People have looked at the moon and written poems about it for thousands of years,but nobody expected to go there until 1961 when Yuri Gagarin made the first manned space flight.几千年来，人们仰望月亮，写下关于它的诗篇，但是没有人期望去那里，直到1961年才完成第一次载人航天飞行，航天员叫尤里 加加林（Yuri Gagarin）。Then the Americans decided to send a man to the moon.然后，美国人决定向月球派一个人。Apollo 11 took off on 16 July,1969.在1969年，7月16日，阿波罗11号起飞。The moon is 238,900 miles from Earth and the journey took four days.月球距地球238,900英里，旅行持续了四天。On 21 July, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.7月21日，尼尔·阿姆斯特朗（ Neil Armstrong）成为第一个在月球上行走的人。The astronaut in the pictures of the first moon landing isn"t Neil Armstrong.登月后拍摄的第一张照片如图所示，但其中的宇航员不是阿姆斯特朗。The photos show the second man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin.画面展示的是第二个走上月球的人——巴兹·奥尔德林（Buzz Aldrin）。That" because Armstrong took the photos!原因是阿姆斯特朗拍摄了这些照片。There were six manned mission to the moon between 1969 and 1972, and 12 people have walked on the moon.在1969至1972年间，执行了6次月球载人飞行任务，12人在月球上行走。No astronauts have been to the moon since 1972.自从1972年以后，没有宇航员去过月球。We"ve learnt a lot about the moon because of these missions.我们之所以学到了许多关于月球的知识，利益于这些任务。For example, we know that there"s no life there.例如，我们知道那里没有生命。Nothing have ever lived on the moon, but some scientists think that people will live on the moon one day.虽然没有生命曾经住在月球上，但是一些科学家认为总有一天人们将会在月球居住。Life on the moon won"t be easy.月球上的生活并不容易。It will be a difficult and dangerous place to live.那是一个艰苦和危险的居住地。
