unit1 great scientists listening (book5).pptVIP

A GREAT CHINESE SCIENTIST Father of the Chinese space programme Yu Ping (YP) is talking to her friend Steve Smith (SS) about Qian Xuesen and his work as a rocket scientist. YP: Well, he first studied at university to be an engineer. Later he went to America to study for his doctor’s degree. It was then he began to work on rockets. SS: So it was lucky for our space programme that he came back to China. YP: Very much so. There was no work on space rockets in China before he began his institute to design and build rockets to go into space. Pa