【正文】 s mander, an Italian Air Force pilot and South African Internet entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth. The 28yearold multimillionaire had trained for eight months and spent a reported $20 million to fulfill his childhood dream of going into space. Members of his family watched the launch with big smiles and tears of joy. The Soyuz will fly to the International Space Station, where it is expected to dock on Saturday. The crew39。 and provide sincere love and understanding. A：Prelistening Question Governmental provision for social security is slow to develop in the US, though there are now some elements of a prehensive system, with some serious gaps, as well as variations between the states. For both old age and illness, provision is now partly private, partly public. Most Americans when at work make some provision for their retirement, through savings, investment and insurance policies, pany or union pension funds. Federal government social security provides pensions for retired people, and also unemployment benefit for six months, based on pulsory contributions by people at work. The rate of the pension gives an ine above the official poverty line, and sufficient for minimal fort, but only about a quarter of median earnings from employment. It is not related to a person39。s been proven that having the baby at home is as safe as having a baby in hospital. Does it get a lot of encouragement having, er, a baby at home? I don39。s Chamber of Commerce （商會(huì)）, highway construction over the past several years changed that. Being just 65 kilometers away from a big city like Nashville, Mr Hamilton says, presents another challenge to Dickson39。re a midwife} ... I know it would be quite ideal but the risk of something going wrong and if I was to lose that baby I think that I would be quite devastated. Aren39。 teach respect with language and dress。s main mission is to deliver a new Soyuz capsule to be kept at the space station for use as an escape vehicle if needed. Mark Shuttleworth is also to conduct experiments on how animal stem cells react in zero gravity. The space tourist39。s currently no systematic, scientific way to study fire.Pyne and nearly two dozen other researchers piled current data on fire39。 teach respect with language and dress。s better for you to e into hospital. Exercise Directions: Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions. 1. It39。t give up. Instead, they decided to fight back. More than 40 of them founded the Retail Merchants Association of Downtown Dickson. Members of the new association are mitted to success。s like a little maisonette in the hospital and, er, it39。s history. They are active, energetic, and willing and can meet many program needs through their volunteer efforts. Seniors are a valuable resource with many gifts to offer among them, experience, patience, skills, time, and wealth that are unique to them. The senior population, and its proportion relative to the rest of the population, is increasing rapidly. The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNS) estimates that, in 2000, some 35 million people aged 65 or older were living in the United States, accounting for 13% of the total population. The aging baby boom generation is expected to double the senior population over the next 30 years. And because they are living longer than ever before, seniors can anticipate* up to 30 years of productive activity after retirement. Seniors share their gifts and life experiences to address issues in school systems, public safety, the environment, and other human needs. Many seniors do not volunteer through formal programs. Some are onetime volunteers。t be of much use to any future human visitors to the Moon. But it may be an additional clue as scientists try to work out how the moon and the planets were formed. A: Directions: Listen to the news item and plete the summary. This news item is about the water discovery on the moon. B. Directions: listen to the news item again and plete the following chart.Announcements from NASA News ConferenceFindingsWater pretty much over the moon, though more toward the poles, and concentrated at the lunar surface.SourceData from an American instrument flying on an Indian satellite, and confirming data from two other spacecrafts.ControversyIt’s unclear whether they’re seeing water or hydroxyl.Reasons for different opinionsThat data es not from examining the rocks on the moon directly, but from analyzing spectrographs of the light reflected from the moon. Different chemicals have different spectrographic signatures, but those of water and hydroxyl are very similar.News Item 2First Spaceman from AfricaThe Soyuz rocket lifted off on schedule Thursday morning from launch pad number one at Russia39。re going to have to be concerned about in a warmer world are where there are more fires where we don39。 and provide sincere love and understanding. It is our job to help youth link with their peers and the munity, as well as help their munity and their peers link with them. We want to help them embrace the world with their numerous gifts and talents, instead of the world embracing them with handcuffs and incarceration. 2. (Open) Section Three NewsNews Item 1A research team led by Dr. Carle Pieters of Brown University announced the results at a NASA news conference on Thursday.Using data from an American instrument flying on Indian satellite and confirming data from two othe