北师大版高中英语模块1--Unit 2 Heroes Les1-1

[00:00.00]Unit 2 Heroes
[00:06.38]Lesson 1 Modern Heroes
[00:09.60]National Hero
[00:11.53]China's first manned spaceship lifted off
[00:14.08]at 9 a.m.on Wednesday,
[00:15.90]October 15th,2003 in Jiuquan,Gansu province.
[00:21.64]The spaceship,called Shenzhou V,
[00:23.98]was carrying China's first astronaut,Yang Liwei
[00:28.66]Yang,who was a pilot in the army,
[00:30.75]was chosen from 1,500 other army pilots and
[00:34.70]started training for his space flight in 1998.
[00:39.23]The launch¹ was very successful.
[00:41.61]"When the spaceshiop was lifting off,
[00:43.72]I could  really feel the high gravity²",
[00:46.52]said Yang Liwei.
[00:48.04]"When the spaceship separated³ from the rocket,
[00:51.07]I suddenly got a feeling of soaring⁴
[00:53.17]into the sky because of the zero gravity."
[00:56.65]During the 21-hour space flight,
[00:58.76]the Shenzhou V circled the earth 14 times.
[01:02.45]While the spaceship was circling the earth
[01:04.46]for the sixth time,
[01:05.88]Yang Liwei spoke⁵ with ground control in Gansu.
[01:09.21]He was also able to speak with his wife
[01:11.29]and 8-year-old son.
[01:13.46]Yang Liwei had several tasks⁶ to complete
[01:16.25]during the flight and only slept
[01:18.10]in the spaceship for about 3 hours.
[01:21.14]While he was sleeping ,
[01:22.21]the spaceship circled the earth twice.
[01:22.21]

1 launch   

vt.发动，推出；发射；n.发射，下水，投产

参考例句：

• The makers are about to launch out a new product.制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。
• Would it be wise to launch into this rough sea?在这样汹涌的大海中游泳明智吗？

2 gravity   

n.重力，引力，地心引力

参考例句：

• An apple falls down because of gravity.由于重力的关系，苹果往下掉。
• The stone rolled down the mountain by gravity.这块石头由于重力作用而滚下山。

3 separated   

adj.分开的v.分开(separate的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• Her parents are separated but not divorced. 她父母分居但没离婚。
• No child should ever be separated from his mother by force. 绝不能强行使任何一个孩子与母亲分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 soaring   

adj.往上爬升的；高耸的

参考例句：

• The house prices in the city seemed soaring up without limit. 这个城市的房价好像在无限制地飞涨。
• They were amazed at the soaring drive of our oil workers. 他们对我国石油工人的冲天干劲感到惊奇。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 tasks   

n.工作，任务，差事( task的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I've placed an asterisk next to the tasks I want you to do first. 我在要你首先完成的任务旁边标上了星号。
• The system is inadequate for the tasks it has to perform. 这个系统要完成它的任务还不够完善。