【正文】 Unit 10 A Glimpse of the Age Part I Getting ready In 1969, one of the greatest technological achievements of the human race was acplished. A human first set foot on another celestial body. Audioscript： Thirtyfive years ago, on July 20. 1969. humans first set foot on another world. . Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong descended from a landing craft named Eagle to bee the first person to step on the moon, a momentous event he eloquently consecrated. That39。s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. During their twoandahalf hour moonwalk, the Apollo crewmen planted the . flag in the soil and received a phone call from President Richard Nixon, who paid tribute to what he called their immense feat. Because of what you have done, the heavens have bee a part of man39。s world. For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one, one in their pride in what you have done. hours after descent, astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin fired their ascent rockets and rejoined Michael Collins aboard the orbiting Columbia mand module for the flight home, establishing forever what Mr. Armstrong has called Apollo 1139。s lasting legacy. The important achievement of Apollo was a demonstration that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited. Part II Standing on the moon Alan Shepard is a . astronaut, who walked on the moon in 1971. In an interview, Alan Shepard reminisced about his experience on the moon. Audioscript： On February 4, 1971, Alan Shepard, mander of the Apollo 14 space mission, became the fifth person to walk on the moon. He and fellow astronaut Edgar Mitchell spent nine hours and 2 3 minutes in space suits on the lunar surface. Their major job was to gather and photograph samples of the materials on the moon39。s surface, including rocks and stones, to take back to geologists on earth. When he was asked about his lunar experience, Mitchell said, What it did for me is really force me to get a picture of the universe from a totally different perspective and then start to question our conventional ways of looking at ourselves, our place in the universe, our place in life, what it39。s all about. A year and a half earlier, on July 20, 1969, the astronauts of Apollo 11 had made the first landing on the moon. At that time, Commander Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. As he took his first step out of the lunar module, he radioed these words to the earth: That39。s one small step for a man。 one giant leap for mankind. In a July 1994 interview with a writer for the New York Times, Alan Shepard talked about looking at earth: I remember being struck by the fact that it looks so peaceful from that distance, but remembering on the other hand all the confrontation going on all over that planet and feeling a little sad that people on planet Earth couldn39。t see that same sight because obviously all the military and political differences bee so insignificant seeing it from the distance. Audioscript： T Terry Gross A Alan Shepard T： What surprised you most about how the surface of the moon looked? A： I don39。t think we had any surprises about the actual surfac