News Plus慢速英语:玉兔号进入第11次月夜休眠 经济衰退与生育率降低有关

1.moon rover 月球车

The engineers want to test the moon rover's ability to meet a NASA milestone of traveling at least 25 miles (40 km) over 14 days under its own power.
 

工程师们还想要挑战NASA月球车的里程记录：自身供电坚持至少14天并跑路25英里（40公里）。
 

2.deputy chief designer 副总设计师
 

Huang Weifen, deputy chief designer of the mission's flight system, said six astronauts - three to fly out and three to be on standby - have reached Jiuquan on Sunday.
 

航天员系统副总设计师黄伟芬说，六名航天员上周日就已抵达酒泉。
 

3.designed lifetime 设计使用年限

The buld's designed lifetime is about five years.
 

这种灯泡的设计使用年限大约为5年。
 

4.Great Recession 大萧条

For optimists, these are all signs that might point towards the beginning of the end of the "Great Recession".
 

对那些持乐观态度的人来说，所有这些迹象都表明“大萧条”已经开始结束了。
 

5.health economist 健康经济学家
 

Abdo Yazbeck, a health economist who helped write the World Bank study, says he was surprised at the extent to which the poor were not getting health services intended for them.
 

一名专为世界银行撰写研究报告的健康经济学家表示，他对竟有那么多穷人无法获得本该为他们提供的健康服务感到震惊。
 

6.cut back on 削减

We shall have to cut back on our spending.
 

我们将不得不削减我们的经费。