朗文3L看听学英语第三册 Lesson 105

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　　Lesson 105 Television Day:...four,three,two, one,zero!
TV Commentary:
Ten,nine,eight, seven,six,five,four,three,two,one,zero! Whoosh¹!There is a great roar and a rocket starts its journey into space.Who was the first man to go up into space?
Do you know? A Russian,Yuri Gagarin, was the first man who went up.That was on April 4th,1961. He travelled once round the earth and his journey lasted 108 minutes.
The next man that went up was an American,John Glenn.He went round the earth three times.That was on February 20th,1962. His journey lasted 4 hours,56 minutes.
There have been many flights into space since 1961.Since that time astronauts have been to the moon. But we shall always remember the first men who went on this dangerous and exciting journey.