(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
Skydiver Breaks The Speed Of Sound
极限运动员超越声速
Felix Baumgartner, a skydiver from Austria, jumped out of a capsule from 39 kilometres over the New Mexico desert and broke the speed of sound. The pressurized capsule was carried up to the edge of space by a massive helium balloon. Baumgartner’s free fall lasted for four minutes and 20 seconds before he deployed his parachute and descended for five more minutes. In addition to reaching an estimated speed of 1,342 kilometres per hour, Baumgartner also broke the record for the highest sky jump and the highest flight in a helium balloon. The pressurized suit Baumgartner wore kept him alive during the free fall, and will help scientists design future high-tech spacesuits.
在新墨西哥沙漠，奥地利跳伞运动员菲利克斯·鲍姆加特纳从3.9万米太空舱跳伞，下落速度超过风速。太空舱通过氦气气球升至太空边缘。在打开降落伞进行减速下降之前，鲍姆加特纳的自由落体耗时20分20秒，减速下降时间超过5分钟。除了预计的每小时1342公里外，鲍姆加特纳还打破了最高海拔跳伞，以及载人氦气球最高飞行记录。在自由落体时，鲍姆加特纳的压力服至关重要，它将帮助科学家研制高科技太空服。
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重点讲解
1.speed of sound 音速
例句：The new airplane flies at twice the speed of sound.
这架新式飞机以两倍于音速的速度飞行。
2.in addition to 除…之外
例句：In addition to accumulating and preserving these oncogenic scars, a stem cell's enormous proliferative capacity makes it an ideal target for malignancy
干细胞除了可累积并保存这些致癌突变外，还具有强大的增殖能力，使它成为癌化的理想目标。
3.free fall 自由下落
例句：His quest began in September 1988, when the French space agency selected him to free fall and parachute from near-space.
他对极限跳伞的追求开始于1988年9月。那时的法国空军机构选中他去做近天的自由降落和跳伞运动。
4.high-tech 高科技的
例句：The dream of a high-tech Florida is not outlandish.
建立一个高科技佛罗里达并非离经之谈。
