大学英语听力 unit 10 A glimpse of the Age

Unit10AglimpseoftheAge

SectionBlistentothepassage"Ibelievethatthisnationshouldcommititselftoachievingthegoal,beforethisdecadeisout,oflandingamanontheMoonandreturninghimsafelytotheEarth.“

----May25,1961JohnF.Kenndey,the35thpresidentsoftheUnitedStatescrew

Position

Astronaut

Commander

NeilArmstrong

SecondspaceflightCommandModulePilot

MichaelCollins

SecondspaceflightLunarModulePilot

EdwinE.Aldrin,Jr.

SecondspaceflightSectionBlistentothepassage.

Fillintheblankswiththewordsyouhear.

Thirty-fiveyearsago,,humansfiirstsetfootonanotherworls.

Appllo11astronautNeilArmstrongdescendedfromalandingcraftnames”Eagle”tobecomethefirstpersontosteponthemoon,amomentouseventheeloquentlyconsecrated.“That’sonesmall

foraman,onegiant

formankind.”Duringtheir

moonwalk,theAppollocrewmenplantedtheU.S.flaginthesiolandreceived

fromPresidentRichardNixon,whopaidtributetowhathecalledtheirimmense.“

Becauseofwhatyouhavedone,the

______havebecomeapartofman’sworld.Foronepriceless

inthewholehistoryofman,allthe

onthisEartharetrulyone,oneintheir______inwhatyouhavedone.”21.5hoursafterdescent,

ArmstrongandAldrinfiredtheirascentrocketsandrejoinedMichaelCollinsaboardtheorbiting“Columbia”command

fortheflighthome,establishingforeverwhatMr.ArmstronghascalledAppllo11’slasting

.“TheimportantachievementofApollowasa_______thathumanityisnotofrever

tothisplanet,andourvisionsgorather

thanthatandouropportunitiesare.”Tapescript:

Thirty-fiveyearsago,onJuly20,1969,humansfiirstsetfootonanotherworls.U.S.Appllo11astronautNeilArmstrongdescendedfromalandingcraftnames”Eagle”tobecomethefirstpersontosteponthemoon,amomentouseventheeloquentlyconsecrated.“That’sonesmallstepforaman,onegiantleapformankind.”Duringtheirtwo-and-a-halfhourmoonwalk,theAppollocrewmenplantedtheU.S.flaginthesiolandreceivedaphonecallfromPresidentRichardNixon,whopaidtributetowhathecalledtheirimmensefeat.

“Becauseofwhatyouhavedone,theheavenshavebecomeapartofman’sworld.Foronepricelessmomentinthewholehistoryofman,allthepeopleonthisEartharetrulyone,oneintheirprideinwhatyouhavedone.”21.5hoursafterdescent,astronautArmstrongandAldrinfiredtheirascentrocketsandrejoinedMichaelCollinsaboardtheorbiting“Columbia”commandmodulefortheflighthome,establishingforeverwhatMr.ArmstronghascalledAppllo11’slastinglegacy.“TheimportantachievementofApollowasademostrationthathumanityisnotofreverchainedtothisplanet,andourvisionsgoratherfurtherthanthatandouropportunitiesareunlimited.”

AListentothefollowignpassage,Completethestatements.AlanShepardbecame__________towalkonthemoon.AlanShepardandhisfellowastronautspent_________onthelunarsurface.Themajorjobfortheastronautswasto______________samplesofthematerialsonthemoon’ssurface.AccordigntoAlanShepard,theEarthlooksso_________fromthemoon.AllthemilitaryandpoliticaldifferrencesontheEarthbecomeso____________.AlanShepardbecamethe5thpersontowalkonthemoon.AlanShepardandhisfellowastronautspentninehoursand23minutesonthelunarsurface.Themajorjobfortheastronautswastogatherandphotographsamplesofthematerialsonthemoon’ssurface.AccordigntoAlanShepard,theEarthlookssopeacefulfromthemoon.AllthemilitaryandpoliticaldifferrencesontheEarthbecomesoinsignificant.Tapescript:OnFebury4,1971,AlanShepard,commanderoftheApollo14spacemission,becamethefifthpersontowalkonthemoon,HeandfellowastronautEdgarMitchellspentninehoursand23minutesinspcesuitsonthelunarsurface.Theirmajorjobwastogatherandphotographsamplesofthematerialsonthemoon’ssurface,includingrocksandstones,totakebacktogeologistsonearth.Whenhewasaskedabouthislunarexperience,Mitchellsaid,“Whatitdidformeisreallyforcemetogetapictureoftheuniversefromatotallydifferentperspectiveandthenstarttoquestionourconventionalwaysoflookingatourselves,ourplaceintheuniverse,ourplaceinlife,whatit’sallabout.”Ayearandahalfearlies,onJuly20,1969,theastronautsofApollo11hadmadethefirstlandingonthemoon.Atthattime,CommanderNeilArmstrongwasthefirstpersontowalkonthemoon.Ashetookhisfisrtstepoutofthelunarmodule,heredioedthesewordstotheearth:“That’sonesmallstepforaman;onegiantleapformankind.”InaJuly1994,interviewwithawriterfortheNewYorkTimes,AlanShepardtalkedaboutlookingatearth:”Irememberbeingstruckbytheafactthatitlookssopeacefulfromthatdistance,butrememberingontheotherhadalltheconfrontationgoingonalloverthatplanetandfeelingalittlesadthatpeopleonplanetEarthcouldn’tseethatsamesightbecauseobviuslyallthemilitaryandpoliticaldifferencesbecomesoinsignificantseeingitfromthedistance.”BNowlistentotheinterviewwithAlanShepardabouthisadventureonthemoon.

DecidewhetherthestatementsareTrueorFalse.Write“T”fortrueand“F”forfalse.AlanShepardwassurprisedbythebarrenessofthesurfaceofthemoonwhenhesetfootonit.Whenyoulookupartheearthfromthemoon,it’salmosttwotimesthesizeofthemoonasyoulookatitfromtheearth.Fromthemoon,thelandmassesareblackandtheoceansareblue