Learning lessons from the Moon

6 Minute English

语言学习

2023-12-21

6 分钟
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  • Neil: I'm Neil.

  • Georgie: And I'm Georgie.

  • 'That's one small step for man,

  • one giant leap for mankind' – famous words,

  • but do you know who said them?

  • Neil: Of course - that was Neil Armstrong,

  • the first person to land on the Moon.

  • Georgie: Right, the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed Neil Armstrong

  • on the Moon on the 20th of July 1969.

  • But in decades after that famous event,

  • interest in returning to the Moon faded away... until now.

  • Neil: Summer 2023 saw the start of a new race for the Moon

  • between Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft and India's Chandrayaan-3.

  • Russia's rocket crashed on landing,

  • but Chandrayaan-3 successfully touched down on the 23rd of August,

  • making India only the fourth country to successfully land on the Moon.

  • Georgie: But why this sudden interest in going back to the Moon?

  • That's what we'll be discussing in this programme and, as usual,

  • we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary too.

  • Neil: But before we blast off, I have a question for you, Georgie.