VOA慢速英语:Will US, Russia Continue Space Cooperation?

短语讲解：

1. The United States wants Russia to agree to continue cooperation on the space station until 2024.

agree to 同意
例句：We cannot agree to consign the goods. 
我们不同意寄售此货。 

2. He says relations between American and Russian astronauts on the space station are just as good as ever.

as good as 几乎，实际上; 无异
例句：Your spanish as good as your english?
你的西班牙语和英语一样好吗?

3. But he adds that the political environment and the reasons for continuing space cooperation have come under a lot of pressure.

a lot of 许多的; 诸多
例句：A lot of what's changing now is subtle.
许多变化都非常微妙。

4. But Russian space officials did not take part in the discussions about Orion.

take part in 参加…，参与…
例句：The community members who take part in the study circles.
参与这项研究会一部分工作的社区成员。

5. NASA scientists say they have been able to see what they call a “bulge” in the Moon caused by Earth’s gravitational pull.

be able to 能，会; 能够
例句：How soon will china be able to clean up its air?
中国能在多短时间内将空气变清洁？

6. In a statement, he said “the deformation of the Moon due to Earth’s pull is very challenging to measure, but learning more about it gives us clues about the interior of the moon.”

due to 欠下债[账]，应给予; 由于
例句：The team's success was largely due to her efforts. 
该队的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力. 

7. In their words, the effects are strong enough to stretch them enough “so they wind up shaped a little like two eggs with their ends pointing toward one another.”

one another 互相
例句：They often wear one another's hand-me-downs.
他们往往穿着彼此的旧衣服。

8. Hubble is coming to the end of its life. The James Webb Space Telescope is expected to be launched in 2018.

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事; 期许
例句：That could hardly be expected to last.
这很难预计将持续多久。