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Fifty years ago today, humans reached new heights. 
五十年前的今天，人類登上了新高點。

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On April 12, 1961 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. 
一九六一年四月十二日，俄國太空人尤里‧蓋加林成了第一個飛上太空的人。

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Gagarin had no idea what would happen as he boarded Vostok I. 
蓋加林登上東方一號的時候，根本不知道會發生什麼事。

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What would he see, and would he come back alive? 
他會看到什麼景象，又是不是能夠活著回來呢？

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And still he seemed eager to attempt the trip.
儘管如此，他還是急切想要踏上這趟旅程。

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Now his last words before liftoff were said to be, "Let's go."
據說他在起飛之前所說的最後一句話是：「出發吧。」

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As you now, Gagarin's successful journey ended with a safe parachute landing. 
正如各位所知的，蓋加林的旅程非常成功，最後以降落傘安全落地。

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But the 108-minute flight did more than carry him once around the Earth, 
不過，這場一百○八分鐘的飛行不只帶他環繞地球一圈，

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it launched a new era of human spaceflight.
更開啟了人類太空飛行的新時代。

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It was perhaps the greatest journey one man has ever taken. 
那也許是單一個人所經歷過最了不起的旅程。

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Propelled 50 years ago into space on a Soviet rocket, Yuri Gagarin made the first ever orbit of the Earth. 
尤里‧蓋加林在五十年前搭乘一具蘇聯火箭衝上太空，首度環繞地球的軌道。

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For 108 minutes, he was crammed inside his tiny capsule, 
在一百○八分鐘的時間裡，他整個人擠在狹小的座艙裡，

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giving the world a vivid commentary of the planet far below.
向世人生動描述遠在下方的那顆行星。

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I am continuing the flight. 
我正持續飛行中。

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The overload is somewhat increasing, as well as the vibration. 
過載現象有點增加，振動也是。

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But I am feeling well, and I'm in great spirits. 
不過，我身體狀況很好，精神也很振奮。

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I can see the Earth and can distinguish the features of its terrain.
我看得到地球，也能辨別出地形的特徵。

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Well this is just a replica of the actual Vostok capsule in which Yuri Gagarin made that first historic flight. 
這只是東方一號座艙的複製品，當初尤里‧蓋加林就是乘坐它進行那首次歷史性飛行。

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For some reason the original is kept in the museum of a state corporation and isn't on general public view.
由於某種因素，原本的座艙保存在一家國營企業的博物館裡，並不開放大眾參觀。

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But this space exhibition in Moscow is filled with originals, 
不過，莫斯科這場太空展陳列了許多真品，

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including a number of contemporaries of Yuri Gagarin himself.
包括與尤里‧蓋加林同時代的若干人物也親自出席。

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Men like Alexei Leonov, the first Soviet cosmonaut to conduct a spacewalk, 
例如阿歷克斯‧雷奧諾夫，首位進行太空漫步的蘇聯太空人，

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here to celebrate the achievements of 50 years ago.
就在此慶祝五十年前的成就。

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In the past, we used to make a point of whether he or she was an American or a Russian or whatnot. 
過去，我們總是會特別指出某個太空人是美國人或俄國人或什麼的。

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In my view, if we don't remember what happened 50 years ago, 
在我看來，我們如果不記得五十年前發生的事情，

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we will forget everything in 100 years.
我們在一百年後就會把一切都忘了。

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At the height of the Cold War, Gagarin's success was a high profile victory over the United States, 
在冷戰高峰期間，蓋加林的成就是蘇聯對美國一次備受矚目的勝利，

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seen as evidence of Soviet domination in the space race. 
當時被視為蘇聯在太空競賽中居於領導地位的證明。

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He was dispatched overseas in what the Kremlin called missions of peace. 
他後來被派往海外執行克里姆林宮所謂的和平任務，

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It made him a global icon. 
讓他成為全球性的偶像。

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And his flight on April 12, 1961 
他在一九六一年四月十二日的飛行之旅，

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also led President John F. Kennedy to declare that America would put a man on the Moon by 1970.
也促使甘迺迪總統宣布美國將在一九七○年以前把人送上月球。

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Today, American astronauts are ready to acknowledge Gagarin's pioneering mission.
今天，美國太空人已不吝於肯定蓋加林那次開創性的任務。

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Well, there always has to be a first that follows on. 
凡事總有第一次，才能讓後人繼續跟進。

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And at the time, you know, there was a big competition. 
那時候的競爭非常激烈。

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I always say here today, without Yuri Gagarin flying, I probably would not have flown to the Moon.
我現在總是說，如果沒有尤里‧蓋加林的那次飛行，我說不定無法飛到月球上。

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Everybody's friends now.
現在大家都成了朋友。

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Oh, yes.
沒錯。

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Gagarin didn't live to witness the hundreds who've journeyed to space since his first flight. 
蓋加林沒有活著目睹自他的飛行創舉之後的數百人長征上太空。

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He was killed in 1968 in a plane crash. 
他在一九六八年死於一場墜機事故中。

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But an untimely death has only added to the mythical status of the first man in space.
不過，死於非命的遭遇只是為這名首度飛上太空的人物更添傳奇色彩。