C. Congratulations from Around the World

The news is about China's first man in space.

Now listen to the tape and try to find the answers to these questions:

How many orbits did Yang made of the earth? --14.

Is China the first nation to send a man into space? --No, the third nation.

Activity 3. Read the first part of the article and make questions to match the following answers:

1. Shenzhou V

What was the name of the capsule?

2. Jiuquan

Where did Yang take off from?

3. 437

How many people had traveled in space before Yang?

4. 26,000

How many days have astronauts spent in space in total?

Activity 4. Read the article and decide if the sentences are true or false.

1. The taikonaut was space for twenty-one hours. F (21.5 hours)

2. One of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station was born in China.

F His parents were born in China.

3. The other man aboard the Space Station is a Russian cosmonaut. T

4. China received messages of congratulations from all over the world. T

5. Sean O'Keefe works for the United Nations. F from the NASA.

6. Kofi Annan thought that the flight was very good news just for China.

F good news for the whole world.

III. Read the passage for some time and try to fill the blanks.

Yang Liwei, in space for twenty- one and a half hours and making 14 orbit of the earth, landed safely this morning in Inner Mongolia. The flight was a "complete success". Premier Wen Jiabao telephoned the Control Center to offer his congratulations. When he was orbiting in the capsule, he took photographs of planet earth. He spoke to two astronauts aboard the International space station. They welcomed Yang. When Yang took off from Jiuquan yesterday, China became the third nation to send a man into space. Yang is the 438th person to travel in space, including