Today we’re going to be talking about China’s first taikonaut Yang Liwei recalling his first trip to space.

In a new interview, Yang revealed that he experienced extreme vibrations between 30 and 40km above the ground.

"I thought I was going to die," Yang said. At the time, sitting in the seat of his cramped Shenzhou spacecraft, he recalled telling himself, "Hold on! Just hold on for a bit longer."

The low, thrumming vibrations lasted for 26 seconds before the rocket finally calmed down. The rest of the flight proceeded more nominally.

生詞短語:

reveal

透露

vibration

震動

cramped

空間狹窄的；擁擠的

spacecraft

航天器

aircraft

飛機；航空器

recall

回憶

thrum

(機器、引擎)嗡嗡作響; 發出沉悶聲

proceed

繼續進行

nominally

名義上地；順利地