?
英語大破解
?
Hot-air balloon legend 熱氣球飛行家的故事
?
本集內(nèi)容
Hot-air balloon legend 熱氣球飛行家的故事
學(xué)習(xí)要點(diǎn)
有關(guān) “hot-air balloons（熱氣球）” 的詞匯
邊看邊答
What were Don Cameron and his group the first to do?
文字稿
Don Cameron, Founder, Cameron Balloons
唐·卡梅倫? ? ? ? ? 卡梅倫氣球（Cameron Balloons）創(chuàng)辦者
It has a kind of a magical, gravity-defying feeling about it. You can fly much more low [much lower] - near the ground. And you can even talk to people on the ground, and you’re going slow enough to appreciate what is floating past you.
它有一種神奇的、失重的感覺。你可以飛得很低，接近地面。你甚至可以和在地面上的人交談，而且緩慢的飛行速度是欣賞身邊飄過的美景的良機(jī)。
I’m Don Cameron, and we’re in the balloon factory here in Bristol - Cameron Balloons.
我是唐·卡梅倫。我們?cè)诓祭锼雇袪柕臍馇蚬S——卡梅倫氣球。
We do special-shaped balloons, and we can make almost any shape. Animals are most fun I suppose. We built all sorts of animals - dinosaurs and squirrels, almost everything.
我們制作特殊形狀的氣球，幾乎所有的形狀都能做。制作動(dòng)物形狀的氣球是最有趣的。我們做過各種各樣的動(dòng)物——恐龍、松鼠，無奇不有。
It was a group of us from the gliding club who decided to build our own balloon. And we built the first modern hot-air balloon this side of the Atlantic. It was called the Bristol Belle. We started work in 1966 and didn’t finish it until the summer of 1967.
我們滑翔俱樂部里的一群人決定自己做一個(gè)熱氣球。我們制作了歐洲的第一個(gè)現(xiàn)代熱氣球。它被稱為“布里斯托爾貝萊（Bristol Belle）”。我們從1966年開始制作它，直到1967年夏天才結(jié)束。
Building balloons over the years hasn’t changed a great deal. It’s still done with sewing machines. It’s still done with a light fabric.
這些年來，制作熱氣球的工序并沒有改變多少。熱氣球現(xiàn)在還用縫紉機(jī)來做，還是用輕薄布料做。
Here you see people packing a balloon into a bag. They’re having to work quite hard to get it in there. Now, that looks like a big one - it’s quite heavy.
這里你可以看到人們把氣球塞進(jìn)一個(gè)袋子里。他們必須使勁裝才能把它裝進(jìn)去。這個(gè)看起來像是個(gè)大的，應(yīng)該很重。
Anything that has a bit of bulk to it, a bit of shape, a bit of volume, we wouldn’t admit defeat on.
就算一個(gè)熱氣球比較大，形狀奇特，體積大，我們也不會(huì)輕易認(rèn)輸。
It’s totally different from being in an aeroplane. Flying a hot-air balloon is a kind of magical experience, but it’s hard to explain. You really have to try it.
乘坐熱氣球和坐飛機(jī)的體驗(yàn)完全不同。乘坐熱氣球飛行是一個(gè)奇妙的經(jīng)歷，很難用語言描述，必須得自己去體會(huì)。
詞匯
gravity-defying 失重的
floating 漂浮的，浮動(dòng)的?
gliding 滑翔?
volume 體積
問題答案
They built the first modern air balloon this side of the Atlantic (Europe).
