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Broadcast: Jan 29, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a space rock that

Preparing for a Walk in Space

Broadcast: June 4, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Ray Freeman. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about how astronauts prepa

美国小学英语教材4:第62课 莫尼和他的山羊(5)

How long they would have been standing there I do not know, 如果格雷特苏丹没有及时赶上去， if the Great Sultan had not caught up to them just in time to see what was happening. 看到正在发生的事情的话，不知道他们还要在

2018年CRI Zhoushan Port, a bounded fuel filling center

The Streaming down the Yangtze team is now at Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, which is the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road. In 2017, the port's throughput capacity was registered at 1 billion tons, and was the busiest port in the world in terms of car

绿野仙踪 第52期:送命的罂粟花田(5)

Run fast, said the Scarecrow to the Lion, and get out of this deadly flower bed as soon as you can. 快跑，稻草人对狮子说，竭尽全力，快快跑出这个让人送命的花床。 We will bring the little girl with us, but if you should fa

儿童英语读物《神奇树屋》 第八册 Midnight on the Moon 04

4MoonRabbits Oh，wow!saidAnnie.Shetookastepforward. ButJackstoodfrozen.Hewantedtogetagoodlookateverythingfirst. Hestaredattheground.Hewasstandinginalayerofgraydustasfineaspowder. Footprintswereeverywhere.Jackwonderedwhohadmadethem. Hereachedintohisp

VOA常速英语2007-US Space Shuttle Docks at International Space St

By Alex Villarreal Washington 25 October 2007 The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has docked at the International Space Station, marking the next phase in a complex mission to expand the international orbiter. VOA's Alex Villarreal reports from Washingt

Space junks threaten future mission

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- The amount of space junks floating in Earth's orbit has reached a critical level, warned scientists. The future space missions may become too dangerous to fly for a risk of colliding with space junks, said a report rel

Russian space forces reconnect with lost satellite

MOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Forces has re-established contact with a military satellite, Geo-IK-2, which went missing in February, local media reported Friday. According to a spokesman from the Defense Ministry(国防部) , Interfa

Working in Project Space

Working in Project Space One of the givens in David Allens Getting Things Done is that you cant do a project. Instead, Allen recommends you break projects down into immediate next actions, discrete doable chunks that can be cranked through with a min

Chinese space station to benefit world

BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The successful launch of China's fourth manned spaceship paves the way for a future space station, which might subsequently benefits the world in space exploration. Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, carrying two males and one female

Launch to pave way for space station

BEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- China will launch an unmanned module next week, paving the way for a planned space station, a spokesman for the space program said on Tuesday. Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace 1, will blast off from Jiuquan Satellite La

Space Shuttle Discovery Prepares for its Final

The U.S. space shuttle（航天飞机） Discovery has completed its work at the International Space Station on its 39th and final mission, and is preparing for Wednesday's scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle success

US Space Program Goes Commercial

This Friday, the U.S. space shuttle Endeavor is scheduled to lift off on its last voyage（航行） to the orbiting International Space Station. And on June 28, barring any last minute complications, Alantis will become the last space shuttle ever t

Russian Space Agency names next crew to ISS

MOSCOW, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos confirmed on Monday the list of next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 14. Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will bring Russian cosmonauts Anton Sh

China sets up management body for orbiting space lab

BEIJING, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- China has established an operation committee for management of the country's first space lab module, Tiangong-1, during its two-year orbit of earth. The committee will deal with operations planning, technical appraisal an

China accomplishes first space docking

BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese spacecraft accomplished the country's first space docking procedure early Thursday, silently coupling in space more than 343 km above Earth's surface. Nearly two days after it was launched, the unmanned spacecr

China sends its first female to space

JIUQUAN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- She is a wife. She belongs to China's one-child generation. On Saturday, 33-year-old Liu Yang becomes the country's first woman entering space. The home-grown Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, atop an upgraded Long March-2F carrier

冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第338期:第二十一章 布兰(15)

Old Nan was asleep in her chair. 老奶妈已经坐在椅子上睡着了。 Hodor said Hodor, gathered up his great-grandmother, and carried her off, snoring softly, 阿多说：阿多，然后抱走轻轻打鼾的曾祖母。 while Bran lay thinking

英国语文第一册 第39期:我的狗Dash

LESSON 39 MY DOG DASH 第三十九课 我的狗的挫折 My little dog was once stolen from me. 我的狗曾经被偷过。 After being away for some months, he one day came back with a long string tied round his neck. 几个月以后的一天，它脖