人类进入太空已经五十几年了，但在宇航员的食物方面，一直是冷冻食品热一下再吃。现在科学家在试验太空烘培，远期目标是能在太空做饭。
Baking cookies in space
by Marcia Dunn
Forget reheated, freeze-dried space grub（食物）. Astronauts（宇航员） are about to get a new test oven for baking chocolate chip cookies from scratch.
reheat /ˌriːˈhiːt/ v. 重新加热（由heat加上表示重复的前缀re-）
freeze-dried 冻干的
oven /ˈʌv(ə)n/ n. 烤箱
chocolate chip cookie 一种镶嵌了小块巧克力的小甜饼
from scratch /skrætʃ/ 从头开始
The next delivery of supplies for the International Space Station – scheduled for liftoff（发射升空） this weekend – includes the Zero G Oven. Chocolate chip cookie dough is already up there, waiting to pop into this small electric oven designed for zero gravity.
delivery /dɪˈlɪv(ə)ri/ n. 配送
supplies /səˈplaɪz/ n. 补给品
schedule /ˈʃedjuːl/ v. 为…安排时间
dough /dəʊ/ n. （用于烘培的）生面团
pop /pɒp/ v. 去（某个地方）
gravity /ˈɡrævəti/ n. 重力
The experiment explores the possibility of making freshly baked goods for space travelers. With NASA eyeing trips to the moon and Mars, homemade food takes on heightened importance. What's in orbit now are essentially food warmers.
freshly /ˈfreʃli/ adv. 新近、刚刚
NASA 美国太空总署
eye /aɪ/ v. 细看、审视
Mars /mɑːz/ n. 火星
homemade /ˌhəʊmˈmeɪd/ adj. 家里做的、自制的
take on 开始具有（某种特点）、呈现
heighten /ˈhaɪt(ə)n/ v. 提高、增加（由height加后缀-en变成动词）
orbit /ˈɔːbɪt/ n. （天体、飞船等运行的）轨道
essentially /ɪˈsenʃ(ə)li/ adv. 本质上、实质上（由essential加后缀-ly变成副词）
warmer /ˈwɔːmə(r)/ n. 加热器（由warm加上表示人或物的后缀-er）
Run by a New York couple, Zero G Kitchen aims to create a kitchen in space one appliance at a time, starting with the oven. "You're in space. I mean, you want to have the smell of cookies," said Zero G Kitchen's Jordana Fichtenbaum, a social media specialist for hotels and restaurants. "The kitchen is really sort of the heart of the home to me, and the oven is kind of where it's at. So just to make space more comfortable and make it more pleasant, more delicious."
run /rʌn/ v. 运营
appliance /əˈplaɪəns/ n. 家用电器
at a time 每次、一次
specialist /ˈspeʃ(ə)lɪst/ n. 专业人士、专家（由special加上表示人的后缀-ist）
sort of = kind of 有点儿
where it's at 发生有趣事情的地方
delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/ adj. 美味的
Also collaborating on this first-of-its-kind space bake: Texas-based Nanoracks, which designed and built the oven and arranged the flight, and DoubleTree, which supplied the same cookie dough used by the hotel chain for welcome cookies. "That's the beauty of this to me," Jordana Fichtenbaum said. "It's the same recipe and the same thing that you get on Earth."
collaborate /kəˈlæbəreɪt/ v. 合作
first-of-its-kind 同类事物中的第一个
bake /beɪk/ n. 烘培食品
Texas /ˈteksəs/ n. 得克萨斯（美国南方的州）
-based 后缀，意思是“总部在某地的”
supply /səˈplaɪ/ v. 供应
chain /tʃeɪn/ n. 连锁企业
beauty /ˈbjuːti/ n. 优点、好处
recipe /ˈresɪpi/ n. 菜谱
The cookie baking will be slow going – the oven can bake just one cookie at a time, and it could be weeks before the astronauts have time to try it out. Five raw cookies have been in a space station freezer since the summer. Each is in its own individual clear silicone（硅酮） pouch（小袋子） and resembles a frozen hockey puck.
try out 试用
raw /rɔː/ adj. （食物）生的
freezer /ˈfriːzə(r)/ n. 冰柜（由freeze加上表示人或物的后缀-er）
individual /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəl/ adj. 单独的
clear /klɪə(r)/ adj. 透明的
resemble /rɪˈzemb(ə)l/ v. 跟…很像
hockey puck 冰球（是扁扁的圆柱体）
The oven's maximum heat is 177 °C, double the temperature of the U.S. and Russian food warmers aboard the space station. The cylindrical（圆筒形的） oven uses electric heating elements. Nanorack manager Mary Murphy anticipates a baking time of 15 to 20 minutes per cookie at about 163 °C. The aroma（香气） of baking cookies should fill the lab each time a cookie comes out of the oven and is placed on an attached cooling rack, she said.
aboard /əˈbɔːd/ prep. 在（火车、飞机、轮船等）上
element /ˈelɪmənt/ n. 元素、组成部分
anticipate /ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/ v. 预料、预期
place /pleɪs/ v. 放置
cool /kuːl/ v. 冷却
rack /ræk/ n. 架子
The first cookie will be the real test; it could end up looking like a blob（圆圆的一团东西） or a mini pancake in the absence of gravity. Three of the space-baked cookies will be returned to Earth for analysis. "Baking doesn't always go according to plan, even on the ground," said Murphy.
end up 以…告终
mini /ˈmɪni/ n. 小型的、微型的
pancake /ˈpænkeɪk/ 是一种圆形的薄饼
absence /ˈæbs(ə)ns/ n. 缺席、不存在
analysis /əˈnæləsɪs/ n. 分析
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