Liu Ylang，China's First Woman Astronaut劉洋一一中國第一位女航天員

編者注：2012年6月15日下午，隨著神舟九號飛船的發射，中國第一位女航天員也首次進入太空，她就是來自河南的劉洋。我國的航天史上，將濃墨重彩地寫下她的名字。

姓名（Name）：劉洋

出生日期（Date of Birth）： 1978年10月6日（Oct. 6th， 1978）

出生地（Place of Birth）：河南省林州市（Linzhou， Henan Province）

國籍（Nationality）：中國（Chinese）

民族（Ethnic Group）：漢族（Han）

畢業院校（Graduation）：空軍長春飛行學院（The Air Force Flight College of Changchun）

Liu Yang was born on Oct. 6th， 1978. Her father was an assistant engineer （助理工程師） and her mother was an ordinary worker. They both have retired （退休） now. Liu Yang looks like her father. She is not very beautiful， but she is smart and polite.

劉洋出生于1978年10月6日。她的父親曾是一名助理工程師，母親曾是一名普通的工人，現在都已退休。劉洋長得像她父親，她長得不是非常漂亮，但是很精神，對人也有禮貌。

Liu Yang was a good student. She did very well in all her subjects， especially in writing. Besides， her performance in playing sports was very good. She was good at playing volleyball and middle and long distance races. Her endurance （耐力） was very good.

劉洋是個好學生，各門功課都很優秀，尤其是文章寫得好。此外，劉洋在運動方面的表現也很棒，她擅長排球和中長跑，耐力極好。

In 1997， Liu Yang was dedicated （致力于） to preparing for the college entrance examination. One day， an airline recruited （招募） pilots in her school. This unknown and mysterious （神秘的） career attracted Liu Yang’s attention. She wanted to apply for this job， but the company only recruited men pilots this time.

1997年，劉洋原本是一心備戰高考。直到有一天，一家航空公司前來招收飛行員，這項未知、神秘的職業引起了劉洋的注意。她想去應征，但是該航空公司此次招飛只招男生不招女生。

But not very soon， the air force would choose women pilots in Henan. Liu Yang’s head teacher asked her to have a try. At that time， there were eight girls who wanted to apply for the job. After one elimination （淘汰） after another， Liu Yang became the final winner.

不過很快，空軍要在河南選拔女飛行員，劉洋的班主任讓她去試試。當時，共有8個應征的女孩，經一輪接著一輪的淘汰后，劉洋成了站到最后的應征者。

After the college entrance examination， Liu Yang entered the Air Force Flight College of Changchun and studied there. Among the students who entered the college at the same time， her physical （身體的） condition was not very good. She could only improve it by training hard. During the first camp training， her feet blistered （起水泡）， but she finished the 150 miles train by walking one step after another. The blisters on her right foot had become a big one after going back. When she went to the hospital， the doctor had no idea but cut off the whole skin of her right foot.

高考后，劉洋順利進入空軍長春第一飛行學院學習。在剛入校的同批學員中，劉洋的身體素質并不拔尖，她只能靠刻苦訓練來提高。第一次野營訓練，雖然她的腳起了水泡，但她還是一步步挪著走完了150多里。訓練回來，她右腳的水泡全部連成一片。到醫院時，醫生沒有辦法，只有把她右腳腳底的整塊皮全部切除。

During the four years’ study in the college， Liu Yang never let her parents come to see her. Before her first sky-diving， she called home. Her mother said casually （若無其事地）， “Isn’t it the sky-diving？ No problem. It is very safe. And there are teachers， so we don’t worry at all.” Liu Yang felt very sad. So after finishing the sky-diving， she didn’t call home at once. Until she called home in the evening， she knew that her parents didn’t go to work and waited at home for a whole day.

在航校學習的四年，劉洋從來不讓父母來看她。她第一次跳傘之前打電話回家，母親在電話那頭輕描淡寫地說：“不就是跳傘嗎？沒問題，安全得很，何況有教員在，我們很放心。”劉洋當時還有點委屈，跳完了，她沒有馬上打電話報平安。到晚上打電話，才知道父母一天都等在家里沒有上班。

In 2009， the selection （選拔） of the second group of astronauts （航天員） began. At last， Liu Yang and another woman pilot became the first group of women astronauts. In March， 2012， Liu Yang was chosen to be one of the crew （成員） of Shenzhou IX Spaceship. On June 16th， 2012， Shenzhou IX Spaceship was launched. And on June 29th， 2012， three astronauts finished their task and returned to the earth.

2009年，第二批航天員的選拔開始啟動。最終，劉洋與另一名女飛行員成為了中國首批女航天員。2012年3月，劉洋入選神舟九號飛船乘組。2012年6月16日，神舟九號飛船發射升空。2012年6月29號，三位宇航員圓滿完成任務，回到地球。