CCTV9英语新闻11月：印首艘航母将起航

Ten days after being commissioned into the Indian Navy, the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya has left the Russian town of Severodvinsk, embarking¹ on a long voyage to India.

The aircraft carrier will make a short stop for refuelling in the White Sea then proceed to the port of Murmansk. The ship will stay there for several days to stock up on supplies, before heading to a naval² base in Karwar in southwestern India.

The ship is expected to arrive in India by the end of January. Vikramaditya was originally built as Admiral Gorshkov and commissioned in 1987. The refurbishment contract for the ship was signed with Russia in 2004, and initially³ valued at over 970 million US dollars.

The price of modernising the ship later grew to a reported 2.3 billion US dollars, while deadlines were extended time and again.

 

 

1 embarking   

乘船( embark的现在分词 )； 装载； 从事

参考例句：

• He's embarking on a new career as a writer. 他即将开始新的职业生涯——当一名作家。
• The campaign on which were embarking was backed up by such intricate and detailed maintenance arrangemets. 我们实施的战争，须要如此复杂及详细的维护准备。

2 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

3 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。