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Astronaut shows that boomerangs work in space 回力標在太空也會飛回
Monday, Mar 31, 2008,Page 14
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Top: Doi throwing a boomerang inside the International Space Station on March 18, 2008.
Bottom: Togai holds a boomerang like the one thrown by Doi.
上圖:土井十八日在國際太空站內丟擲回力標。
下圖:拇井手握土井在太空中擲出的同款回力標。
照片：法新社
PHOTOS: AFP
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A Japanese astronaut has thrown a boomerang in space. He confirmed that it flies back, much like it acts on Earth. It's an experiment that had never been performed before.
Astronaut Takao Doi "threw a boomerang and saw it come back" during his free time on March 18 at the International Space Station. He threw the boomerang after a request from compatriot Yasuhiro Togai, who is a world boomerang champion.
"I was very surprised and moved to see that it flew the same way it does on Earth," Doi told his wife in a chat from space.
The Japanese space agency said a videotape of the experiment would likely be released later.
Doi traveled on the US shuttle Endeavour. He blasted off on March 11. Doi successfully delivered the first piece of a Japanese laboratory to the International Space Station.
Togai said that he's very happy with the results. He thinks the news will make more people interested in boomerangs.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AFP)
一位日本太空人在太空丟擲回力標，結果證實，回力標在太空和在地球上一樣，都會折返；以前從來沒有人進行過這項實驗。
太空人土井隆雄十八日利用空閒時間，在國際太空站「丟擲一支回力標並看著它折返」。土井受日本世界回力標冠軍拇井靖弘之託，在太空中丟擲回力標。
土井從太空和他妻子談話時表示：「看到回力標飛回來的情形就跟在地球上沒有兩樣，令我十分驚喜和感動。」
日本太空總署表示，他們稍後可能會公佈這項實驗影片。
土井十一日搭乘美國「奮進號」太空梭升空；他成功地將第一組日本太空實驗室組件運送上國際太空站。
拇井說他非常滿意實驗的結果，並認為這個消息會讓更多人對回力標產生興趣。
（法新社／翻譯：袁星塵）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
| 1. boomerang n.
回力標 (hui2 li4 biao1)
例: I got a boomerang for Christmas.
(我的耶誕禮物是支回力標。)
2. International Space Station n. phr.
國際太空站 (guo2 ji4 tai4 kong1 zhan4)
例: How many astronauts are at the International Space Station?
(國際太空站裡有多少太空人？)
3. compatriot n.
同胞 (tong2 bao1)，夥伴 (huo3 ban4)
例: Rodney is one of my compatriots.
(羅尼是我的夥伴之一。)
4. laboratory n.
實驗室 (shi2 yan4 shi4)
例: I had a job in a physics laboratory in college.
(我過去在一間大學物理實驗室工作。)
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