Day630-空中巨无霸

空中巨无霸即将停产The European aerospace firm Airbus has announced that it will stop making the world's biggest airplane the A380 superjumbo. 欧洲飞机制造公司空客宣布他们将停止生产世界最大客机“空中巨无霸” A380 。1.airbus 空客Superjumbo an extremely large twin-deck jet-propelled airliner that can carry over 500 passengers 超级巨型飞机；巨型喷气式飞机 The double-decker aircraft was designed to challenge the 747 of Airbus's rival Boeing.这款双层飞机是空客为了挑战对手波音的747而设计的。1.double decker 双层巴士2.double-decker aircraft 双层飞机3.boeing 747 （queen of the skies） The era of the Superjumbo is drawing to an end, just thirteen years after the A380 flew for the first time.在A380 首次起飞仅13年后，“空中巨无霸”的时代就已经落幕了。1.draw to an end 结束，接近尾声2.draw to a close3.draw the curtain 落下帷幕 Airbus says it will stop production with the final plane to be delivered in two years' time. 空客表示最后一架A380将会在两年内交付，之后将会停产。The A380 is regarded as a great technological achievement. It's estimated to have cost about fifteen billion pounds to develop.A380被誉为是一项巨大的科技成就。据估计其研发成本超过了150亿英镑。1. great technological achievement 巨大科技成就 But Airbus has struggled to sell the giant planes with airlines increasingly turning to smaller, more fuel-efficient aircraft for long haul flights. 但是空客在这款巨无霸客机的销售上遇到了问题，因为越来越多的航空公司更倾向于在长途航线上采用体型更小更省油的飞机。1.fuel-efficient 节能型的，省油的2.long-haul flight 长途航班，长途飞行航班 Have you ever been on a long-haul flight?你有没有经历过长途飞行呢？