No.119 Tiangong 天宫空间站
英语话中国China Story
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在地球之外400公里的寂静中，
400 kilometers above Earth, in silent space,
一座银白色的“宫殿”绕着蓝色星球缓缓飞行。
a silver-white “palace” orbits the blue planet.
这是天宫——中国人的太空家园。
This is Tiangong—China’s home in space.
三位宇航员在这里生活数月，他们吃特制餐食，睡在固定于舱壁的睡袋里，每天锻炼两小时，防止肌肉流失。
Three astronauts live here for months—they eat specially prepared meals, sleep in sleeping bags tied to walls,and exercise two hours a day to keep their bodies strong.
他们在微重力中种下水稻和拟南芥，观察种子如何在无土环境中发芽；
They plant rice and Arabidopsis in microgravity,watching how seeds sprout without soil;
他们点燃火焰，研究燃烧的秘密；
they light flames to study the secrets of fire;
他们望向舷窗，看云海翻涌，大陆如画。
they gaze out the window at swirling clouds and continent-sized landscapes.
天宫虽小，却承载着千年飞天梦。
Tiangong is small—but it carries a dream thousands of years old.
从敦煌壁画中的飞天，到今日真实的太空行走，
From flying immortals in Dunhuang murals to real spacewalks today,
中国人，终于在星辰大海中有了自己的驿站。
the Chinese people now have their own outpost among the stars.
