Believe it or not, the day when you can go to the moon is coming soon. You can go into space _______ space shuttle (太空船). It _______ about three days for the shuttle to go from the earth to the moon. The shuttle flies a long way to a space station. You can stay there for a short rest and then it will _______ you to the moon.

Now you can jump out of the shuttle. But you mustn’t take off your spacesuit (太空服), because it is very hot in the daytime and very cold at night on the _______. The moon is much smaller than the earth. Things are _______ on the moon than they are on the earth. You can jump high every time you take a step. You will find that it is never tiring to walk on the moon. You don’t need to take an umbrella or a raincoat with you _______ there is no rain on the moon. You can hear _______ because there is no air on the moon. And there are no animals or other living things there.       

The moon moves more _______ than the earth, so one day on the moon is as long as two weeks on the earth and one night is just as long as two weeks on the earth. What could you do in _______ long days and nights and in a silent world? Now ________ are trying to make the best of the moon. But our earth is really a far better place to live, as long as we take good care of it.