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[_bruninha]

This is the sound of the first man-made satellite in space. The time - ten thirty at night. The date - fourth of October 1957. The place - Baikonur Cosmodome, Kazakhstan. The event - the launch of the first man-made satellite into space.

People all around the world watched the satellite launch on television. They could not believe what they saw. The countdown finished ... and a large rocket exploded into the sky. It carried a satellite the size of a large football. Once the rocket reached space, the satellite separated from it. Hours later, scientists in the space control centre heard a signal. The satellite had reached outer space! It was travelling up to nine hundred kilometres above the earth. The satellite only had enough power to send messages and information for fifteen days. But it stayed in space for six months.

[donay mendonça]

Hello Bruninha,

Vocabulário para você interpretar:

1)man-made=Artificial
2)launch=lançamento
3)Could not=não conseguiam
4)Countdown=contagem regressiva
5)Rocket=foguete
6)The size of=do tamanho de
7)Once=quando
8)Reached=chegou no
9)Later=depois
10)Outer space=espaço sideral
11)Above=acima da
12)But=mas

Good luck!

[_bruninha]

Desculpas mas esqueci de uma coisa, eu só fiquei na dúvida nessa parte aqui. Coloquei o texto todo para a compreensão correta.
It carried a satellite the size of a large football.

bjos.

[donay mendonça]

Hello Bruninha,

"Carregava um satelite do tamanho de uma bola grande de futebol."