中国版“荒野求生”Chinese astronauts complete desert survival training

Fifteen Chinese astronauts(宇航员) have just completed(完成) desert(沙漠) survival(生存) training(训练) deep in the Badain Jaran Desert near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center(酒泉卫星发射中心) in northwest China.

Organized by the Astronaut Center of China (ACC), the program was designed to prepare(准备) astronauts with the capacity(能力) to survive in the wilderness(野外) in the event their re-entry capsule(太空舱) lands off target(目标).

Before venturing into space(太空), astronauts have to survive in various hostile(不理的) environments as a part of their technical training. Wilderness survival training is an important part(部分) of astronaut training in space agencies worldwide, leaving space mission(任务) candidates stranded(困住) at sea(海), in deserts, in jungles(丛林) or on glaciers(冰川).

This is the latest survival training activity for Chinese astronauts after their sea survival training with two European astronauts in waters off the coast of Yantai in east China's Shandong Province in August 2017.

In the latest training program, each team, all wearing spacesuits(太空服), simulated an emergency landing scenario(场景) in which they needed to exit(出去) the capsule themselves, report their location(位置) and survive in the desert until rescue arrived 48 hours later.

In the desert, a land of extremes, the trainees had to handle the arid conditions, the daytime heat(炎热) and cold(寒冷) at night.

词汇 Words:

[yǔháng yuán] 宇航员 astronaut
[tàikōng cāng] 太空舱 capsule
[tài kōng] 太空 space
[rèn wù] 任务 mission
[xùn liàn] 训练 training
[néng lì] 能力 capacity
[mù biāo] 目标 target
[yě wài] 野外 wilderness
[hǎi] 海 sea
[shā mò] 沙漠 desert
[cóng lín] 丛林 jungle
[chǎng jǐng] 场景 scenario
[wèi zhì] 位置 location
[zhǔn bèi] 准备 prepare
[kùn zhù] 困住 strand
[wán chéng] 完成 complete

重点词汇 Key word:

完成 <动词 v.> accomplish; complete; fulfill; finish

E.g. 

• Tā de lùnwén wánchéng le。
  他的论文完成了。
  His thesis is completed.

• Wǒmen kěndìng néng ànshí wánchéng rènwù。
  我们肯定能按时完成任务。
  We can certainly have the job finished on time.