VOA慢速英语:NASA and the Early Apollo Flights of the 1960s

1. Designs for launch rockets and spacecraft were agreed on.

agree on 对...取得一致意见
例句：The two sides agreed on a cease-fire.
双方达成了停火协议。

2. Gemini let astronauts learn about the dangers of radiation and the effects of being weightless during long flights.

learn about 获悉
例句：Childrenseem to learn about computers by osmosis. 
儿童似乎不知不觉地就了解了计算机. 

3. Engineers also were working on a huge new rocket for Apollo.

work on 从事
例句：He put his children to work on his farm during the summer vacation. 
他让他的孩子在暑假里去自家的农场劳动。 

4. Suddenly, fire broke out in the spacecraft.

break out 爆发;突然发生
例句：Armed conflict is likely to break out between the two countries. 
这两国间有可能发生武装冲突。 

5. By November, nineteen sixty-seven, the moon launch rocket, Saturn Five, was ready for a test flight.

be ready for 准备
例句：He is ready for the trip. 
他已准备好去旅行。 

6. It thundered into space perfectly, pushing an unmanned Apollo spacecraft more than eighteen thousand kilometers up into the atmosphere.

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

7. Millions of people were watching on television.

millions of 上百万的
例句：Millions of people gave freely in response to the famine appeal. 
千百万人响应救灾呼吁而慷慨解囊.