Shenzhou XIV Astronauts Give First Science Lecture

By Zhao Lei | chinadaily.com.cn          Updated: Oct 13, 2022

Students attended the third live class of the “Tiangong Class” series at a primary school in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning province, Oct 12, 2022. Chinese astronauts gave an open science lecture on Wednesday afternoon from the Tiangong space station for students around the world.

At the beginning of the educational activity, livestreamed worldwide by China Media Group, the crew of the Shenzhou XIV—Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe—showed the audience(观众) their sleeping and living habits inside the Wentian lab module (问天实验舱), which became part of the Tiangong station in July. The astronauts then carried out some experiments inside the space station and explained these experiments to the students.

During the 50-minute lecture, the astronauts also answered questions from students that covered from how to become an astronaut to what kinds of plants will be brought to space in future spaceflights.

Millions of primary and middle school students across China watched the televised event. Nearly 400 invited students in Beijing, Heze, Shandong province, Zhengzhou, Henan province, and Dali, Yunnan province attended the lecture.

This activity marked the third lecture of the Tiangong Class series. It was also the first time that the Shenzhou XIV mission crew gave a lecture. Scientists say those physical experiments (物理实验) are most suitable for space-based science lectures because they are safer and easier to be done inside the spacecraft and can be more clearly and conveniently watched by students than chemical or biological experiments (化学或生物实验).

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A．In a newspaper.

B．In a story book.

C．In a magazine.

D．On a news website.

【小题2】What does the underlined word “crew” mean?

A．全体船员

B．全体学生

C．全体教师

D．全体科学家

【小题3】How many places did the invited 400 students come from?

A．7

B．6

C．5

D．4

【小题4】What are the advantages of physical experiments than other experiments for space-based science lectures?

A．Safer but harder.	B．Easier and cleaner.
C．Clearer but less convenient.	D．Safer and more convenient.

【小题5】Which of the following statements is true?

A．The lecture was held on Oct 13, 2022.

B．The Wentian lab module became part of the Tiangong station in June.

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D．In the lecture, the astronauts only showed some experiments and explained them to the students.