1. Going to the sun during the night

When the Americans were getting ready to send their first men to the moon, an old Irishman1 was watching them on television in the bar of a hotel.

There was an Englishman in the bar too, and he said to the Irishman, "The Americans are very clever, aren't they? They're going to send some men to the moon. It's a very long way from our world."

Oh that's nothing, the Irishman answered quickly. "The Irish are going to send some men to the sun in a few months' time. That's much farther2 away than the moon, you know."

The Englishman was very surprised when he heard this. "Oh, yes, it is." He said, "but the sun's too hot for people to go to."

The Irishman laughed and answered. "Well, the Irish aren't stupid, you know. We won't go to the sun during the day, of course. We'll go there during the night."

Notes:

1. Irishman 爱尔兰人

2. farther 更远的（far的比较级）

夜间到太阳上去

当美国人正准备将他们第一批宇航员送上月球时，有一个上了年纪的爱尔兰人在一家旅馆的酒吧里正从电视中观看着宇航员的壮举。

在酒吧里还有一个英国人，他对那个爱尔兰人说：“美国人真聪明，是吧？他们就要将几个人送上月球了。那儿离我们地球有好长好长的一段路呢。”

“哦，那又有什么”，爱尔兰人马上回话说。“再过几个月爱尔兰人要将一些人送到太阳上去呢。你是知道的，那儿可比月球要远得多了。”

那英国人听了这番话，感到很吃惊，他说：“噢，是的，是远得多了，不过太阳太热了，人们去不了那儿。”

爱尔兰人大笑起来，回答说：“咳，你知道，爱尔兰人可没那么蠢。我们当然不会在白天到太阳上去。我们是在夜间上太阳那儿去。”

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1969年7月16日，美国将人类第一艘旅月飞船阿波罗11号送上了登月之旅。乘员包括阿姆斯特朗、奥尔德林和科林斯。经过3小时飞行，指挥舱和机械船与登月小艇对接。升空大约100小时后，阿姆斯特朗和奥尔德林改乘登月小艇并于20日将登月小艇降落至月球表面。阿姆斯特朗跨出登月小艇，成为第一个踏上月球表面的人。