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1、 Unit 10 A Glimpse of the Age Part I Getting ready In 1969, one of the greatest technological achievements of the human race was accomplished. A human first set foot on another celestial body.Audioscript： Thirty-five years ago, on July 20. 1969. humans first set foot on another world. U.S. Apollo 11
2、 astronaut Neil Armstrong descended from a landing craft named Eagle to become the first person to step on the moon, a momentous event he eloquently consecrated. Thats one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. During their two-and-a-half hour moonwalk, the Apollo crewmen planted the U.S.
3、 flag in the soil and received a phone call from President Richard Nixon, who paid tribute to what he called their immense feat. Because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of mans world. For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly o
4、ne, one in their pride in what you have done. 21.5 hours after descent, astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin fired their ascent rockets and rejoined Michael Collins aboard the orbiting Columbia command module for the flight home, establishing forever what Mr. Armstrong has called Apollo 11s lasting legac
5、y. The important achievement of Apollo was a demonstration that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited. Part II Standing on the moon Alan Shepard is a U.S. astronaut, who walked on the moon in 1971. In an interv
6、iew, Alan Shepard reminisced about his experience on the moon.Audioscript： On February 4, 1971, Alan Shepard, commander of the Apollo 14 space mission, became the fifth person to walk on the moon. He and fellow astronaut Edgar Mitchell spent nine hours and 2 3 minutes in space suits on the lunar sur
7、face. Their major job was to gather and photograph samples of the materials on the moons surface, including rocks and stones, to take back to geologists on earth. When he was asked about his lunar experience, Mitchell said, What it did for me is really force me to get a picture of the universe from
8、a totally different perspective and then start to question our conventional ways of looking at ourselves, our place in the universe, our place in life, what its all about. A year and a half earlier, on July 20, 1969, the astronauts of Apollo 11 had made the first landing on the moon. At that time, C
9、ommander Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. As he took his first step out of the lunar module, he radioed these words to the earth: Thats one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind. In a July 1994 interview with a writer for the New York Times, Alan Shepard talked abo
10、ut looking at earth: I remember being struck by the fact that it looks so peaceful from that distance, but remembering on the other hand all the confrontation going on all over that planet and feeling a little sad that people on planet Earth couldnt see that same sight because obviously all the mili
11、tary and political differences become so insignificant seeing it from the distance. Audioscript： T - Terry Gross A - Alan Shepard T： What surprised you most about how the surface of the moon looked? A： I dont think we had any surprises about the actual surface of the moon - about the barrenness. We
12、had looked at pictures of our landing site taken by previous missions. We had worked with models that were made from those pictures. We knew the general configuration of where the craters were supposed to be. We knew the objective of Cone Crater, which was the one we climbed up the side of to get ro
13、ck samples. There werent any surprises there. The surprise I had was standing on the surface after wed been there for a few minutes, having a chance to rest a little bit, and looking up at the earth for the first time - you have to look up because thats where it is. And the sky is totally black, and
14、 here you have a planet which is four times the size of the moon as we look at it from the earth, and you also have color. You have a blue ocean(s) and the brown landmasses - the brown continents - and you can see ice on the ice caps on the North Pole, and so on. Its just an absolute, incredible vie
15、w, and then you say - ah - hey - um - that looks a little small to me. It looks like it - it does have limits. Its a little fragile. You know, down here we think its infinite. We dont worry about resources um. Up there youre saying, Gosh, you know, its a shame those folks down there cant get along t
16、ogether - ah - and think about trying to conserve, to save what limited resources they have. And its just very emotional. I actually shed a couple of tears looking up at the earth and having those feelings. Part III Nelson Mandela - The Father of South Africa As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didnt leave
