萬萬沒想到:這些東西都被送入了太空!
作者:滬江英語
來源:鏡報
2015-08-14 13:49
If you think of some of the objects sent into space, the aliens they eventually reach may have a strange picture of what to expect from man. There is even a sound recording of the rain (presumably in case aliens ever visit Britain and want to know what to expect).
如果你想到那些被送人太空的物件最終會被外星人接收,那外星人也許會認為它們能從人類那期待的物件很是奇怪。這些物件中甚至有雨聲錄音(可能是以防外星人在來訪英國前不知該期待什么)。
1. The song Across the Universe by The Beatles
1. 披頭士的《穿越蒼穹》。
2. Lego mini-figurines of Galileo and the Roman deities Jupiter and Juno
2. 樂高玩具伽利略和羅馬神朱庇特和朱諾的小雕像。
注:Galileo是意大利的物理學家和天文學家;Jupiter和Juno分別是希臘神話中Zeus和Hera的羅馬名。
3. A sound recording of a kiss between a mother and child
3. 一份母子相吻的錄音。
4. Melancholy Blues, performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven
4. 由路易斯·阿姆斯特朗和他的Hot Seven樂隊一同演奏的《憂郁藍調(diào)》(Melancholy Blues)。
注:路易斯·阿姆斯特朗之于爵士樂,就好像巴赫之于古典音樂,亦或是貓王之于搖滾樂。
5. A greeting in Zulu from Fred Dube, telling aliens: "We greet you, great ones. We wish you longevity."
5.?由南非祖魯人弗萊德·杜布(Fred Dube)向外星人發(fā)出問候:”你們好,偉大的存在。祝愿你們長壽?!?/div>
6. JS Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No2 conducted by Karl Richter
6.?由卡爾·里克特指揮的約翰·塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫所創(chuàng)作的第二協(xié)奏曲。
7. A sound recording of the rain
7.?雨聲錄音。
8. A colour photograph of a tree with daffodils
8.?一張樹與水仙花的彩色照片。
9. A saxophone
9.?一支薩克斯管。
10. A sound recording of a shepherd herding sheep
10. 牧羊人牧羊的錄音。
11. A piece of the rudimentary airplane the Wright brothers flew in 1903, when the aircraft came a few feet off of the ground
11.?1903年萊特兄弟所發(fā)明的原始飛機碎片。當時這架飛機飛離地面幾英尺。
12. Buzz Lightyear toy. The astronaut action figure of the Toy Story films went in 2008 with Discovery mission STS-124
12.?巴茲光年玩具。這位《玩具總動員》電影里的宇航員玩具人在2008年同“發(fā)現(xiàn)”號去執(zhí)行STS-124任務了。
13. Claus Oldenberg's drawing of Mickey Mouse
13.?克拉斯·奧登伯格(Claus Oldenberg)畫的老鼠米奇。
14. A giant 3D printer
14.?一個巨大的3D打印機。
15. A portion of the remains of Krafft Ehricke (1917–1984), rocket scientist
15.?火箭科學家克拉夫特·艾瑞科克(Krafft Ehricke)(1917-1984)的骨灰。
16. The ashes of Star Trek's James Doohan, who played Scotty on the original television series
16.?詹姆斯·杜漢的骨灰。他在《星際迷航》原版電視劇中飾演斯科提(Scotty)。
17. Two golden orb spiders, named Gladys and Esmerelda, were housed on the International Space Station in 2011
17.?在2011入駐國際空間站的兩只金球蛛,它們分別叫格拉迪斯(Glayds)和埃斯梅拉達(Esmerelda)。
18. Lots of dead space monkeys, many called Albert
18.?許多死去的太空試驗猴,它們中許多叫阿爾貝特。
19. Lots and lots of vomit bags
19.?數(shù)不勝數(shù)的清潔袋。
20. A corned beef sandwich from a Cocoa Beach, Florida deli, taken by John Young in 1965. It disintegrated in the low gravity
20.?來自弗羅里達熟食店Cocoa Beach的一份腌牛排三明治,它是1965年約翰·楊帶上去的,在低重力環(huán)境下它也四分五裂。
21. The X-Ray of a hand
21.?一雙手的X射線圖。
22. The remains of Clyde Tombaugh, the scientist who discovered Pluto
22.?發(fā)現(xiàn)冥王星(Pluto)的科學家克萊德·湯博( Clyde Tombaugh)的骨灰。
23. A colour diagram of DNA structure
23.?一張關(guān)于DNA結(jié)構(gòu)的彩色圖表。
24. A film poster from the 1984 Val Kilmer movie Top Secret!
24.?1984年由瓦爾·基爾默主演的電影《笑破鐵幕》(Top Secret)的一張海報!