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Science - Space Exploration and the Search for Extra-terrestrial Life
N1 Conversation lesson 22: Science - Space Exploration and the Search for Extra-terrestrial Life
💬Dialogue
宇宙探査技術の飛躍的な進歩は、人類の地平を未知の領域へと押し広げています。
The dramatic progress in space exploration technology is expanding the horizon of humanity into unknown territories.
ええ。火星移住計画や深宇宙の観測など、壮大な構想が現実味を帯びてきましたね。
Yes. Grand concepts such as Mars colonization plans and deep space observation have begun to take on a sense of reality.
地球外生命体の存在を示唆する発見があれば、人間観や世界観を根本から揺るがす衝撃となるでしょう。
If there is a discovery suggesting the existence of extra-terrestrial life, it would be a shock that shakes our human and world views from their foundations.
その通りです。科学的な探究心は、孤独な惑星である地球の在り方を再定義することにも繋がりますから。
Exactly. Scientific curiosity also leads to redefining the nature of Earth as a lonely planet.
はい。資源開発だけでなく、人類の起源や未来を問う壮大な叙事詩としての探査を続けるべきです。
Yes. In addition to resource development, we should continue exploration as a grand epic that asks about the origins and future of humanity.
ええ。夜空を見上げて抱く畏敬の念。それを羅針盤として、私たちは果てしない旅を続けていくのでしょうね。
Yes. The feeling of awe that we hold when looking up at the night sky. With that as our compass, we will surely continue our endless journey.
⭐Key Expressions
～（を）揺るがす
Describes an event causing major disturbance or change in structure or thinking.
～（現実味を帯びる）
When a plan or idea begins to have a possibility of implementation.
～（を）羅針盤として
Describes a principle or goal that guides actions.
～（示唆する）
Describes giving a sign or idea indirectly.
📚Vocabulary
飛躍的
ひやくてき
dramatic / rapid
現実味を帯びる
げんじつみをおびる
to take on a sense of reality
示唆する
しさする
to suggest / imply
揺るがす
ゆるがす
to shake / rock
叙事詩
じょじし
epic
畏敬の念
いけいのねん
feeling of awe
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