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　　Two spacemen got lost in outer space because their earthly sense of direction didn't work there.They were not sure whether they should go southeast or southwest.One thought southeast was the right direction while the other insisted on southwest.They were soured by this experience and their argument became bitter as both started to use sour remarks.“I followed your idea and took a southwest course, and look what happened?” one said, “Oh, what do you expect, Mr.Expert? ‘There is a southeast wind and I can feel it’? Your source of information is not from the experience of sowing in the field, I suppose?” Just then, something sparked ahead and they flew towards the spark, thinking it might be a space station.But all of a sudden, the spacecraft lost control and fell like a dropped spade.Their sorrow made them forget their argument.They then missed an object by a hand's span, and finally regained control as their eye spanned the distance covered and found that they were back in orbit.And they could now also hear directions from the base through the speaker.

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　　sorrow 1.悲哀，悲痛2.伤心事，不幸的事

　　sour a.1.酸的，酸味的2.馊的，酸臭的3.乖戾的，尖酸刻薄的

　　v.1.(使)变酸，(使)变馊2.(使)变得乖戾(或暴躁)

　　source n.1.源(泉)，发源地2.来源，出处

　　southeast n.东南(方)，东南部ad. 向东南a.东南方的，东南部的，来自东南的

　　southwest n.西南(方)，西南部ad. 向西南a.西南方的，西南部的，来自西南的

　　sow vt.播(种)

　　spacecraft n.航天器，宇宙飞船

　　spade n.锹，铲子

　　span n.1.一段时间2.跨距，跨度

　　vt.1.持续，贯穿，包括2.横跨，跨越

　　spark n.火花，火星vi.发出火花

　　vt.(off)触发，引起

　　speaker n.1.说话者，演讲者2.讲某种语言的人3.扬声器

　　两名宇航员在外层空间迷了路，因为他们地球上的方向感在那儿全不起作用，他们不知道应该往东南方向还是往西南方向，一个认为东南方向是正确的，另一个则坚持说西南方向是正确的。这使他们变得暴躁起来，争论也变得更加激烈，因为这两个人说话都开始有些尖酸刻薄。“我听了你的，走西南方向，看看结果怎样?”一个说。“噢，那你有什么高见，导师先生?‘有一股东南风，我能感觉得到。’我想你的消息来源该不是从种地的经验得来的吧?”就在这时，前方有什么东西发出火花，他们赶忙朝火花飞去，心想那可能是个空间站。可是宇宙飞船突然失去了控制，像把往下掉的铲子一样急速下坠。悲哀使两人忘记了他们之间的争执。他们只差一臂的跨距就撞上一个物体，，他们终于又控制住了飞船。他们目测了一下横跨的空间，发现飞船又回到了轨道上，现在他们又可以通过扬声器听到发自基地的指令了。