Luyện nghe bài hát Countdown

Dedicated with thanks to young and crippen and all the people of nasa for their
Inspiration and

Lit up anticipation
We at the launching site
The sky is still dark, dawn
On the coastline

Circling choppers slash the
roving searchlight beams
This magic day when
Mingles with the stuff of dreams

in the hazy distance
The of this unearthly show
vapours, like the breath
Of a white dragon

Crackling speakers, voices
the final count
All systems check, t nine
As the sun and the drama start to

The air is charged --- a humid, motionless
The crowds and the
The full of spectators pass
Excitement so thick --- you could cut it a knife
Technology --- high, on the leading edge of

The earth us starts to tremble
With the spreading of a low black
A thunderous roar the air
Like the whole exploding

Scorching of golden fire
As it slowly leaves the
Tears away with a force
The air is shattered by the sound

a pillar of cloud, the smoke lingers
in the air
In fascination --- the eyes of the world
We