摘要
Once upon a time,a couple fell in love while sharing a passion2 for space.Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker met at a wedding in 1950,and after a year of sending each other long-distance letters,the loved-up pair got married.A decade later,President John F.Kennedy announced that the nation would be sending a man to the moon,and Eugene was excited.As a geologist3 who specialized in studying craters4—he had a promising chance of joining the NASA mission5.Then after a series of medical tests to examine his fitness,they learned that Eugene had Addison’s disease,an uncommon disease.There was no possibility of him reaching the moon now.
出处
《中学生英语》
2020年第39期18-19,共2页
English Journal for Middle School Students