The Astronauts Come Home
Three astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space.
三个宇航员回家了。Three astronauts came home.他们在太空住了八个月。They lived in space for eight months.他们住在空间站里。They lived in a space station.
空间站在天上，很高很高。The space station is up in the sky, very, very high.在那里，人会飞起来。Up there, people float in the air.他们每天工作，也看地球。Every day they worked, and they also looked at the Earth.从天上看，地球很漂亮，是蓝色的。Seen from the sky, the Earth is beautiful — it is blue.
七月二十七号，他们坐飞船回了家。On July 27, they took a spacecraft home.他们的家人都很高兴。Their families were all very happy.你想不想去太空看看？Would you like to go to space and have a look?
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