能持续数月并威胁宇航员的生命，美国宇航局立即指示战神3号飞船人员返回地球。

在撤退过程中，其中一名飞船成员马克·沃特尼在风暴中被抛射物击中而被摔了出去。。其他飞船成员认为他的宇航服破裂而已经死亡，于是被迫离他而去。然而，马克活了下来，现在他必须找到巧妙的方法，用剩余的一点物资支撑到四年后的下一次预定的火星任务。

作为一名植物学家，他设法培育食物，并利用以前任务中的部分食物生存下来。美国宇航局很快就了解了他的情况，并试图通过一项大胆而危险的任务将他带回来。他们能成功把他活着带回来吗?只有时间才能证明一切。

安迪·威尔（著）