戲劇化下降
Nick and Karen are both huge fans of NASA.
尼克跟凱倫都是美國國家航空暨太空總署的超級大粉絲。
Karen: Nick! Check this out!
凱倫：尼克！你看這個！
Nick: I know! NASA’s InSight Mars lander has successfully sent back a photograph. The photo revealed a mostly smooth and sandy terrain around the spacecraft with only one sizable rock visible.
尼克：我知道！美國太空總署的機器人探測器「洞察號」（InSight）成功傳回一張照片，上面顯示了探測器周邊平滑的沙質地形，其中還有一顆大石頭。
lander(n.)登陸器successfully(adv.)成功地reveal(v.)揭露mostly(adv.)通常=mainlysmooth(adj.)平滑的sandy(adj.)被沙覆蓋的terrain(n.)地形、地勢spacecraft(n.)太空船sizable(adj.)大的=largevisible(adj.)可看見的
Karen: Yes. What exciting news. All the engineers and scientists that involved in the project are thrilled!
凱倫：是啊，多令人興奮的新聞。所有參與計劃的工程師還有科學家都超開心！
scientist(n.)科學家involve in參與thrilled(adj.)很愉快的
Nick: The spacecraft arrived on Mars after an extremely dangerous supersonic plunge through its red skies that lasted six minutes.
尼克：洞察號是經過了一個危險的超音速下降過程才成功登陸火星，總共耗時了6分鐘。
spacecraft(n.)太空船arrive(v.)抵達Mars(n.)火星extremely(adv.)非常supersonic(adj.)超音速的plunge(n.)落下last(v.)持續
Karen: The landing process was so dramatic. I was stoked, and I just wanted to yell “touchdown confirmed” along with everyone else.
凱倫：降落過程真的超戲劇化，我覺得超興奮，只想跟其他人一起大叫「成功登陸」！
landing(n.)著陸process(n.)過程dramatic(adj.)戲劇化的stoked(adj.)非常興奮的yell(v.)大喊touchdown(n.)飛機或太空船著陸confirm(v.)確認along with一起
Nick: Me too! Can you imagine? It’s now possible that one day we will be able to move to Mars, a whole new world!
尼克：我也是！你能想像嗎？有一天我們真的有可能搬到火星了，一個嶄新的世界！
imagine(v.)想像be able to能夠move(v.)搬家Mars(n.)火星
Karen: Yeah. The lander, InSight, will continue to collect information on Mars and send it back to Earth. We can expect it to reveal more secrets surrounding planet Mars.
凱倫：是啊，探測器洞察號會繼續收集火星上的資訊傳回地球，我們可以期待洞察號帶來更多火星的秘密。
lander(n.)登陸器continue(v.)繼續collect(v.)收集Mars(n.)火星expect(v.)期待reveal(v.)揭露
Nick: We’re going to have to keep ourselves posted on everything that happens!
尼克：我們一定要隨時更新進度！
keep sb posted不斷向某人更新情況