口语侠每日早读:第40期:神舟十一号

 本期内容：
神舟十一号17日发射，开启了我国时间最长载人飞行，下面看一则选自上周日CNN发布的新闻……
China is preparing for its longest-ever crewed space mission, with a spacecraft carrying two astronauts expected to lift off Monday, according to state media.
The Shenzhou-11 "heavenly vessel¹" will blast off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 7:30 a.m. (7:30 p.m. Sunday ET), state broadcaster CCTV said Sunday.
On board will be two astronauts -- Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong. They will dock with the Tiangong-2 space lab, which was launched last month.

单词及实用短语：

Crewed space mission 载人航天飞行
Spacecraft英 ['speɪskrɑːft] 美 ['speɪskræft] n.宇宙飞船
Astronaut英 ['æstrənɔːt] 美 ['æstrənɔːt] n.宇航员
Lift off（飞机、火箭等） 起飞，发射升空
Heavenly 英 [ ˈhevnli ] 美 [ ˈhɛvənli ] 神圣的； 天空的； 天国的； 庄严的
Vessel英 [ ˈvesl ] 美 [ ˈvɛsəl ] 容器； 船，飞船
Blast off离地升空， 发射
Satellite Launch Center 卫星发射中心
Gobi Desert戈壁沙漠(蒙古和中国西北部)
dock with与…对接

1 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。