美国有线新闻 CNN “宇宙飞船二” 在美国太空港完成首次试飞

What is the oldest state capital in the United States? Richmond, Virginia, Boston, Massachusetts, Sacramento, California, or Santa Fe, New Mexico? Santa Fe was established by the Spanish in 1610 making it the oldest state capital in the country.

美国最古老的州首府是哪里？弗吉亚州里士满市、马萨诸塞州波士顿市、加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托市还是新墨西哥州圣达菲市？圣达菲市于1960年由西班牙人建立，是美国最古老的州首府。

The state of New Mexico is also home to Spaceport America. A takeoff and landing site for spacecraft that opened in 2011. The facility has seen its share of delays, setbacks and criticism since then. Its $220 million cost has been funded by taxpayers² and one of the main reasons for building it was to accommodate space tourism and that hasn't taken off yet. This is now one of several spaceports that have been built in the United States.

新墨西哥州也是美国太空港的所在地。美国太空港是2011年开放的航天器起降基地。从那时起，该设施遭遇了延误、挫折和批评。太空港耗资2.2亿美元，由纳税人出资，建设其的主要原因之一是为太空旅游服务，而这目前尚未实现。这是目前美国建造的数个太空港之一。

Critics say there are now more of these facilities than there is business for them. But there was a successful test flight at Spaceport America last week. Virgin¹ Galactic, which is the main tenant³ there, completed an unpowered flight of its SpaceShipTwo vehicle. And that was seen as another step towards space tourism.

批评人士表示，现在这些设施的数量已经超过了其业务量。但上周，一次试飞在美国太空港成功进行。太空港的主要承租方维珍银河公司完成了其“宇宙飞船二号”飞行器的无动力飞行测试。这被视为向太空旅游迈出的又一步。

1 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

2 taxpayers   

纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
• She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。

3 tenant   

n.承租人；房客；佃户；v.租借，租用

参考例句：

• The tenant was dispossessed for not paying his rent.那名房客因未付房租而被赶走。
• The tenant is responsible for all repairs to the building.租户负责对房屋的所有修理。