11. form 1905 to 1909 从1905年到1909

12. Why didn’t sb. do sth? 为什么某人不做某事?

Why didn’t you go to school yesterday?

你昨天为什么没去上学?

13. He died in 1919. 他1919年去世。

(die, dead, death)

14. open a museum about his life

开了一家关于他生平的博物馆

15. a railroad is for trains. 铁路是给火车用的。

16. over 垂直上方，不接触

The bridge is over the river.

17. through 穿过(内部)

through a mountain/ forest / window

across 横穿 (表面)

across the road/ bridge

18. What did the Chinese do when he died?

当他去世了中国人做了什么?

19. China’s first astronaut 中国的第一位宇航员

20. a few days ago 几天前

21. He was Yang Liwei, the pilot, with a wife…

22. return(vi.) to Earth 返回地球

23. be called 被称作

He was called “Xiao Zhang”.

24. The boy called Kexiang is playing basketball.

叫可祥的那个男孩正在打蓝球。

25. last 持续 The rain lasted a week.

雨持续了一个星期。

last 上一个

last Wednesday, last night, last year

26. orbit the Earth 14 times 绕地球运行14圈

= go round the Earth 14 times

27. reach an altitude of … 到达一个……高度

28. the next day

第二天(前面已提到了某一天, 用过去时)

29. the third country 第三个国家

China is now the third country to send a person into space. 现在中国是第三个把人送入太空的国家。

30. join the Chinese Air Force 加入中国空军

join the Chinese space programme

加入中国太空项目

31. … later (多长时间)后

11 years later, two months later

32. with 13 other pilots 和其他13名宇航员

33. He trained for five years. 他训练了五年。

for + 一段时间

He rested for an hour.

34. want to be…想成为……

She wants to be a singer.

35. people on Earth 地球上的人

36. watch Yang Liwei’s space flight

观看了杨利伟的太空之行

37. wave to sb. 向某人挥手

38. show sb. sth. = show sth. to sb. 给某人看……

39. have a meal of …吃了一餐……

40. still 仍然，also也

放在实义动词前，be动词、情态动词后

41. return to the ground = land 着陆

42. 到达某地(1) reach sw.

(2)arrive in sw.(大地方)arrive at sw. (小地方)

(3) get to sw.

43. What happened? 发生了什么?

What happened to you? 你发生什么事了?

44. the latest news 最近的新闻

a piece of news 一则新闻(不可数)

45. How did he show his skill as an engineer?

作为一名工程师，他是如何展示她的才能的?

as 作为……

46. show one’s skill 展示某人才能

47. travel to sw. 去某地旅行

48. sick people / man/ girl…或 sb. is sick