英国卫报观察者|刘洋: 妇女能顶半边天的最好诠释

China's first female astronaut shows how 'women hold up half the sky'
Liu Yang becomes first Chinese woman in space in step towards country's ambition to build its own space station
Tania Branigan, Beijing
The Observer, Sunday 17 June 2012
刘洋: 妇女能顶半边天的最好诠释

Tania Branigan北京报道，英国卫报观察者 2012年六月17日
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/17/china-woman-space-liu-yang


Liu Yang, China's first female astronaut, waves during a departure ceremony at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu province. Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters
刘洋，中国第一位太空人在发射仪式上向大家挥手，甘肃省酒泉卫星发射中心。
The famous Chinese maxim has it that women hold up half the sky. Thanks to Liu Yang, they have now soared past it.
著名的中国语录妇女能顶半边天，因为刘洋，今天有了最好诠释。
On Saturday a Shenzhou-9 spacecraft blasted off from its Gobi desert launch site carrying the first Chinese woman into space.
星期六，一枚神州九号宇宙飞船携带着第一位中国妇女从戈壁滩发射升空。
"I am grateful to the motherland and the people. I feel honoured to fly into space on behalf of hundreds of millions of female Chinese citizens," Liu told reporters before take-off.
刘洋发射前告诉记者：感谢祖国和人民，代表着亿万中国女公民进入太空飞行，我感到荣幸。
Speaking alongside her two male colleagues, she said: "Men and women have their own advantages and capabilities in carrying out space missions. They can complement each other and better complete their mission."
伴着她的两位男同伴，她说：男女航天员在执行任务的能力、特点上各有优势，两者结合起来，可以更好地完成任务。
The launch is the latest step in China's ambitious programme to build its own space station. American objections prevented it from participating in the international space station. Shenzhou-9 will perform China's first staffed docking mission with an orbiting space laboratory module. Two astronauts will live and work inside the Tiangong-1 to test its life-support systems, while the third will remain in the Shenzhou-9 capsule.
这次发射是中国雄心勃勃的太空计划的最新步骤，建立自己的空间站。因为美国的反对，中国被阻止参与国际空间站合作。神州九号将实现中国和在轨空间实验室模块(天宫一号）的第一个人工对接任务。两名宇航员将生活和工作天宫一号内以测试其生命支持系统，另一人仍将呆在神州九号。

Space programme spokeswoman Wu Ping said: "Generally speaking, female astronauts have better durability, psychological stability and ability to deal with loneliness."
载人航天工程发言人武平说，女航天员有着更加周到细心、更强的耐受能力。
Liu's selection for the mission caused a surge of pride in her impoverished home province of Henan. The 33-year-old's childhood ambition was reportedly to become a bus conductor. But instead she joined the air force. She began training as an astronaut only two years ago, giving her much less experience than her colleagues.
刘洋成为首选航天员使得她的家乡河南的自豪感陡然激增，据说现在33岁的刘洋儿时的志向是当一名售票员。但最终她加入了空军且两年前被选为预备航天员，当然她的资历比其同伴差一点。
Liu will carry out medical experiments while the third astronaut will handle docking manoeuvres.
刘洋负责空间医学实验的管理，而刘旺工作重点是完成飞船与天宫的手控交会对接。
The first woman into space was the Soviet Union's Valentina Tereshkova in 1963.
人类第一位太空女是1963年的苏联人Valentina Tereshkova。China's first female astronaut shows how 'women hold up half the sky'
Liu Yang becomes first Chinese woman in space in step towards country's ambition to build its own space station
Tania Branigan, Beijing
The Observer, Sunday 17 June 2012
刘洋: 妇女能顶半边天的最好诠释

刘洋成为中国昭显实力建立自己的太空站的第一位太空女。

Tania Branigan北京报道，英国卫报观察者 2012年六月17日
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/17/china-woman-space-liu-yang


Liu Yang, China's first female astronaut, waves during a departure ceremony at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu province. Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters
刘洋，中国第一位太空人在发射仪式上向大家挥手，甘肃省酒泉卫星发射中心。
The famous Chinese maxim has it that women hold up half the sky. Thanks to Liu Yang, they have now soared past it.
著名的中国语录妇女能顶半边天，因为刘洋，今天有了最好诠释。
On Saturday a Shenzhou-9 spacecraft blasted off from its Gobi desert launch site carrying the first Chinese woman into space.
星期六，一枚神州九号宇宙飞船携带着第一位中国妇女从戈壁滩发射升空。
"I am grateful to the motherland and the people. I feel honoured to fly into space on behalf of hundreds of millions of female Chinese citizens," Liu told reporters before take-off.
刘洋发射前告诉记者：感谢祖国和人民，代表着亿万中国女公民进入太空飞行，我感到荣幸。
Speaking alongside her two male colleagues, she said: "Men and women have their own advantages and capabilities in carrying out space missions. They can complement each other and better complete their mission."
伴着她的两位男同伴，她说：男女航天员在执行任务的能力、特点上各有优势，两者结合起来，可以更好地完成任务。
The launch is the latest step in China's ambitious programme to build its own space station. American objections prevented it from participating in the international space station. Shenzhou-9 will perform China's first staffed docking mission with an orbiting space laboratory module. Two astronauts will live and work inside the Tiangong-1 to test its life-support systems, while the third will remain in the Shenzhou-9 capsule.
这次发射是中国雄心勃勃的太空计划的最新步骤，建立自己的空间站。因为美国的反对，中国被阻止参与国际空间站合作。神州九号将实现中国和在轨空间实验室模块(天宫一号）的第一个人工对接任务。两名宇航员将生活和工作天宫一号内以测试其生命支持系统，另一人仍将呆在神州九号。

Space programme spokeswoman Wu Ping said: "Generally speaking, female astronauts have better durability, psychological stability and ability to deal with loneliness."
载人航天工程发言人武平说，女航天员有着更加周到细心、更强的耐受能力。
Liu's selection for the mission caused a surge of pride in her impoverished home province of Henan. The 33-year-old's childhood ambition was reportedly to become a bus conductor. But instead she joined the air force. She began training as an astronaut only two years ago, giving her much less experience than her colleagues.
刘洋成为首选航天员使得她的家乡河南的自豪感陡然激增，据说现在33岁的刘洋儿时的志向是当一名售票员。但最终她加入了空军且两年前被选为预备航天员，当然她的资历比其同伴差一点。
Liu will carry out medical experiments while the third astronaut will handle docking manoeuvres.
刘洋负责空间医学实验的管理，而刘旺工作重点是完成飞船与天宫的手控交会对接。
The first woman into space was the Soviet Union's Valentina Tereshkova in 1963.
人类第一位太空女是1963年的苏联人Valentina Tereshkova。