GRAMMAR SMART 5

Pronouns Male: OK, you got your verbs, you got your nouns, and you got your pronouns. Then there are your 1) modifiers like your adjectives, adverbs and prepositions. Female: This half-hour, we’ll d

封杀！极致骨感模特

The latest trend sweeping the fashion world, banning super-skinny models from the runway, officials from Spain have done it. Is England gonna follow suit? Here is ABC's Gloria Viara in London. They ar

Powerless Aircraft Sets Altitude Record

Two pilots recently set a new altitude world record for gliders. A glider is an aircraft that does not have an engine. They are pulled into the air by powered airplanes and then released. They are designed to ride warm, rising air to gain altitude. T

英语新闻视频 Beijing airport tests new runways

Beijing International Airport has started test flights on three new runways . The runways are expected to greatly enhance the airport's passenger capacity as visitor numbers continue to grow rapidly. Three large Air China planes took to the skies at

Chinese island province pilots in low-altitude test flight

HAIKOU, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's aviation authorities(民航当局) on Friday started to allow helicopters to fly in low-altitude airspace over the tourist island of Hainan on a trial basis for the first time. The aim is to eventually open a part

Low-altitude airspace to open up across China from 2013

SHENYANG, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- China will relax the ban on the use of low-altitude airspace across the country starting in 2013, the country's air traffic authorities said Thursday. A series of reforms will be implemented in five to ten years, creatin

【英文短篇小说】The Night Flier（2）

6 Now, two bad hours after leaving Washington National, things had suddenly gotten a lot worse, and with shocking suddenness. The runway lights had gone out, but Dees now saw that wasn't all that had gone out half of Wilmington and all of Wrightsvill

简单慢速英语阅读:Snowed In

More than 100 passengers got on the plane. It was a winter day. It was January. The weather was very cold. It was snowing. Ice was on the roads. But the airport was open. The big jets were flying. A little snow never stopped a big jet. Big jets fly a

World's highest altitude swimming race kicks off

GUIDE, China, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The 3rd International Extreme Race of Winter Swimming across Yellow River started here in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Saturday. Being hosted in Guide County at an altitude of 2,200 meters in Tibetan Plateau

英语笑话听力+文本：In the middle of nowhere这到底是哪？

[00:25.23]divert 攺道 [00:28.12]approach 接近 [00:31.13]be familiar with 熟悉 [00:35.09]英文原文 [00:36.92]Stormy weather diverted our Dallas-bound flight to another airport. [00:40.53]As we approached the runway, the pilot came on the inte

经济学人318:空中旅行 起飞准备

Science and technology 科学技术 Air travel 空中旅行 Preparing for take-off 起飞准备 A cheaper, cleaner way for the long taxi to the runway 一种更便宜更清洁的飞机跑道滑行方式 ENGINES on airliners are highly efficient when

绿箭侠第一季 第223期:尝试无线电求助

I hope you like barbecue. 希望你爱吃烤肉 Well, don't fall over yourself thanking me for spending six hours up a tree so you can eat. 不用太过感恩，我在树上埋伏了6小时，给你弄了口吃的 What? Great. I'll eat later. 你说啥

飞行员英语900句 第7期:机场通话术语(3)

Unable to vacate via A2, request full length of runway. 126. 不能经由滑行道A2脱离，请求全长跑道。 Crossing Runway 24, wilco. 127. 穿越24号跑道，照办。 Runway vacated. 128. 已脱离跑道 Giving way to B747 passing from left

飞行员英语900句 第8期:机场通话术语(4)

After departure, turn left heading 190, Runway 24R, cleared fortakeoff. 146. 起飞后，左转航向190，跑道24右，可以起飞 147. Request right turn when airborne due weather. 由于天气，离地后请求右转。 Take off immediately or h

飞行员英语900句 第11期:机场通话术语(7)

Confirm midpoint RVR more than 550 meters. 206. 证实中间段RVR大于550米。 Confirm threshold Runway 27 displaced. 207. 证实27号跑道入口RVR内移 The runway surface is damp. Braking action good. 208. 跑道道面潮湿。刹车效应好。

飞行员英语900句 第10期:机场通话术语(6)

Take first right. When vacated, contact Ground 118.35. 186. 第一个道口右转。脱离跑道后，联系地面118. 35。 After vacated contact Ground 121.6. 187. 脱离跑道后，联系地面121.6。 Taxi to Stand 27 via Taxiway A. 188. 经由滑行

飞行员英语900句 第9期:机场通话术语(5)

Number Two, traffic in sight. 166. 第二个，看见飞机了。 Straight-in visual approach, Runway 34. 167. 直接目视进近，跑道34号。 Extend downwind, Number Two, airbus 320 in sight. 168. 延长三边，第二个，看见空客320了。

飞行员英语900句 第16期:进近通话术语(1)

Right heading 040 until passing FL70 then direct to BK. 295. 右转航向040，直到通过高度层70，然后直飞BK。 Direct to JO, descend to FL50. 296. 直飞JO，下降高度层50。 Passing FL70. 297. 通过标压70 Descending to 4000 feet Q

飞行员英语900句 第19期:进近通话术语(4)

Monitor Tower 118.1. 355. 监听塔台118.1。 Remain this frequency. 356. 本频率长守。 We can see the approach lights at 200 feet. 357. 200英尺我们能看到进近灯。 Cleared VOR approach Runway 36, followed by circling to Runway 18. 358

找谁倚靠(慢速)04：改变高度 Change altitude

Change altitude 改变高度 Rebecca had decided that her best chance of getting hired by a company doing geological survey work in the Alaskan wilderness was to earn a private license to fly twin-engine planes. 丽贝卡觉得，要想进入在阿拉斯