Chen Dong sets national record for longest time in space陳冬創(chuàng)中國(guó)航天員在軌最長(zhǎng)紀(jì)錄

孫啟祿

主題語(yǔ)境：人物 篇幅：335詞 關(guān)鍵詞：record， longest， space

1 Chen Dong has set a new record for the most cumulative（累積的） days living and working in space by a Chinese astronaut.The China Manned Space Agency said that the two ?timespace traveler， who was onboard Chinas orbiting Tiangongspace station， has become the first Chinese to stay in orbitfor more than 200 days.

2 Together with two other astronauts， Liu Yang and CaiXuzhe， Chen was sent to the space station core module Tianheaboard the Shenzhou ⅩⅣ spaceship on June 5 last year for a six?month stay. That was thesecond time Chen had been sent into space， following his first 33?day Shenzhou Ⅺ missionin Tiangong 2 in 2016 with astronaut Jing Haipeng.

3 “Chen is a perfectionist. He never leaves problems unsolved，” said Jing. After hisfirst space trip， Chen was presented with a third?class medal and the honorary title “heroicastronaut”.

4 Chen was born in 1978 in Henan Province. He was recruited into Chinas astronautteam in May 2010. Appointed as the mission commander， Chen led the Shenzhou ⅩⅣ crewto complete multiple tasks including three spacewalks， a series of scientific experiments， alive science lecture， and several in?orbit operations. They were called “the busiest space?crew” by Chinese netizens.

5 During the mission， the trio in orbit oversaw the arrival of the stations two labmodules， Wentian and Mengtian， and saw off Tianzhou 4 cargo craft. They also witnessedthe historical moment when the Chinese space station was fully completed.

6“Building Chinas space station is the dream of all Chinese people. We are so luckyand happy to see that the construction of the space home will be completed in our hands，”Chen said while the trio met the media ahead of the mission.“We will make good use ofsuch a platform to carry out more complicated sci?tech experiments， so as to generatemore achievements to serve the world and benefit all mankind.”

Reading Check

1. What can we learn about Chen from the first paragraph？

A. He has become the first person to stay in orbit for over 200 days.

B. He has set a world record for staying in space for the longest time.

C. He has become the first person to have been sent into space twice.

D. He has set a national record for the longest time to stay in space.

2. What is the second paragraph mainly about？

A. The space missions Chen has carried out.

B. The spaceships in which Chen went into space.

C. The space missions astronauts performed in space.

D. The astronauts whom Chen went into space with.

3. Why did Chinese netizens call the trio “the busiest space crew”？

A. They completed three spacewalks.

B. They performed many different tasks.

C. They stayed in space for six months.

D. They gave a number of live science lectures.

4. What does the underlined phrase“the historical moment”in paragraph 5 refer to？

A. The arrival of Wentian and Mengtian.

B. The building of the Chinese space station.

C. The full completion of the Chinese space station.

D. Their meeting with the media ahead of the mission.

語(yǔ)篇解碼

本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。在中國(guó)空間站“出差”的航天員陳冬，又創(chuàng)造了一項(xiàng)紀(jì)錄，成為我國(guó)首位在軌時(shí)間突破200天的航天員。

語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)

Ⅰ. 語(yǔ)料薈萃

Ⅱ. 語(yǔ)句分析

1. The China Manned Space Agency said that the two?time space traveler， who wasonboard Chinas orbiting Tiangong space station， has become the first Chinese to stay inorbit for more than 200 days. 中國(guó)載人航天局表示，這位登上中國(guó)沿軌道運(yùn)動(dòng)的天宮空間站兩次的太空旅行者已經(jīng)成為第一個(gè)在軌道上停留超過(guò)200天的中國(guó)人。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是一個(gè)主從復(fù)合句。The China Manned Space Agency said 是主句，that引導(dǎo)的是賓語(yǔ)從句，who引導(dǎo)的是非限制性定語(yǔ)從句，to stay in orbit for morethan 200 days是動(dòng)詞不定式短語(yǔ)作定語(yǔ)。

2. We will make good use of such a platform to carry out more complicated sci?techexperiments， so as to generate more achievements to serve the world and benefit allmankind. 我們將充分利用這樣一個(gè)平臺(tái)，開(kāi)展更復(fù)雜的科技實(shí)驗(yàn)，從而創(chuàng)造出更多為世界服務(wù)、造福全人類(lèi)的成果。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單句。so as to generate more achievements和to serve theworld and benefit all mankind作目的狀語(yǔ)。

語(yǔ)言運(yùn)用

Ⅰ. 例句仿寫(xiě)

1. 1973年，袁隆平成為世界上第一位種植高產(chǎn)水稻的農(nóng)業(yè)先驅(qū)。

Yuan Longping became________________________ rice that has a high output in 1973.

2. 中國(guó)越來(lái)越重視教育，以便在科學(xué)技術(shù)方面趕上先進(jìn)國(guó)家。

China is paying more and more attention to education in science and technology.

Ⅱ. 寫(xiě)作實(shí)踐

近日，某英文報(bào)舉辦了主題為“The astronaut I admire most”的征文活動(dòng)，你想投稿，請(qǐng)你根據(jù)以下要點(diǎn)，寫(xiě)一篇征文。

1. 你最喜歡的宇航員是誰(shuí)；

2. 你喜歡他的原因；

3. 他的主要成就。

注意：

1. 詞數(shù)80左右；

2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

The astronaut I admire most

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