英语听力精选进阶版 6137
时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
A Glorious Journey 辉煌旅程
Three Chinese astronauts returned safely on Sunday after orbiting the Earth on board the Shenzhou-VII space capsule.
The message to the world is clear: after a slow start in space, China is catching 1 up fast.
The spacecraft touched down in the Mongolian desert to rapturous applause from mission control in Beijing. Millions tuned 2 in to watch the historic moment on television around the world.
Mission leader Zhai Zhigang was the first to emerge from the capsule and he was incredibly proud of their achievement.
"It was a glorious mission, full of challenges with a successful end," he said.
The mission follows China's successful hosting of the Olympics and included the country's first ever spacewalk.
Mr Zhai wore a Chinese-made spacesuit costing up to ￡20million (220million Yuan), and stayed outside the capsule for 15 minutes while his team mates stayed inside, monitoring his progress.
This exercise puts China as only the third nation, after the United States and Russia, to stage a successful space walk. It is also seen as a critical progression in the country's three-step space programme, with the ultimate aim to build a large space station.
Is there a new space race underway now? Roger Launius of the National Air and Space Museum think there is. "It is an Asian space race. It's between China, Japan, maybe Korea, certainly India," said Mr Launius.
"The Chinese, because of their full service capability 3 – humans, robots and military – are at this point in time the leaders in that race. But those other countries have a lot of capabilities 4 too," he added.
Meanwhile, the families of the astronauts have to wait patiently as their space heroes undergo two weeks of preventative quarantine, just in case their body defences may have been weakened by the trip.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
astronauts 宇航员
orbiting 环绕
Shengzhou-VII space capsule 神舟七号航天舱
catching up 迎头赶上
touched down 着陆
rapturous applause 热烈的掌声
mission control 太空航行地面指挥中心
tuned in 收看
emerge 出现
capsule 太空舱
spacewalk 太空漫步
spacesuit 航天服
monitoring his progress 监测他的进展
ultimate aim 最终目标
space station 宇航站
space race 太空竞赛
robots 机器人
capabilities 能力
undergo 接受（治疗）
preventative quarantine 预防性的隔离
- There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
- Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
- The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike. 这个度假胜地适合各种口味，老少皆宜。
- The instruments should be tuned up before each performance. 每次演出开始前都应将乐器调好音。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
- Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。
- He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
- Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓