新西兰英语 240 New Air NZ planes

　　Air NZ showed what their new planes will look like inside. The CEO of Air NZ said that there have been many improvements¹ for Business class passengers in the past few years but nothing for Economy² class. The new planes, the Boeing 777-300 model, will have 22 beds in Economy class. Three seats in a row will make a bed. Foot rests lift up to touch the seat in front. This makes the bed wide enough for a couple to sleep close together or for small children to play. A parent can sit in one seat and two small children can sleep side by side on the other two seats.
Passengers will pay full price for two seats and the third seat will be half price.
These new planes will be used on the Auckland³ to Los Angeles route⁴ from December this year. This is a 12 hour flight. From April next year, the new planes will be used from Los Angeles to London, which takes another 12 hours. Anyone who has travelled from New Zealand to London knows how much you want to sleep lying down.
There are other changes to the new planes also. There will be ovens⁵ for cooking individual meals, like pizza or hamburgers. Passengers in Economy class will be able to order a meal by a touch screen.
All these changes were designed in New Zealand. If these ideas become popular, Air New Zealand can license⁶ the designs to other airlines.

1 improvements   

增加或修改( improvement的名词复数 )； 改进； 改善； 改良

参考例句：

• improvements in efficiency at the factory 工厂效率的提高
• They've spent a lot of money on home improvements. 他们花了很多钱装修家居。

2 economy   

n.经济；节俭；秩序；机体

参考例句：

• We must do our best to develop the national economy.我们必须努力发展国民经济。
• The country's economy is not very healthy.国家的经济不很景气。

3 Auckland   

n.奥克兰(新西兰港市)

参考例句：

• Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand.奥克兰是新西兰最大的城市。
• Return to auckland by bus in afternoon.下午乘车返回奥克兰。

4 route   

n.路径，途径，路线；vt.确定路线，按规定路线发送

参考例句：

• On the way home, we took an indirect route.回家的路上，我们绕了一个大圈。
• The plane did not fly the usual commercial route.飞机没有沿通常的商业航线飞。

5 ovens   

n.烤箱，炉( oven的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Bakers bake in huge ovens. 面包师用大烤炉烤面包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Cleaning ovens is a real fag. 清洗烤箱是一件累人的活。 来自辞典例句

6 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。