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发信人: murjun (萧牧), 信区: English
标 题: Chinese watch space launch with keen interest
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2003年10月15日19:39:55 星期三), 站内信件
The vast land of China was in the grip of excitement as people learned about
the success of the first manned spaceship launch from TV, Internet websites
and radio Wednesday.
"Fantastic!" said Chang Fengyan, a university teacher in Beijing, who
happened to turn on her TV, which was showing retrospectively the launch
movement. She was almost off her feet as she was watching the rocket rising
into the sky with orange flames blaring. "These people are simply great," she
repeated.
"Nothing is more exciting than the news of the successful launch! Every
Chinese is proud of it," said advertising agent Wang Yong as he and his
colleagues learned the news.
Crowds of people in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi Province, were
looking into the sky, hoping to catch a glimpse of the rocket and the
spaceship as word spread that the rocket and spaceship would pass over the
area.
In department stores of the city, customers were crowding in front of TV sets
at the appliances sales counters as the CCTV showed the launching scene
minutes after the launch. When the commander-in-chief announced the success
of the launch, applause burst out from among the emotional crowds.
Liu Yu, a Taiyuan citizen, planned to marry sometime next year. But after
learning the news, he talked about it with his girlfriend and they decided to
hold the wedding ceremony toady as part of the celebration for the event.
"Is there really a human being in that flame shooting thing?" 64-year-old
Namgyai in southwest China's Tibet asked. "I used to believe that only the
souls of nobles could fly to the sky after they pass away."
He was not convinced until patient explanations by his son. " That's
marvelous," he acclaimed.
"Science is really marvelous. Sending a man to the sky? I had never even
dreamed of it! " said Namgyai. "A Chinese man has flown into the sky. That's
really good luck for the Chinese people."
Learning that the astronaut would return to the Earth after completing the
mission, he ran his fingers on the beads in his hand, saying"Topgyal, a
Tibetan academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, was very excited
at the news about the successful launch of the manned Shenzhou-5 spaceship
that made China the third country in the world to send man into space.
"This shows China has edged into the front ranks in the world in science and
technology. That's really a pride of the Chinese people," said Topgyal.
Liu Yongding, who used to be a hydrobiology researcher with the Chinese
Academy of Sciences, hailed the successful launch of the manned Shenzhou-5
spaceship as "an epoch-making event."
"That's really fantastic! We all wish a complete success of the space mission
and further progress in China's space exploration," said Liu.
Chen Jun, who works with the Central Hospital of the Wuhan Railways
Administration in central China's Hubei Province, said he had been tracking
the news about Shenzhou-5 for a long time despite busy schedule.
"That's really encouraging! We feel very proud that China's space program has
entered a new stage," said Chen.
"Space has finally opened its doors to the 1.3 billion Chinese people who
have for thousands of years been in the grip of Confucianism. What will this
bring to us? What impact will it have on our minds and our perceptions of the
world? That deserves deeper thought than the success of space technology,"
said Han Song, a young science fiction writer from Shanghai.
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我非常喜欢在有风有雨的季节计划自己;
有风有雨后的季节晒着阳光我昏昏睡去;
睡去的我依然在甜梦中将曾有过的温习;
温习昨天前天等等的种种激情与过去。
Jim Mural
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