神秘的月球 第6期

 　　This transmission is coming to you approximately half way

　　我们现在差不多位于

　　between the moon and the earth.

　　月球至地球的中途点

　　Back on earth, people watched and waited and listened.

　　地球上的人们满心期待地收看任务实况

　　And the astronauts didn't disappoint.

　　太空人也没让他们失望

　　Hovering¹ just above the moon's surface

　　他们贴着月球表面盘旋时

　　their broadcast was from the book of Genesis.

　　放送了一段创世纪中的文字

　　In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

　　起初，神创造天地

　　And the earth was without form and void and darkness

　　地是空虚混沌

　　was upon the face of the deep.

　　渊面黑暗

　　And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters

　　神的灵运行在水面上

　　and God said let there be light, and there was light.

　　神说，要有光，就有了光

　　I don't know,it just caught the country,

　　这段话让国人有些措手不及

　　it, by surprise, it was so moving and comforting

　　它如此动人和令人安慰

　　and I think at that point we realised the importance of a space

　　我想我们在那一刻明白了

　　mission for bringing self confidence to people.

　　登月任务的重要性在于让人们拥有自信

　　On their fourth orbit around the moon,

　　太空人在第四度环绕月球时

　　the astronauts saw something

　　看到了

　　that had no human eyes had ever seen before.

　　从来没有人看过的情景

　　It was the earth, rising out of the blackness of space.

　　他们看到的是自幽暗太空升起的地球

　　The pictures they took changed the way we viewed our planet forever.

　　他们拍的照片永远地改变了我们对地球的看法

　　We have connect, we have lift off.

　　我们升空了

　　And then came the big one.

　　重大的一刻终于来了

　　On July 16th 1969 Apollo 11 was launched.

　　1969年7月16日阿波罗11号升空

　　Oh I remember watching it, it was like wow,

　　我还记得看实况转播时

　　it was like watching science fiction come true.

　　觉得科幻情节似乎在眼前真实上演

　　On its final descent to the moon's surface

　　但收看转播的观众不知道的

　　unknown to the watching audience

　　是在下降至月球表面时

　　a series of alarms went off inside the lunar module².

　　登月小艇里警报器突然响了

　　NASA decided³ to over-ride them.

　　航太总署决定不管警报器

　　The gamble paid off.

　　他们的豪赌有了回收

　　Houston er,Tranquillity base here,

　　休士顿，这里是宁静海基地

　　the Eagle has landed.

　　老鹰已经降落了

　　I'm going to step off the ladder.

　　我走下梯子

　　That's one small step for man,

　　这是我的一小步

　　one giant leap for mankind.

　　是人类的一大步

　　More than 600 million people watched the broadcast worldwide.

　　全球共有六亿多人收看实况转播

　　The experience bonded⁴ the human race

　　这次登月经验

　　in a way which had never happened before.

　　以前无古人后无来者的方式

　　Or since.

　　凝聚了全人类

　　One of those rare occasions that brought

　　登月任务极其罕见地

　　the whole nation and in a sense the whole world together

　　凝聚了全国，甚至全世界

　　in a shared experience.

　　让大家共同分享这个经验

　　Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin only walked

　　阿姆斯壮和艾德林的月球漫步

　　on the moon for less than 3 hours.

　　不到三小时就结束了

1 hovering   

鸟( hover的现在分词 )； 靠近（某事物）； （人）徘徊； 犹豫

参考例句：

• The helicopter was hovering about 100 metres above the pad. 直升机在离发射台一百米的上空盘旋。
• I'm hovering between the concert and the play tonight. 我犹豫不决今晚是听音乐会还是看戏。

2 module   

n.组件，模块，模件；(航天器的)舱

参考例句：

• The centre module displays traffic guidance information.中央模块显示交通引导信息。
• Two large tanks in the service module held liquid oxygen.服务舱的两个大气瓶中装有液态氧。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 bonded   

n.有担保的，保税的，粘合的

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee.威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• This adhesive must be applied to both surfaces which are to be bonded together.要粘接的两个面都必须涂上这种黏合剂。