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ÿþBBC Learning English Words in the News 14th April 2010 Armstrong's signature for sale A piece of paper from the flight plan of the Apollo 11 moon landing has been sold at auction in New York. The document bears the signature of Neil Armstrong, the first astronaut to set foot on the moon in July 1969. Emilio San Pedro reports: It was bound to be among the most popular items in the sale of space memorabilia at the Bonham's auction house in New York. And, in the end, the document bearing Neil Armstrong's signature didn't disappoint. It was sold for $152,000. Not a bad price for what some might describe as a simple piece of paper - except that besides the famous astronaut's signature, the document also has, in Mr Armstrong's handwriting, that famous phrase he coined: "One small step for a man - one giant leap for mankind." Emilio San Pedro, BBC News Words in the News © British Broadcasting Corporation 2010 Page 1 of 2 bbclearningenglish.com Vocabulary and definitions astronaut a person whose job it is to travel to outer space and explore the area outside the Earth's atmosphere it was bound to be it was expected that memorabilia objects that are collected because they are connected with a person or event which is thought to be very interesting auction house place where objects are sold publicly and people make higher and higher offers of money until the object is sold to the person who is willing to pay most bearing having or containing signature the way someone writes their name when they put it on official documents etc. not a bad price a very good amount of money for which something is sold handwriting text written with a pen or pencil (not written on a typewriter or computer) phrase he coined expression or saying that he used for the first time which then became famous one giant leap a very big step, almost a jump More on this story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8081817.stm Read and listen to the story and the vocabulary online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/04/100414_witn_armstrong.shtml Words in the News © British Broadcasting Corporation 2010 Page 2 of 2 bbclearningenglish.com

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