First Chinese Man in Space—Yang Liwei 中國(guó)進(jìn)入太空第一人 —楊利偉

楊利偉搭乘神舟五號(hào)飛船進(jìn)行的太空之旅不僅是對(duì)個(gè)人極限的挑戰(zhàn)，也是對(duì)中國(guó)科技和航天夢(mèng)想的重大貢獻(xiàn)，成為中國(guó)現(xiàn)代科技史上的一個(gè)里程碑。他本人也因此成了航天英雄，受到了全國(guó)人民的廣泛尊敬和愛(ài)戴。一起來(lái)了解下他的首次太空飛行故事吧！

On October 15， 2003， China’s firstmanned spacecraft， Shenzhou V， the wassuccessfully 1）launched from the JiuquanSatellite Launch Center and sent its astronautYang Liwei to the space with the “Long MarchCZ-2F” carrier rocket. With the launch， Chinabecame the third country， after Russia and theUnited States， to has the ability to carry out themanned space flights.

Yang Liwei was born in 1965 inSuizhong County in Northeast China’sLiaoning Province.

In September 1983， Yang Liwei joinedthe Chinese People’s Liberation Army （PLA）and entered the No. 8 Aviation College ofthe PLA Air Force. Yang graduated in 1987with the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree.

In January 1998， Yang Liwei wasselected as a member of the group of Chineseastronauts set to train to fly the Project 921spacecraft. He was one of 14 chosen fromamong 1，500 pilot 2）candidates. The teamunderwent five years of 3）rigorous physical，psychological， and technical training at theAstronaut Training Base in Beijing.

Yang Liwei noted the study was muchmore difficult than that in college. Therewere more than 30 subjects he had to havea good command of. Yang’s English was notgood， so in order to improve in this area， heoften called his wife to serve as his English learning partner. Practice makes perfect. At the exam， Yang got a score of100.

Besides some basic lessons in aviation dynamics， air dynamics，geophysics， meteorology， and astronomy， the astronauts also had tolearn survival skills under extreme conditions in case their capsule landedanywhere on the earth， whether on land or at sea.

After a long time of training， on September 20， 2003， the 14astronauts began to exercise in the real Shenzhou V spacecraft at theJiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

On October 15， 2003， Yang was launched into space from the JiuquanSatellite Launch Center. In space， Yang completed 14 orbits and traveledmore than 600，000 km， before finishing China’s first manned space flight，and again standing on Chinese soil at 7：00 am， on October 16， 2003.

His flight not only represents a breakthrough in China’s spaceindustry， but also greatly contributes to the world’s space industry.

Yang hopes that more young people will become interested in participating in space travel.Yang said our nation’s mannedspace program continued to gain4）momentum and our nationwould continue to 5）recruit youngcandidates. He hopes more andmore young people can be a partof this in the near future.

1） launch v. 發(fā)射

2） candidate n. 候選人

3） rigorous adj. 嚴(yán)格的

4） momentum n. 推動(dòng)力；動(dòng)力；勢(shì)頭

5） recruit v. 招募

2003 年10 月15 日，中國(guó)第一艘載人飛船神舟五號(hào)在酒泉衛(wèi)星發(fā)射中心成功發(fā)射，用長(zhǎng)征二號(hào)F 運(yùn)載火箭將航天員楊利偉送入太空。（剩余678字）