2019高考英语最新阅读作文新闻素材课件：全球最大飞机首次试飞成功(共8张PPT)

全球最大飞机首次试飞成功 未来将从半空发射卫星 1 An airplane with a wingspan greater than the length of a football field just flew for the first time — putting us one step closer to more affordable spaceflight. 一架翼展长度超过一个足球场的飞机刚刚首次试飞成功，这让我们离更经济实惠的飞行器又近了一步。 wingspan ['wɪŋspæn] n. 翼展；翼幅 The largest airplane in the world, the Stratolaunch, took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif., on Saturday for its first test flight. According to a news release, it reached a maximum speed of 304 kilometers per hour (189 miles per hour) over the course of the 2.5-hour-long flight, soaring as high as 17,000 feet before landing safely. 世界上最大的飞机——平流层发射机，于周六从加利福尼亚州莫哈韦的莫哈维机场起飞，进行首次试飞。 根据新闻报道，在2.5小时的航程里，它最大速度达到了304公里每小时(189英里每小时)，然后从17 000英尺的高空安全着陆。 news release n. 通讯社或政府机构发布的新闻稿（等于press release） 3 “The flight itself was smooth, which is exactly what you want a first flight to be,” test pilot Evan Thomas told The Verge, later adding, “It flew very much like we had simulated and like we predicted.” “飞行很顺利，这正是大家期待的试飞