VOA慢速英语:As Gemini Spacecraft Join in Space, US Moves One Step Closer to the Moon

1. For more than twenty minutes, he floated outside his spacecraft in the emptiness of space.

more than 多于
例句：Rob likes apples more than bananas. 
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。 

2. But they were able to survive in space for eight days.

be able to 能够
例句：He is able to free Jim from the immediate evil of slavery.
他能够把吉姆从奴隶制度的直接祸害中拯救出来。

3.  So America's space agency, NASA, said there was no reason to send up Gemini Six.

send up 使升高；使上升，发射
例句：When are they going to send up the rocket? 
他们准备什么时候发射火箭？ 

4. Borman and Lovell continued to circle the Earth.

continue to 继续
例句：Property values continue to advance rapidly. 
房地产价值继续急速上涨. 

5. That tiny part sent a signal to computers that the launch had taken place.

take place 发生
例句：Earthquakes take place far underground. 
地震则发生在地球的极深处。 

6. In fact, the two spacecraft almost touched each other before they separated.

in fact 实际
例句：I think so; in fact, I am quite sure.
我想如此,事实上我十分相信如此。
each other 互相
例句：They somehow supplemented each other. 
它们却起着互相补充的作用。