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Unit11Transportation（I）
Unit11Transportation（I）
PartIWarmingup
A
Vocabulary:
1.commercial adj.商业的；营利的；靠广告收入的
n.商业广告
2.airplanemaker飞机制造商
3.mergertalks并购谈判
4.flurry n.慌张；疾风；飓风；骚动
vt.使恐慌；使激动 vi.慌张；激动
5.hookup=merger并购，合并
6.Airbus空中客车（欧洲）
7.KLM荷兰皇家航空
8.SwissAir瑞士航空
9.SebenaAirlines比利时航空
10.UnitedAirlines美国联合航空
11.U.S.Airways全美航空
12.AmericanAirlines美国航空
13.Delta达美航空
14.Northwest西北航空
B
Vocabulary:
1.monorail['m?
n?
ureil] n.单轨；单轨铁路
2.masstransit公共交通；集体运输，大众运输
3.maglev [‘m?
ɡlev]n.磁悬浮列车 adj.磁力悬浮火车的
4.lightrail轻轨
5.guideway导轨
6.propel [pr?
u'pel]vt.推进；驱使；驱策；激励
7.pickup n.（车辆的）提速能力
8.pylon ['pail?
n,-l?
n] n.桥塔；指示塔；高压线铁塔
9.prefabricate [,pri:
'f?
brikeit]vt.预先制造；预先构思；[经]预制构件
10.levitation [,levi'tei?
?
n]悬浮；飘浮；升空
11.repulsion [ri'p?
l?
?
n] n.排斥；反驳；反感；厌恶
12.rumble[‘r?
mbl] vt.使隆隆响；低沉地说 vi.隆隆作响
n.隆隆声；抱怨声
13.standee[st?
n'di:
]n.（戏院中或交通工具中的）站立看客；站票观众
Vocabulary:
Commercial商业的，营利的
Airplanemaker飞机制造商
Mergertalks并购谈判
Flurry一阵忙乱，激动
Hookup=merger并购，合并
Airbus空中客车（欧洲）
KLM荷兰皇家航空
SwissAir瑞士航空
SebenaAirlines比利时航空
UnitedAirlines美国联合航空
U.S.Airways全美航空
AmericanAirlines美国航空
Delta达美航空
Northwest西北航空
Monorail单轨铁路
Masstransit公共交通
Maglev磁悬浮列车
Lightrail轻轨
Guideway导轨
Propel推动，驱动
Pickup（车辆的）提速能力
Pylon高压电线架，电缆塔
Prefabricate预置
Levitation悬浮
Repulsion斥力
Rumble轰鸣
Standee（公共汽车上的）站客
Scheme计划
Tunnel隧道
Passenger乘客
Freight货物
Submerge浸没，淹没
Tramtrack有轨电车轨道
Claustrophobic幽闭恐惧症
EuroRoute欧洲通道
ChesapeakeBayBridge-Tunnel跨海桥隧道
ChannelExpressway海峡快速路
Flexilink（其中一个方案的名字）
Scandinavia斯堪的纳维亚
Overwhelming压倒性的
Ambition野心，抱负
Indulgence纵容，享受
Fantastic完美的
Envious嫉妒的
Supersonic超音速的
Afterburner加力燃烧装置，复燃室
Thrustn.推力
Shaft轴，转动轴
Horsepower马力
Mach马赫（速度单位，1马赫等于光速）
Barmy疯狂的
Straggle蔓延，散布
Taxiv.（飞机起飞前的）滑行
Airborne在空中的，正在飞行的
RollsRoyceOlympusengines劳斯莱斯奥林匹斯引擎
Concorde协和式飞机
Harrods哈洛斯（英国最顶级的百货公司）
Citadel城堡，要塞
PyramidofCheops基奥普斯金字塔
PyramidofKhafre卡夫拉金字塔
Spihinx斯芬克斯
PyramidHolidayInn金字塔度假村
PresidentSadat’stomb萨达特总统墓
Heathrow希斯罗机场
Crashed失事的
Celebrity名流
Trajectory弹道，轨道
Plume一缕（烟,etc.）；羽毛
Trail拖，拉
Frantically慌乱的，忙乱的
Muster聚集，寻求
Sleek流线型的
Curvature弯曲度
LeBourgetAirport协和飞机失事的机场名
Gonesse协和飞机失事地点
Low-cost低成本
Low-debt低负债
Personal私人的
Informal非正式的
Lowfares低廉费用
Corporateculture公司文化
Spirit精神
Personality人格
Charismatic有感染力的，有人格魅力的
Brash盛气凌人的
Dividend红利
Unorthodox非正式的，不正规的
Concerted共同的，协作的
Emanate发出，发源于
Refute驳斥
Revenue收入
Dallas达拉斯（US）
SouthwestAirlines西南航空
CEO=ChiefExecutiveOfficer首席执行官
Buick别克
PartIWarmingup
A
1.ThisnewsitemisaboutBoeing's18billionnewordersthisyearforitsnew777jetliner.
2.Thisnewsitemisaboutpossiblemergersbetweenairlines.
A2Tapescript:
1.Boeing,theworld'sleadingcommercialairplanemaker,announcedithas18billiondollarsinnewordersthisyearforitsnew777jetliner.ThisfigureputsdemandfortheBoeingaircraftaheadofcomparablemodelsproducedbyrivalAirbusofEurope.
2.BritishAirwaysandDutchcarrierKLMconfirmtheyareinactofmergertalks.SwissAirwonapprovalfortakingmajoritycontrolofBelgium'sSabenaAirlinesandtherewasanotherflurryoftake-overdiscussionsamongsomemajorAmericancarriers.TheycomeontheheelsofnumberoneUnitedAirlines'offertobuynumbersixU.S.Airwaystwoweeksago.Thenation'snumbertwo,AmericanAirlines,andthecountry'sthirdlargest,Delta,havebeenhavingwhataredescribedaspreliminarydiscussionsaboutapossiblecombination.AmericanhadreportedlybeentalkingwithNorthwestaboutahookupaswell.ThetopthreeU.S.airlines,United,AmericanandDeltacurrentlycontrol56percentofU.S.airtraffic.Ifthemergersgothrough,they'dcontrol85percent.
Monorail
1.Monorailsystemsrelyonaverysimpletechnology:
rubber-tiredcarsridingonanarrowconcreteguide-way.
2.Monorailsystemsarecapableofspeedsof65milesperhourandofferridequalitycomparabletoconventionalrailtransittechnologies.
3.Monorailsystemsaresafeandmoreenvironmentallysensitivethananyotherelevatedtransittechnology.
4.Andnoiseandneighborhooddisruptioncausedbymonorailconstructionaredramaticallylowerthanotherformsofmasstransit.
Maglev
1.Oneofthemostexitingrecentinnovationsinrailroadtechnologyismagneticlevitation,orMaglev,whichreliesontheprincipleofmagnetism--attractionandrepulsion.
2.Thisnewtechnologywillresultintrainsthatarefaster,smoother,moreefficient,morecomfortable,andmoreenvironmentallysound.
LightRail
1.Lightrailtransitisanelectricrailwaysystemcharacterizedbyitsabilitytooperatesinglecarsormulti-cartrainsalongsharedorexclusiverights-of-wayatgroundlevel,onaerialstructures,insubways,oroccasionallyinstreets.
2.Itisabletoboardanddischargepassengersatstationplatformsoratstreet,track,orcar-floorlevel,andisnormallypoweredbyoverheadelectricalwires.
3.Themaximumspeedoflightrailtrainsisnormally60milesperhour（100kmperhour）.
4.Passengercapacityofeachcarinamultiplecarconsistcanbeuptoasmanyas250passengers（standeesincluded）.
Tapescript:
1.Monorail
Monorailsystemsrelyonaverysimpletechnology:
rubber-tiredcarsridingonanarrowconcreteguide-way.Thecarsareselfpropelledbyelectricmotorswithpowerpickupviadistributionbarsmountedonthesideoftheguide-way.Monorailsystemsarecapableofspeedsof65milesperhourandofferridequalitycomparabletoconventionalrailtransittechnologies.
Monorailsystemsaresafebecausethedesignandnatureofmonorailsystemsmakeitverydifficultfortrespasserstoaccesstheguide-wayandpowerrails.
Monorailsystemsaremoreenvironmentallysensitivethananyotherelevatedtransittechnologyduetothemonorail'snarrowguide-waystructureandquietrubbertires.Also,sincemanyofthepylonandrailcomponentscanbeprefabricatedelsewhereandthenassembledalongtheroutes,thenoiseanddisruptionofconstructionwillbekepttoaminimum.Thus,noiseandneighborhooddisruptioncausedbymonorailconstructionaredramaticallylowerthanotherformsofmasstransit.
2.Maglev
Oneofthemostexitingrecentinnovationsinrailroadtechnologyismagneticlevitation,orMaglev,whichreliesontheprincipleofmagnetism-attractionandrepulsion.Thisnewtechnology,stillunderdevelopment,willresultintrainsthatarefaster,smoother,moreefficient,morecomfortable,andmoreenvironmentallysound.Nolongerwilltrainsrumbleheavilyalongsteelrails;rather,theywillfloatalongamagneticcushionwithoutanydirectcontactwiththeground.
3.LightRail
Lightrailtransitisanelectricrailwaysystem,constructedinthe1970sorlater,characterizedbyitsabilitytooperatesinglecarsormulti-cartrainsalongsharedorexclusiverights-of-wayatgroundlevel,onaerialstructures,insubways,oroccasionallyinstreets.Itisabletoboardanddischargepassengersatstationplatformsoratstreet,track,orcar-floorlevel,andisnormallypoweredbyoverheadelectricalwires.
Inmostcurrentsettings,lightrailisanythingbut"light"andisbuilttoexactingstandards.Themaximumspeedoflightrailtrainsisnormally60milesperhour（100kmperhour）,whileheavyrailtrainsnormallyoperateathigherspeeds.Dependinguponthespecificsystem,thedistancebetweenlightrailstationsisshorterthanwithinheavyrailsystems,whichlendssomemajoradvantagestourbansettings.
Lightrailtrainsoperateaseithersingleormultiplecarconsists.Passengercapacityofeachcarinamultiplecarconsistcanbeuptoasmanyas250passengers（standeesincluded）.
B.Tapescript:
1.EuroRouteisaschemethatoperatesatmuchlowerrunningcoststhaneachcoast..,er...tenkilometersoutfromthecoastandconnectupwithatwenty-kilometersubmergedconcretetubetunnelmadeontwoman-madeislandsintheEnglishChannel.Er...the..,roadwaysspiralgentlydowntothelevelofthetunnel,It'sthesameprincipleastheChesapeakeBayBridge-TunnelintheU.S.A.,andit...it'swell-researchedtechnology.Thinkingaheadtothetwenty-firstcentury,er...Ibelievethatpeoplewillprefer,willwanttodriveacross,notqueueupwaitingfortrains.
Andfinally,therearealsotwoseparatesupplementaryrail-onlytunnels,andtheycantakeupto30high-speedpassengerandfreighttrainsineachdirectionperhour.
2.TheChannelExpresswayisaschemeconsistingoftwotunnelswhichcarrybothroadandtraintraffic.Therailsarelaidflushwiththeroadsurfaceliketramtracksinthefastlanewhichisclosedtotrafficonceeveryhalfhourforthetrainstopassthrough.Er...really,boththepassengertrainsandthefreighttrainsareabletousethetunnel,butthefreighttrainswillmostlyrunduringthenightwhenthere'slessroadtraffic.Therewillbespecialpumpsatregularintervalsalongthetunneltocleantheairandremovetheexhaustfumesfromit.
3.Flexilinkisthecheapestandmostreliableschemeofthemall,really.Ferries,especiallythenewgiantsuper-ferriesaremoreeconomical,saferandalotmoreflexiblethanbuildingatunnel.Andthey'realsofriendliertotheenvironment.Forthemotoristandthelorrydriver,thepleasurableexperienceofstrollingonthedeckwithtimetoenjoyamealandtakearelaxingbreakduringthejourneyismuchmorepleasantthanthe
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