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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

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.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

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