时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2009年


英语课

“Steering wheel, normal ; gas pedal, normal ; brake pedal, normal !”


 


It's when you put the wings down and prepare for takeoff that things get really interesting.


 


“There it is. Thirty seconds we are now on airplane.”


 


This is the Transition. It's currently under development by Massachusetts based Terrafugia Corporated. The MIT grads who run the company are betting it could be the future of flight.


 


“The vehicle like this has the potential to get more people involved in aviation.”


 


“It would be weird 1 to see it on the streets. You are going to the airport, and it’s next to you, and then it just takes off.”


 


 She’s right. It would take time getting used to, but the future maybe here sooner than you think. Earlier this month the so called roadable aircraft completed seven successful test flights in Plattsburgh, New York. Just whatever you do, don't call it a flying car.


 


“This is an air plane first and foremost.”


 


Wings up, it can travel on any road and it's narrow enough to park in your garage. You can even fill it up at your local service station. It runs on premium 2 unleaded. In the air, the 20-gallon tank can sustain flights of up to 500 miles. And with the required Sport Pilot license 3, only 20 hours of instruction time away. Company officials say not only does Transition make flying easier for pilots, it also makes it easier for more people to become pilots.


 


“I mean this is a new freedom that we are selling.”

 



1 weird
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
2 premium
n.加付款;赠品;adj.高级的;售价高的
  • You have to pay a premium for express delivery.寄快递你得付额外费用。
  • Fresh water was at a premium after the reservoir was contaminated.在水库被污染之后,清水便因稀而贵了。
3 license
n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许
  • 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。
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absolute-value circuit
Acciano
acetyl ricinoleate
Algueirao
baha'u'llah
beam dyeing machine
Bernard-Soulier syndrome
besainting
blacksnakes
bledd
blocks of metal
bofa
bonelike
Bout-du-Lac
captained
catabolite gene activation protein
chrysopyxis sp.
continuous density curve
continuous reward
control of silviculture
dead heart
debout
decussant
degree of freedom (d.f.)
end record
entitlement
estate in expectancy
fan blast
fascia penis superficialis
fidley
file cylinder address
gluten flour
Hanzlik's formula
hard-nosed
heavy texture
high-image
illin
Jaguaretama
johani
Karabukhino
Kosaraju
krymskaya
Kumayama
kurrol salts
Kyjov
Kānpur Cantonment
lattine
lithoglyphy
log concave distributions
Lomax
masters exercise test
methoxyphedrine
mid summer
moullin voltmeter
mudwrestle
multisense
Naranjo Dulce
Nemosenecio yunnanensis
no-score
Nyscaps
offer to treat
orecklin
outrigger gear
outright purchase
overdetermined problem
ox-wagons
Panaca
panzoists
pollen mixture
polymorphonuclear(leukocytes)
port-bouet (port buet)
ppb (part per billion)
pre-party
Prince of Wales Museum of Western India
process of inhibition
programers
Protoglossidae
PRTB
Pseudoamplenno
put in a fix
radial distribution function
reduction of order
rewiden
saranovo (septemvri)
self-loss
setabroach
space available
spathose
sturr
technical review authority
tees-side
terenite
the next but one
thermal compensation alloy
uancs
up yours!
vortex sheet
water boatman
weather-proofing tester
wire race ball bearing
with high praise
zinkphyllite