[ti:Let¡¯s Go on a Space Trip] [ar:Mario Ritter] [al:Words and Their Stories] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]For this Words and Their Stories, we leave Earth and travel deep in space. [00:11.28]"... five ... four ... three ... two ... one ..." [00:15.57]Let's join two astronauts who have been stuck [00:20.19]in their space ship together for several months. [00:23.54]And tensions are running high. Or in other words, they are not getting along. [00:29.79]Let's listen as they use a variety of space expressions. [00:35.28]Roger, Mission Control. This is Odyssey 14 logging out. [00:41.17]Okay, we are officially done working for the night. [00:46.63]Great! Movie time! How about Failure to Launch? [00:51.94]Not that movie again! [00:54.29]What? It's a great film. [00:57.74]It reminds me of your friend, Marco from New York. [01:02.23]The one you talk about all the time! [01:05.04]Marco did not fail to launch. He's just saving money to buy his own place. [01:11.54]Marco is a classic example of a failure to launch. [01:16.35]He still lives at home with his parents and doesn't have a real job. [01:21.69]Yes he does. He gets paid to take part in drug studies. [01:25.89]Like I said, he does not have a real job. [01:29.59]Besides, I'm sick of hearing about him. So, enough already! [01:34.14]Okay, okay. Calm down. You know, [01:38.70]I had to hear about your space cadet friend for weeks and weeks. [01:41.95]What's her name? [01:43.10]Nina? She is not a space cadet. She's actually very smart. [01:49.54]She just, um, spaces on some basic life skills. [01:54.19]She forgot that she needed a driver's license to drive a car. [01:59.09]That is a pretty basic life skill to space on. [02:02.84]She sounds like a total space case to me ¨C nothing upstairs. [02:07.23]Oh, forget it. When it comes to our friends, [02:11.12]we are not on the same wavelength. Let's just agree to disagree. [02:16.34]Speaking of not being on the same wavelength ... we do not agree on something else. [02:22.74]Oh yeah, like what? [02:25.14]Like ... landing on the International Space Station. [02:29.14]Uh-uh. No way! We do not have enough fuel to dock on ISS. [02:35.98]Anyway, you just want to see that Russian astronaut. [02:40.17]That is not true. Well, maybe, it's a little true. [02:45.77]But I only see her once in a blue moon, which, as you know, is almost never. [02:51.21]Did you know a "blue moon" is not really blue. [02:54.95]Every month has a full moon. But because the moon's cycle [02:59.19]is not in line with the calendar about every three years [03:03.48]we get two full moons in the same calendar month. [03:07.25]So, a blue moon only happens every two to three years. Just amazing! [03:14.03]And it's been almost that long since I've seen her -- Natasha! [03:20.52]I think she is involved with someone on the space station. [03:23.78]Uh-oh. "Houston, we have a problem." [03:26.83]Don't make fun. This is serious. [03:29.84]Well, we do say that when we want to joke that something that has gone wrong. [03:34.69]But did you know that that is exactly [03:37.99]what astronaut Jack Swigert said in 1970 on the Apollo 13 mission [03:44.14]when an oxygen tank blew up. And here we are ... up here. [03:48.80]I get it. I get it. But please, don't give me any more facts. [03:53.81]Anyway, I'm light years ahead of you. [03:56.96]I have already programmed the computer for arrival at the ISS. [04:00.70]What? Are you crazy?! When it comes to making decisions with your crewmate, [04:07.39]you are light years behind even the worst astronaut! [04:11.38]Say what you want. But wait until you see this Russian astronaut. [04:15.98]She is out of this world! [04:18.33]Of course, she's out of this world. She lives on a space ship!! [04:22.69]I can't wait for someone else to talk to. [04:25.45]You and me both. [04:27.56]Welcome back to earth! [04:37.01]I hope you enjoyed this space-age trip for this Words and Their Stories. [04:43.51]I'm Mario Ritter. [04:45.89]¸ü¶àÌýÁ¦Çë·ÃÎÊ51voa.com