Chen Dong sets national record for longest time in space陈冬创中国航天员在轨最长纪录

孙启禄

主題语境：人物 篇幅：335词 关键词：record， longest， space

1 Chen Dong has set a new record for the most cumulative（累积的） 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.

语篇解码

本文是一篇新闻报道。在中国空间站“出差”的航天员陈冬，又创造了一项纪录，成为我国首位在轨时间突破200天的航天员。

语言学习

Ⅰ. 语料荟萃

Ⅱ. 语句分析

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. 中国载人航天局表示，这位登上中国沿轨道运动的天宫空间站两次的太空旅行者已经成为第一个在轨道上停留超过200天的中国人。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句。The China Manned Space Agency said 是主句，that引导的是宾语从句，who引导的是非限制性定语从句，to stay in orbit for morethan 200 days是动词不定式短语作定语。

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. 我們将充分利用这样一个平台，开展更复杂的科技实验，从而创造出更多为世界服务、造福全人类的成果。

【点石成金】本句是一个简单句。so as to generate more achievements和to serve theworld and benefit all mankind作目的状语。

语言运用

Ⅰ. 例句仿写

1. 1973年，袁隆平成为世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先驱。

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

2. 中国越来越重视教育，以便在科学技术方面赶上先进国家。

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

Ⅱ. 写作实践

近日，某英文报举办了主题为“The astronaut I admire most”的征文活动，你想投稿，请你根据以下要点，写一篇征文。

1. 你最喜欢的宇航员是谁；

2. 你喜欢他的原因；

3. 他的主要成就。

注意：

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

The astronaut I admire most

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