【正文】 l be l ess than on the earth because the moon is sm al l er and I wil be abl e to m ove m ore freel y. I mi ght even grow tal ler if I stay here long enough. I shal certai nl y wei gh less!” I l aughed and clim bed down the steps from the spaceshi p. But when I tri ed to step forward, I found I was caried twi ce as far as on the earth and fel over. “ O h dear, ” I cri ed, “ wal ki ng does ned a bi t of practi ce now that gravi ty has changed.” After a whil e I got the hang of it and we began to enjoy ourselves. Leaving the m on?s gravi ty was not as painful as leavi ng the earth?s. But returning to the earth was very fri ghtening. We watched, amazed as fi re broke out on the outsi de of the spaceshi p as the earth?s gravity i ncreased. Agai n we were pushed back hard i nto our seats as we cam e back to l and. “ That was very exhausting but very exciting too,” I said. “Now I know m uch m ore about gravi ty! Do you think we coul d bi si t som e stars next tim e?” “O f course, ” he smi led, “ whi ch star woul d you l i ke to go to?” Caught by a bl ack hole The spaceshi p warned Li Yanping and m e to be ready as we were approachi ng the “bl ack hol e”. We coul d see som e fai nt l ights around what l ooked li ke an em pty space. Li Yanpi ng sai d, “ That em pty hol e is l ike a m outh al ways needi ng to be fed. Those l ights are thi ns that are bei ng pul ed i nto tim e by the gravi ty of the hol e. ” We watched with i nterest and am azem ent at the li ghts whi ch seem ed to be goi ng fai nter and fai nter round the edge of the black hol e. Just then the li ghts on our spaceshi p went our the and the puter stopped worki ng. What was happening? I tri ed to turn the spaceship away from the hol e but i t woul d not m ove. Woul d i t eat us too? Sudenl y the spaceshi p jum ped and began to m ove round the edge of trhe hol e too. The gravi ty of the “bl ack hol e” was pul li ng us i nto its “m outh”. As the spaceshi p m oved round the black hol e, I fel t rather si ck. My m outh went dry and I cl osed my eyes. Al the stori es about what happened when you were caught by the gravi ty of a “black hol e” seem to be true. But then the spaceshi p jum ped agai n. This tim e i t m oved si deways and away from this edge of the “bl ack hol e”. Som eone watchi ng m e woul d have seen the spaceshi p flying li ke a bi rd away from the “bl ack hol e”. But we felt nothi ng. At l ast we were abl e to l ook around us. Luckil y the puter had started worki ng agai n. We reali zed that we had discovered somethi ng new about “black hol e”. If you go i nsi de the edge of a “bl ack hole”, i t wi l “eat” you and there i s no escape。s why it?s cal led ?The Land of the Midni ght Sun?. ” There were people on the strets and snowmobi l es everywhere. There were even a few dog teams. 必修四 Unit 1 A STUDEN T OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE It i s 5: 45 am and the sun i s just ri si ng over Gombe Nati onal park in east Africa. Fol lowing Jane?s way of studying chimps, our group are al going to vi si t them i n the forest. Jane has studi ed these famil ies of chimps for many years and helped people understand how much they behave li ke humans. Watching a familyof chi mps waking up is our fi rst activity of the day. This means going back to the pl ace where we l eft the fami ly sleepi ng i n a tree the ni ght before. Everybody si ts and waits in the shade of the trees whi le the fami ly begi ns to wake up and move we folow as they wonder i nto the of the time,chi mps ei ther fed or clean each other as a way of showing l ove in their fami worns us that our grou is going tobe very tired and di rty a chance to m ake a trip i nto space with my fri end Li Yanping, an astronom er. We vi si ted the m oon i n our spaceship! Before we l eave, Li Yanping expl ai ned to m e that the forece of the gravi ty woul d change three tim es on our journey and that the first change woul d be the m ost powerful. Then we were of. As the rocket rose into the air, we were pushed back into our seats because we were tryi ng to escape the pul of the earth?s gravity. It was so hard that we could not say anything to each other. Gradual ly the wei ght l essened and I was able to tal k to him. “ Why i s the spaceshi p not fal li ng back to the earth? O n the earth i f I fal from a tree I wil fal l to ground. ” I asked. “ We are too far from the earth now to feel i ts pul l, “ he expl ai ned, “ so we feel as if there i s no gravity at al l. When we get cl oser to the moon, we shal fel its gravi ty pul ing us, but i t wil not be as strong a pul as the earth?s. “ I cheered up imm edi ately and fl oated wei ghtlessl y around i n our spaceshi p cabin watching the earth be e smal er and the m on l arger. When we got there, I wanted to expl ore imm ediatel y. “ Com e on,” I sai d. “ If you are ri ght, m y m ass wil be l ess than on the earth because the moon is sm al l er and I wil be abl e to m ove m ore freel y. I mi ght even grow tal ler if I stay here long enough. I shal certai nl y wei gh less!” I l aughed and clim bed down the steps from the spaceshi p. But when I tri ed to step forward, I found I was caried twi ce as far as on the earth and fel over. “ O h dear, ” I cri ed, “ wal ki ng does ned a bi t of practi ce now that gravi ty has changed.” After a whil e I got the hang of it and we began to enjoy ourselves. Leaving the m on?s gravi ty was not as painful as leavi ng the earth?s. But returning to the earth was very fri ghtening. We watched, amazed as fi re broke out on the outsi de of the spaceshi p as the earth?s gravity i ncreased. Agai n we were pushed back hard i nto our seats as we cam e back to l and. “ That was very exhausting but very exciting too,” I said. “Now I know m uch m ore about gravi ty! Do you think we coul d bi si t som e stars next tim e?” “O f course, ” he smi led, “ whi ch star woul d you l i ke to go to?” Caught by a bl ack hole The spacesh