An Astronaut Far From the Earth

Becoming an astronaut is so awesome。

I admire them for having

the intelligence, knowledge,

and physical strength required

to become an astronaut.

What I admire even more is that

they don’t have the claustrophobia (幽閉恐懼症) .

Earth is so near, yet still so far.

能成為太空人真勁。  

我很羨慕他們擁有成為太空人所需的

智力、知識與體魄。

我更羨慕的是，他們沒有成為太空人不好出現的

幽閉恐懼症（claustrophobia）

地球似近還遠。

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Barclay James Harvest - Negative Earth 

For fifty-five days

I've been flying around the world

Didn't anybody know, 

didn't anyone suppose

That my life up here was 

slowly drifting by

And all I've got to do is 

sit and cry

The Earth is so clear and 

it's simply a reach away

I just had to laugh today but 

the news it seemed to say

That my life once full was 

surely running dry

I prayed a while but then 

I had to cry

Look in my eyes - I know

That man is surely just a man

It's no surprise - I know

The road is far too long

And life too short to carry on

For fifty-five days 

I've been flying around the world

Here in syncopated time, 

while my tangled web of rhyme

Dangles aimlessly, time drips slowly by

And all I've got to do is 

sit and cry

Look in my eyes - I know

That man is surely just a man

It's no surprise - I know

The road is far too long

And life too short to carry on