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This episode discusses the legacy of the Concorde and the potential for a new era of supersonic flight involving China, the US, and Europe.
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：50 Years Since Concorde's First Commercial Flight, Will We Ever Fly Supersonic Again? 正文： At 11.40am GMT on 21 January 1976, two aircraft – one British Airways from London Heathrow to Bahrain, the other Air France from Paris CDG to Rio de Janeiro via Dakar – rolled down their respective runways at precisely the same moment and climbed away in near-perfect choreography. These were not test flights nor ceremonial flypasts – but Concorde’s first commercial passenger flights. With a roar of afterburner, supersonic passenger flight had arrived. 知识点：roll down phr.v. /rəʊl daʊn/ to move smoothly along a surface, especially on wheels 沿……滑行 • At exactly 11:40am, the two Concorde aircraft rolled down their respective runways. 上午11点40分整，两架协和客机在各自的跑道上开始滑行。 • A single tear rolled down her cheek as she waved goodbye. 她挥手告别时，一滴泪水沿着脸颊滚落。 获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！ 【节目介绍】 《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。 所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。 【适合谁听】 1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  …
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Host: 早安英文
Topics covered
- supersonic flight
- Concorde
- aviation history
- international news
- language learning
Keywords
- Concorde
- supersonic
- aviation
- British Airways
- Air France
- history
- language learning
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: British Airways, Air France
Books & works: Concorde
Places: Bahrain, London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Dakar
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