时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:英语新闻


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   The sun-powered "Solar Impulse 1 2" has landed in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing.


  The plane touched down safely earlier this morning after arriving on a flight from Myanmar.
  "Solar Impulse 2" began its trip to China yesterday morning from the city of Mandalay in Myanmar on the third leg of its round-the-world journey.
  Bertrand Piccard is one of the pilots of the "Solar Impulse 2".
  全球最大太阳能飞机抵达中国
  "There is a lot in front of us, a lot in front of us in term of flying the plane, and in term of meeting with people in different countries and promote 2 our message about clean technology."
  After its stopover in Chongqing, the plane will then fly to Nanjing to undergo 3 maintenance 4 before passing over the Pacific Ocean.
  The plane had to remain in Myanmar for 10 days because of delays 5 brought on by bad weather.
  "Solar Impulse 2" started its journey in Abu Dhabi on March 9th.
  It's expected to travel some 40 thousand kilometers without using any fossil 6 fuels.
  It is scheduled to stop in the US, Northern Africa or Southern Europe in coming months before returning to Abu Dhabi to complete its world tour.
  The whole journey is expected to take over five months.

1 impulse
n.(一时的)冲动,冲力,脉冲,神经冲动
  • She wrote that letter on impulse.她一时冲动写了这封信。
  • I don't know how to resist my impulse.我不知道怎样抑制自己的感情冲动。
2 promote
vt.促进;提升;发起,创立;宣传,推销
  • He was in town to promote his new books.他在城里推销他的新书。
  • Good habits promote longevity.良好的习惯能增长寿命。
3 undergo
vt.经历,经受,忍受
  • The planes have to undergo rigorous safety checks.飞机必须经过严密的安全检查。
  • The explorers had to undergo much suffering.探险者不得不忍受很多困苦。
4 maintenance
n.维修,保养,扶养费,维持,保持
  • His small farm provides maintenance,but not much more.他的小农场能使他们维持生活,但仅此而已。
  • He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他必须给前妻赡养费。
5 delays
(使)耽搁,延误( delay的第三人称单数 ); 推迟; 使延期; 使延迟
  • Commuters will face long delays on the roads today. 路远乘车上下班的人今天要在路上耽误很多时间了。
  • Things were working well when we were brought up against unexpected delays. 事情本来进行得很顺利,不料我们遇到了耽搁。
6 fossil
n.化石,食古不化的人,老顽固
  • At this distance of time it is difficult to date the fossil.时间隔得这么久了,很难确定这化石的年代。
  • The man is a fossil.那人是个老顽固。
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a rough diamond
a. h. l.
allottery
autoerythrocyte sensitization
auxinautotrophic
beaming paper
boeshore
burn-bagging
car brand
Cephaloniots
chimed
chinese spirit
clay chamber
coadaptation
coded lock
contact over-travel
crinated
Dar Rounga (Dār Runga)
dc equivalent circuit
De Morgan, William Frend
deformographic storage display tube
emergency ventilation system
Eriophyton wallichii
ethylene thiourea
excessive snowfall
female bird
fire insurance rate
fountain pens
fractional turn coil
Gabon franc
gallantly
goler
grain-boundary surface energy
hanger bolt head
hates
inflammatory effusion
jervell and lange-nielsen sydrome
kionochaeta ramifera
Kolleru L.
laevuloses
leathercrafters
living form
luxidin
magnetic iron oxide epoxy precoat primer
mazzonis
McNaughton
mephetedrine
midglide
millimeter wave spectroscopy
moderating sphere
Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis
natural earthquake
nose of spiral casing
olfactory test
one-ninth
outside service
overrobes
paces off
package saving
peak pile up
pencil of conics
phase modulation system
Phetylureum
pier band
platinum sesquisulfide
printwork
radar data acquisition
RAPB
re-reference
reflowing
resist printing paste
Rgotina
roasting in ashes
Root.
rotary screen dryer
Santa Maria da Boa Vista
sarcinomyces crustaceus
serum prothrombin sonversion accelerator deficiency
shake cultivation
shelbiana
single in line memory module
size distortion
soil surface chemistry
statistic design value
stratigraphic test
sub-part
sunflower seeds
synthetic casing
taut planning
tepidariums
thermal black
thermal curtain
to bring in
total loss on ignition
trailing-edge tab
try another tack
ultimate recipient
unstarred nonterminal
usual terms
water jackets
whoorish
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