搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号:tingroom,领取免费英语资料大礼包。
(单词翻译)
AS IT IS 2016-06-24 Solar-Powered Airplane Lands in Spain 太阳能飞机飞越大西洋后在西班牙降落
An airplane powered totally by the sun landed in Seville, Spain early Thursday after completing a 71-hour flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
The plane, a Solar Impulse1 2 model, has just one seat. It left from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Monday morning.
This was the plane’s 15th stop in its planned around-the-world trip. The trip began in Abu Dhabi in March of 2015.
Swiss aviator2 Bertrand Piccard operated the solar-powered plane on this leg of the tour. The Solar Pulse 2 had an average speed of 70 kilometers an hour during his flight.
The plane’s power comes from 17,000 solar cells built into the wings. The cells capture3 the sun’s energy, which is stored in batteries on the plane.
The Solar Pulse 2 has a 72-meter wingspan. That is longer than the wingspan of a Boeing 747 passenger plane. The solar-powered plane weighs about as much as an automobile4.
Piccard’s friend and business partner Andre Borschberg will operate the plane on the final part of the trip. He plans to fly from Seville to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
Words in This Story
cells – n. containers for holding substances that are used for producing electricity
batteries – n. devices5 that are placed inside a machine to supply it with electricity
wingspan – n. the distance from the tip of one wing of an airplane to the tip of the other wing
aviator – n. a person who flies airplanes
1 impulse | |
n.(一时的)冲动,冲力,脉冲,神经冲动 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2 aviator | |
n.飞行家,飞行员 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3 capture | |
vt.捕获,俘获;占领,夺得;n.抓住,捕获 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4 automobile | |
n.汽车,机动车 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5 devices | |
n.设备;装置( device的名词复数 );花招;(为实现某种目的的)计划;手段 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
本文本内容来源于互联网抓取和网友提交,仅供参考,部分栏目没有内容,如果您有更合适的内容,欢迎 点击提交 分享给大家。