China's Shenzhou 10 Spacecraft Ready to Launch

　　The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft has been transferred to its launch pad in northwestern China in preparation for its launch later on this month.

 

　　CRI's Su Yi has the details.

 

　　Both the ship and its Long-March 2-F rocket have been moved to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert.

 

　　The latest Shenzhou mission will carry three astronauts to the experimental space module¹ of Tiangong-1.

 

　　It's been confirmed the new crew will have completely different members with its predecessor².

 

　　This time, the three astronauts will give a special lesson from the module to a group of students.

 

　　Once in orbit, the Shenzhou 10 will link up with the experimental module, which was moved into position last month.

 

　　Rendezvous³ and docking exercises between the two vessels⁴ are part of China's efforts to build a space station by the year 2020.

 

　　The Shenzhou-10 will be China's fifth manned space mission since 2003, when astronaut Yang Liwei became the country's first person in orbit.

 

　　China is also planning an unmanned moon landing and deployment⁵ of a moon rover.

 

　　Scientists have talked about the possibility of sending a man to the moon, but this is not likely to happen before 2020.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Su Yi.

1 module   

n.组件，模块，模件；(航天器的)舱

参考例句：

• The centre module displays traffic guidance information.中央模块显示交通引导信息。
• Two large tanks in the service module held liquid oxygen.服务舱的两个大气瓶中装有液态氧。

2 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

3 rendezvous   

n.约会，约会地点，汇合点；vi.汇合，集合；vt.使汇合，使在汇合地点相遇

参考例句：

• She made the rendezvous with only minutes to spare.她还差几分钟时才来赴约。
• I have a rendezvous with Peter at a restaurant on the harbour.我和彼得在海港的一个餐馆有个约会。

4 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。