2022考研英语阅读太阳能飞机

2022考研英语阅读太阳能飞机Solar-powered aircraft
太阳能飞机
The Wright stuff?
莱特附体?
An enthusiastic inventor hopes to sellsun-powered planes
一位盼望出售太阳能飞机的痴狂创造家
THERE is something of the 19th century about Eric Raymond.
埃里克雷蒙和19世纪的人有点像。

Devoted to making commercial solar-powered aircraft, he would have thrived in theVictorian heyday of the private inventor.
这位致力于研发商用太阳能飞机的创造家假如身在维多利亚私人创造家辈出的年月会很有一番成就的。

Most fell by the wayside; their ideas outran their ability or their money.
当时许多创造者都半途而废;他们的想法不是超出了其力量就是缺乏资金来达成。

But the names of the successesMorse, Dunlop, Bell, Diesel and even, to stretch the erainto the early 20th century, the brothers Wrighthave lived on.
但是像莫斯，邓禄普，贝尔，迪赛甚至是20世纪的莱特兄弟这些胜利者的名字却为后人所牢记。

Whether Mr Raymond will join their ranks remains to be seen.
雷蒙先生是否会身在名利还不得而知。

His latest effort, known as Sunseeker Duo, was taken out of its shed in June.
其最近的成果称作追日者二人组号，于6月成形。

It has yet to fly.
但还没有进行过飞行。

He has high hopes, however, that his solar plane soon will take to the air.
这架太阳能飞机很快就能腾空而起，对此他抱有很高的期望。

Like its predecessor prototypes, Sunseeker I and Sunseeker II, Sunseeker Duo looks likewhat it is: a glider with a propeller and lots of solar cells to generate electricity on the uppersurface of its wings.
和其前辈雏形机追日者一号和追日者二号一样，追日者二人组号的形状就是一架配备了推动前进器以及机翼面上装有大量太阳能发电电池的滑翔机。

The most obvious difference from the previous efforts are two seats in the cockpit.
与之前的作品相比，其最明显的差异在于驾驶舱内的双人座椅。

That should make it easier to sell if Mr Raymond is ever able to go into full-scale production.
假如雷蒙先生能够进行全面投产的话，这一点可以促进销售。

There are lots of other differences, as well, thoughones that Mr Raymond hopes will bringthe day of production closer.
Solar-powered aircraft
太阳能飞机
The Wright stuff?
莱特附体?
An enthusiastic inventor hopes to sellsun-powered planes
一位盼望出售太阳能飞机的痴狂创造家
THERE is something of the 19th century about Eric Raymond.
埃里克雷蒙和19世纪的人有点像。

Devoted to making commercial solar-powered aircraft, he would have thrived in theVictorian heyday of the private
inventor.
这位致力于研发商用太阳能飞机的创造家假如身在维多利亚私人创造家辈出的年月会很有一番成就的。

Most fell by the wayside; their ideas outran their ability or their money.
当时许多创造者都半途而废;他们的想法不是超出了其力量就是缺乏资金来达成。

But the names of the successesMorse, Dunlop, Bell, Diesel and even, to stretch the erainto the early 20th century, the brothers Wrighthave lived on.
但是像莫斯，邓禄普，贝尔，迪赛甚至是20世纪的莱特兄弟这些胜利者的名字却为后人所牢记。

Whether Mr Raymond will join their ranks remains to be seen.
雷蒙先生是否会身在名利还不得而知。

其他差异也许多---雷蒙先生盼望这些变化能够使投产之日早日到来。

The Duo has a wingspan of 23 metres and a planned weight, when the main gear and anyother missing equipment is on board, of 470kg.
二人组号翼展为23米，算上主传动装置和其他未安装
的设备，方案重量为470公斤。

A 20kW electric motor will drive the propeller, but all of those watts will be needed onlyduring take off and climbing.
推动前进器由一个20千瓦的电动马达驱动，但是这些动力只在起飞和爬升时才用上。

In level flight, at an altitude of 6,000 metres, the 5kW provided by the solar panels will beenough both to drive the propeller and to recharge the batteries.
在海拔6000米的高度进行水平飞行时，太阳能电板只需供应5千瓦的动力便足够驱动推动前进器以及给电池充电。

One big difference between the Duo and its predecessors is that those batteries arelithium-polymer cells sitting in the wings, near the plane s centre of gravity, and notnickel-cadmium ones scattered artfully around the airframe. Lithium-polymer cells arelighter.
二人组号与其前辈的一个很大的区分是位于机翼上靠近飞机重力中心位置的锂聚合物电池，而不是奇妙地散布在机身四周的镍镉电池。

锂聚合物电池重量更轻。