新聞出處：新唐人英語新聞
Astronauts Complete Eight Hour Spacewalk
太空人完成八小時太空漫步
【新聞關鍵字】
1. astronaut: [ˋæstrə͵nɔt] n.太空人、宇航員
2. expedition: [͵ɛkspɪˋdɪʃən] n. 遠征、探險
3. spacewalk: [ˋspes͵wɔk] n.太空漫步
4. maintenance: [ˋmentənəns] n.維修
5. International Space Station: n.phr. 國際太空站
6. time out: [ˋtaɪmˋaʊt] 暫停
7. secure: [sɪˋkjʊr] v. 取得
8. robotic: [roˋbɑtɪk] adj. 機器人的、自動的
9. task : [tæsk] n.工作、任務
10. EDT:：Eastern Daylight Time，美東夏令時間
Expedition 32 astronauts Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide completed an eight hour spacewalk while working on routine maintenance on the International Space Station.
探險家32號太空人蘇尼塔‧威廉斯與星出彰彥，當在國際太空站上進行例行維修時，完成了一趟八小時的太空漫步。
Williams, a NASA Flight Engineer, and Hoshide, of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, had trouble this time out. They were unable to install a new Main Bus Switching Unit on the ISS’ s-zero truss, and had difficulties securing its replacement. They also began installing a camera on the Canadarm2 robotic arm, but did not complete their task.
美國太空總署飛航工程師威廉斯，與日本太空探險機構的星出彰彥，在此次的作業中有些麻煩。他們無法在國際太空站上安裝一具電源切換裝置。他們也開始在機械手臂上，安裝一具照相機，但是並沒有完成他們的工作。
It was the second spacewalk of the expedition, and began at 8:16 a.m. EDT on Thursday, concluded at 4:33 p.m.
這次是遠征第二次的太空漫步，在美東夏令時間週四8:16 a.m.開始，4:33p.m.結束。
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