Module5TheConquestoftheUniversePeriodOneIntroduction,ReadingandVocabulary课件（外研版选修8）.ppt

Astronauts Live “In the Shadow of the Moon” ①So far，only 24 human beings have flown to or around the moon，looked back，and seen the earth as a small blue ball in the blackness of space.Of the 12 who walked on the moons surface，only 9 are alive today，and the youngest is 72.So British director David Sington;and his working staff set out to seize the moment to bring the Apollo astronauts together in one film. From Buzz Aldrin，who made the first landing with Neil Armstrong，to Gene Cernan，who made the last landing in 1972，Sington and his colleagues got 10 Apollo astronauts to share some of their deepest thoughts. ②The documentary is called In the Shadow of the Moon，consisting of all interviews with the astronauts. ;③Looking back now，several astronauts said they had learned far more about themselves than about the moon. “I think if you do something as totally different as flying to the moon and coming back”，said Michael Collins ，who travelled around the moon in Apollo IIs commands ship while Armstrong and Aldrin landed ，“then，by comparison，a lot of other things that used to seem important dont seem quite as much so.” ? The men all commented how desolate the moon seemed，how beautiful the earth seemed and how very ，very good it was to come home to it. ;“Since that time，” said Alan Bean，who flew the second moon landing on Apollo 12，“I have not complained about the weather one single time—Im glad theres weather，Ive not complained about traffic—Im glad there are people around me.” Bean became a painter after he left the space program，and he closed the film with a big smile.“I feel blessed every single day.Not a day goes by that I don‘t thinkthis is great．”;①这个信息至今未被辨认出来。 So far the message has not been read. ②每组至少由十人组成。 Each party shall consist of not less than ten. ③我渴望回答我能回答的问题，从不考虑犯错的问题。 I eagerly answered all the questions I could，never worrying much about maki