Mars lander sends photos from Red Planet's arctic

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/26/mars.lander/index.html#cnnSTCText

"We are not going to be able to answer the final question of is there life on Mars," said Smith,

an optical scientist with the University of Arizona.
optical:relating to machines or processes which are concerned with light, images, or the way we see things

"We will take the next important step.

We'll find out if there's organic material associated with this ice in the polar regions.
organic:living, or produced by or from living things
polar:close to or relating to the North Pole or the South Pole
North Pole:the most northern point on the surface of the Earth
region:a large area of a country or of the world, usually without exact limits

Ice is a preserver, and if there ever were organics on Mars and they got into that ice,

they will still be there today."

The twin to the Mars Polar Lander spacecraft,
land:to make a plane move safely down onto the ground at the end of a journey
spacecraft:a vehicle that is able to travel in space

Phoenix was supposed to travel to Mars in 2001 as the Mars Surveyor spacecraft.
Phoenix:the capital and largest city of Arizona, US. It as an extremely hot city that is growing very quickly, because many old people go there to live.
extremely:to a very great degree
surveyor:someone whose job is to examine the condition of a building, or to measure and record the details of an area of land

They were originally part of the "better, faster, cheaper" program, formulated by then
formulate:to develop something such as a plan or a set of rules, and decide all the details of how it will be done
then:used when mentioning the person who had a particular job, title, or position at a time in the past

-NASA Administrator Dan Goldin to beef up planetary exploration on a lean budget.
beef something ↔ up:to improve something or make it more interesting, more important etc
planetary:｛わくせい｝｛きどう｝惑星の、軌道を回る(I couldn't seach difinition in English.)
exploration:the act of travelling through a place in order to find out about it or find something such as oil or gold in it
lean:thin in a healthy and attractive way
attractive:someone who is attractive is good looking, especially in a way that makes you sexually interested in them

I'm interested in the news.
I want to go to Mars.So I hope that NASA keeps working.

Like A Rolling Stone

Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan


Once upon a time you dressed so fine

You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
bums:someone, especially a man, who has no home or job, and who asks people for money
prime:the time in your life when you are strongest and most active

People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
beware:used to warn someone to be careful because something is dangerous
doll:a word meaning an attractive young woman - now usually considered offensive
bind:to tie someone so that they cannot move or escape

You thought they were all kiddin' you

You used to laugh about

Everybody that was hangin' out
hang out:to spend a lot of time in a particular place or with particular people

Now you don't talk so loud

Now you don't seem so proud

About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
scrounge:to get money or something you want by asking other people for it rather than by paying for it yourself


How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely

But you know you only used to get juiced in it
juice:juice something ↔ up
to make something more interesting or exciting

And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street

And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it

You said you'd never compromise
compromise:to reach an agreement in which everyone involved accepts less that what they wanted at first

With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
tramp:someone who has no home or job and moves from place to place, often asking for food or money

He's not selling any alibis
alibis:something that proves that someone was not where a crime happened and therefore could not have done it

As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
vacuum:a space that is completely empty of all gas, especially one from which all the air has been taken away
in a vacuum:existing completely separately from other people or things and having no connection with them

And ask him do you want to make a deal?
deal:an agreement or arrangement, especially in business or politics, that helps both sides involved


I read the lyrics today with the Longman Dictionary.
but I can't understand difference of meaning of bum and tramp.
Are these words same things?
and I can't understand clearly meaning of "juice".
please teach me.

The Golden Goose

http://storynory.com/2008/05/12/the-golden-goose/

単語
cruel:むごい、ひどい
srt out:（仕事に）出発する
swig:がぶがぶ飲む
thirsty:のどが渇く
off with you:消え失せろ
filthy:不潔な
beggar:乞食
curse:呪い
axe:斧
limp:足を引きずる
bandage:包帯をする

Once upon a time, there lived a wood-cutter and his wife who had three sons.
昔々、そこではきこりと彼の妻と３人の息子の家族が住んでいました。

The eldest two were strong and tall,
長男と次男はたくましくて背が高く

and their mother and father were always telling them how handsome and clever they were.
また、両親は彼らにどのようにしてハンサムで賢くなれるかを常に言ってきました。

But the youngest son was, to tell you the truth, just a bit simple in the head.
しかし末っ子は実を言うとちょっと頭がよくありません。

He wasn’t very tall, and he wasn’t very strong, and his family thought he was good for nothing.
彼は背も高くなく、たくましくなく、家族は彼に対して何も役に立たないと思っていました。

They hardly ever called him by his real name,
家族は彼の本当の名前を呼ぶことは今までにほとんどありませんでした。

but instead they gave him a cruel nickname.
しかしその代わりにひどいニックネームをつけました。

They called him Dummy, because they said he was stupid.
家族はダミーと呼びました、それは彼は馬鹿だと言ったからでした。

One day the eldest son wanted to go to the forest to cut wood.
ある日長男は森へ木を切りに行きたがりました。

The mother praised him for being such a useful boy and before he set out,
母親は彼が出発する前にそのように役に立つ息子に育ってくれたことを褒めました。

she gave him some of her best fruit cake for his lunch, and a bottle of wine to wash it down.
母親は彼にいくつか良く出来たフルーツケーキとランチを持たせ、ワインの瓶を洗いに降りました。

While the boy was walking through the forest, he met a little grey old man who said to him:

“Do give me a little piece of you cake and a swig of your wine.

I’m so terribly hungry and thirsty.”

And the eldest son replied;

“Be off with you, you filthy old beggar. “

And the little grey old man went away, but not without taking his revenge.

He put a curse on the boy, so that when he started to cut a tree down,

his axe slipped and went into his leg.

The boy limped home to his mother who washed his wound and bandaged him.



I changed approach.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online is useful for me.
This family are cruel to youngest son.
but I like this story.