What is the most fun you can have in 21 hours and 23 minutes?
在21小時23分里你能做的最有趣的事情是什么?
On 15 October 2003, Yang Liwei answered this question.
2003年10月15日,楊利偉回答了這個問題。
His voyage in space took him 600,000 kilometres in orbit,
他的太空旅行在軌道中運行60萬公里,
around the Earth 14 times, in just over 21 hours.
環(huán)繞地球14圈,僅用了21個多小時。
It made him China's first astronaut in space.
這次太空旅行使他成為了中國航天第一人。
He had worked towards this achievement for many years.
他為這一成就努力奮斗了多年。
Born in 1965, Yang had wanted to fly since he was a young boy.
楊出生于1965年,很小的時候就想飛上天空。
His friends and teachers from Suizhong in north-east of Liaoning Province have all said that he loved science and technology from a young age.
從遼寧省東北部綏中縣來的朋友和老師都說他小時候就熱愛科學和技術。
He always had a strong desire to learn how to fly.
對于學習飛上天的方法,他總是有著很強烈的愿望。
His dream was encouraged by his parents as well as his older sister and younger brother.
他的夢想得到了父母以及姐姐、弟弟的鼓勵。
In 1983, he joined the army, and went to flight school.
1983年楊利偉參軍,并進入飛行學校學習。
He graduated in 1987 and became a pilot.
1987年畢業(yè)并成為了一名飛行員。
In 1998, he applied to be a member of Project 921, which is now called Shenzhou.
1998年,他申請了921計劃成為其中一名成員,也就是現在的神州。
He was one of the only 14 selected from 1,500 candidates.
他是從1500名候選人中脫穎而出的14人之一。
The team spent the next five years being trained.
這支隊伍用接下來的5年時間進行訓練。
They not only studied all the subjects required to be an astronaut, but also learnt survival skills and all about how spaceships and rockets are built.
他們不僅學習作為一名宇航員所要求的所有學科,而且還學習生存技巧以及所有航天飛船和火箭的建造方法。
Yang scored among the very top in everything the group studied.
楊在隊伍所學的各科中都取得很高的分數。