托福听力材料：美国计划跳过登月直奔火星

　　AZUZ: Space. What parts of it are we going to explore? How much money are we going to spend to get there? President Obama has a new strategy that answers those questions. He talked about it in a speech at the Kennedy Space Center yesterday. The president says he is 100 percent committed to NASA and its mission. He's proposing that the agency get an additional $6 billion over the next 5 years, with a goal of sending humans to Mars by the 2030s.

　　But under this plan, what you won't see is this: people walking on the moon. President Obama's strategy would cancel plans to send astronauts back there. He says, "We've been there before. There's a lot more of space to explore." Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon, agrees with the president. But Aldrin's NASA crewmate, Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, disagrees. He's part of a group of astronauts that have criticized the president's plan. Other NASA officials argue that the proposal could cost thousands of people their jobs. The president believes it's a way to move forward.

　　U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: This is the next chapter that we can write together here at NASA. We will partner with industry; we will invest in cutting-edge research and technology. We will set far-reaching milestones and provide the resources to reach those milestones. And step by step, we will push the boundaries, not only of where we can go, but what we can do.

　　Mine Safety

　　AZUZ: The president's also ordering a review of mines that have bad safety records. This comes after last week's tragedy at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. President Obama has criticized the company that owns the mine, specifically because of its safety record. The company called that criticism "regrettable" and said the president may be misinformed about the mine's safety record. Meantime, the governor of West Virginia has asked all of the state's miners to show up for work today. But instead of producing coal, he wants them to spend the day re-evaluating safety procedures.

　　首先，太空战略

　　AZUZ：太空，我们将要探索太空的哪一部分呢?我们将要花费多少资金才能到达那里呢?奥巴马总统出台了新的战略，对这些问题做了回答。

　　昨天，他在肯尼迪太空中心的讲话中提到了这一点。奥巴马总统说，他百分之百的支持NASA和他们的太空任务。他承诺，未来的五年，NASA还将额外收到60亿美元的资金，目标是三十年代将人类送上火星。

　　但是按照该计划，你看不到的是：人类在月球上漫步。奥巴马总统的战略将取消送宇航员上月球的计划。他说，“我们以前已经去过月球了。

　　太空仍然有许多领域等待我们去探索。”首次在月球漫步的宇航员之一Buzz Aldrin则不赞同。他和其他一些宇航员批评了总统的计划。其他NASA官员则辩称，该提议会使数千人失去工作。奥巴马总统相信这才是取得进展的办法。

　　美国总统奥巴马：“这是我们在NASA即将书写的下一个篇章。我们将与工业合作，我们将在前沿研究和技术方面投资。我们将树立影响深远的里程碑，为达到这些里程碑提供资源。逐渐的，我们将拓展边界，不仅仅是我们可以到达的地方，还有我们可以做的事情。”

　　矿山安全

　　ZUZ：奥巴马总统下令对拥有不良安全记录的矿山进行检查。这是在上周西佛吉尼亚上支煤矿发生灾难之后。奥巴马总统对该煤矿所属的公司提出了严厉批评，尤其是该公司的安全记录。该公司称，总统的批评非常“可惜”，他们说，总统可能收到了关于该煤矿安全记录的错误信息。同时，西佛吉尼亚州州长要求该州所有矿工在工作日必须出现。但是，不是要求他们挖煤，而是希望他们重新评估安全程序。