Hello, welcome to Shirley’s Time! Have you ever heard of Alyssa?

Alyssa is ________ astronaut. She ________ to be the first person to land on Mars by NASA in 2021 at the age of 17. She may go to Mars in 2033 and never come back to the earth. So her father is a little ________. He thinks that Mars may be a very dangerous place. Alyssa ________ the earth in the future.

Alyssa explained ________ she dreamed of being an astronaut in a recent interview. She said, “Well, I first wanted ________ an astronaut from watching a cartoon called The Back Yardigans when I was three. In the cartoon, the characters flew to Mars.” After that, the girl just kept asking for videos, books and anything she could find about space. And her parents have always given her love and support.

Alyssa has always been working very ________ for her dream. She went to an expensive space school to get training. Studying there isn’t always easy. It needs to pass a lot of tests like floating (漂浮) in the air. At first she felt sick in her stomach, ________ later she got used to it. Finally, she made it to be an astronaut. ________ wonderful she was! From what she said, we also knew that Alyssa enjoyed speaking in public and talking to the girls ________ wanted to be astronauts.

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