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Only seven countries have ever developed homegrown airliners. China wants to make it eight.
全球只有七个国家开发了国产飞机。中国想成为第八个。
The country's first-ever commercial jet is scheduled to make its maiden flight Friday.
中国第一架商用喷气式飞机定于星期五首航
This doesn't mean the state-owned C919 will be taking passengers right away. First, it must pass a battery of safety tests.
这并不意味着国有C919将马上搭载乘客。首先，它必须通过一连串的安全测试。
But a successful flight on Friday would be an important step in selling the planes to airlines.
但是周五的成功飞行是将其卖给航空公司的重要一步。
Thanks in part to its growing middle class, China boasts the fastest-growing aviation market.
这部分得益于其不断增长的中产阶级，中国是增长最快的航空市场。
It's expected to overtake the U.S. as the largest commercial market in less than a decade.
预计在不到十年的时间内，它将取代美国成为最大的商业市场。
Analysts don't believe the C919 will threaten Airbus' or Boeing's dominance. But because the Chinese market is so huge, the makers of the C919 expect to sell thousands of planes by 2037.
分析家不相信C919将威胁空客或波音的统治地位。但由于中国市场是如此的巨大，C919的制造商希望到2037年卖出数千架飞机。
And that could still be worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
这可能值数千亿美元。
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词汇解析
1、boast
吹嘘；炫耀；夸耀
Witnesses said Furci boasted that he took part in killing them.
几位证人声称富尔奇曾吹嘘自己参与了对他们的屠杀。
Carol boasted about her costume.
卡萝尔炫耀着自己的穿着打扮。
有，拥有（值得骄傲的成就或财产）
The houses will boast the latest energy-saving technology.
这些房屋将应用最新的节能技术。
Frommen says his country boasts a healthy economy.
弗罗曼称他的国家经济运行良好。
2、overtake
超（车）；追上（前面的人）
When he eventually overtook the last truck he pulled over to the inside lane.
他终于超过了最后那辆卡车后便驶回了内车道。
The red car was pulling out ready to overtake.
那辆红色汽车驶离车列准备超车。
赶上，超越（对手）
It's the first time at these games that the Americans have overtaken the Cubans.
这是美国人在这一运动会上首次超越古巴人。
Lung cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as a cause of death for women in the US.
肺癌现在已经取代乳腺癌成为美国女性的一大杀手。
（情感等）压倒，使难以承受
Something like panic overtook me.
一种恐慌的感觉袭裹了我。
From the moment Edward had told her of the escape attempt, she had been overtaken by a sense of impending doom.
自从爱德华告诉她打算逃跑的那一刻起，她便强烈感到厄运在一步步逼近。
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