核心问题
（1）They attempted to put a satellite into space, but the rocket failed. [《高中英语教科书》第二册(下), 人教社, p. 12]
(2) They attempted to put a satellite into the space, but the rocket failed. (《课文英汉对照译注·高中第二册·下》, 广西师大出版社, p. 38)
不知上面的 space 和 the space 哪个用法正确？
词典解答
space 作“太空”“外层空间”解时是个不可数名词,不用冠词,故《高中英语教科书》上的句子是正确的。再如:
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The satellite has been in space for a year. 这颗人造卫星已在太空运行一年了。
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A satellite is an object, either natural or man-made, which travels in an orbit round another object in space. (SEFC, 2B, p. 8) 卫星(天然的或人造的)是围绕太空中另一物体的轨道运行的物体。
练习题
请做下面的英语试题：
- Beyond ____ stars, the astronauts saw nothing but ____ space.
A. the; (不填) B. (不填); the C. (不填); (不填) D. the; the(全国高考,90-18)
- The idea of travelling through ____ space to other planets interests many people today. A. a B. the C./ D. one(全国英语专业四级,95-54)