Hot-Air Balloons
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 The Balloon.
4号气球
5 Flying.
5,飞行.
8 Adventure.
8"冒险".
12 Glossary.
12 词汇表。
16 Index.
16 指数。
16 Introduction Flying hot-air balloons is a fun and beautiful sport.
16入门 飞出热空气气球是一种有趣而美丽的运动.
Bright balloons fly slowly and silently through the air.
明亮的气球在空气中缓慢而无声地飞行.
Dan Saul has been flying hot-air balloons since 1979.
丹·索尔自1979年起就一直飞出热气球.
The Balloon Interviewer: How does a hot-air balloon fly?
气球采访者: 热气球怎么飞?
Dan: A balloon flies because it’s full of hot air.
Dan:一个气球飞了,因为它充满了热空气。
Hot air rises when the air around it is cooler.
当周围空气凉爽时,热空气会上升.
The pilot blows up the balloon with a strong fan.
飞行员用强力风扇将气球炸毁.
Then a large burner heats the air inside the balloon.
然后一个巨大的燃烧器将气球内部的空气加热.
Interviewer: What’s the balloon made of?
采访者: 气球是什么做的?
Dan: It’s made of strong nylon that doesn’t tear easily.
丹:它是由坚固的尼龙制成,
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
A hot-air balloon can be as big as four houses!
热气球可以像四所房子一样大!
The baskets usually carry three to five people, but they come in many sizes.
篮子一般会搭载3到5人,但大小不一.
There are smaller balloons built for one person.
还有一个人建造的更小的气球
And there are big ones for up to twenty-two people.
且有大者为至二十二人.
to make sure nothing is twisted.
以确保没有什么扭曲。
turned on.
打开了
upright.
右侧。
Interviewer: What do you carry in the basket?
采访者: 篮子里装的是什么?
Dan: We carry fuel tanks, tools, and people.
我们载着燃料箱,工具和人。
The tools tell us how high the balloon is and the temperature of the air.
这些工具告诉我们气球有多高,空气温度如何.
They also tell us where we are.
他们还告诉我们我们在哪里。
Flying Interviewer: How do you steer?
飞行采访者: 你怎么开?
Dan: The wind goes in different directions at different heights.
丹曰:风从相去相去相去相去相去.
We go up and down to find wind that goes the way we want to go.
我们上上下下都是为了找到风 风走我们想走的路。
We fly just after sunrise or before sunset.
我们在日出后或日出前飞行
That’s when the winds are best.
这时风是最棒的。
Interviewer: How do you make the balloon go up and down?
采访者: 如何使气球上下相通.
Dan: There is a hole at the top of the balloon.
丹:气球上方有一个洞.
We can open and close it with a cord.
我们可以用绳子打开并关闭它。
To go down, we open the hole to let out hot air.
要下去,我们打开洞 释放出热空气。
To go up, we close the hole.
要上去,我们就把洞关上
Interviewer: How high can you go?
采访者: 你能飞多高?
Dan: Some people take balloons ten miles in the air.
丹:有人在空中取出10英里的气球来.
They have to wear oxygen tanks so they have enough air to breathe.
他们必须戴氧气罐,以便有足够的空气来呼吸.
But most stay within two miles of the surface.
但大部分停留在地表两英里之内。
The parachute, or center circle of fabric at the top of a hot-air balloon, opens and closes to move a balloon up and down.
降落伞,或热气球顶部布料的中圆,会打开并关闭以移动气球上下.
Special hot-air balloons can fly very high.
特殊的热气球可以飞得很高.
Interviewer: How do you know where you are?
采访者: 何以知所处.
Dan: We use radio signals from satellites and then follow on a map.
我们使用卫星的无线电信号 然后跟踪地图
Adventure Interviewer: How did you start flying hot-air balloons?
冒险访谈者: 你怎么开始飞热气球的?
Dan: I fixed balloons before I flew them.
我在飞出气球前就修好了
My first flight was so much fun that I just kept doing it!
我第一次飞行太好玩了 我就一直这样
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Many cities hold balloon festivals each year.
许多城市每年举办气球节.
Pilots come to fly their balloons, and people come to see many beautiful balloons in the air at once.
飞行员们来飞出他们的气球,人们会立刻看到许多美丽的气球在空中.
These tools help balloonists know how high they are and where they are on a map.
这些工具帮助气球手知道它们有多高,在地图上的位置.
Interviewer: Is it dangerous to fly a hot-air balloon?
采访者: 飞出热气球很危险吗?
Dan: No, it’s a safe sport.
丹:不,这是一个安全的运动。
A balloon is like a big pillow.
气球就像个大枕头
We make sure the weather will be good before we fly so we stay safe.
我们保证天气会好起来的 在飞行之前,我们保持安全。
Interviewer: What is the longest trip you ever took in a balloon?
采访者: 你用气球旅行时间最长的是什么?
Dan: My longest balloon trip was 55 miles.
我最长的气球行程是55英里
I flew right up the Mississippi River.
我飞到密西西比河上
Some people go on much longer trips.
有些人去旅行的时间更长。
Hot-air balloons can hover a few feet off the ground or hundreds of feet.
热气球能从地上徘徊出几英尺或数百英尺.
Glossary fuel (n.)
词汇燃料(n.)
anything used to make heat or power (p.
任何用来制造热能或动力的(p.
7) nylon (n.)
7) 尼龙 (n.
a strong, slippery, human- made fabric (p.
坚固,滑动,人造的织物(p.
6) oxygen (n.)
6) 氧气(n.
a gas that has no color, taste, or smell and that people need to live (p.
一种没有颜色、味觉或嗅觉的气体,人们需要活(p.
10) satellites (n.)
10) 卫星(n.)
objects that orbit Earth or another body in space (p.
环绕地球轨道或空间中另一物体(p.
11) scenery (n.)
11) 风景 (n.
the features of a landscape (p.
地貌特征(p.
15) Index basket, 7 burner, 5 Mississippi River, 13 Interviewer: Are you ever scared when you fly?
15) 指数篮子,7个燃烧器,5个密西西比河,13个采访者: 你飞的时候害怕过吗?
Dan: No, I find it exciting.
不,我觉得很刺激
I like flying best in the fall when the leaves are different colors.
我喜欢秋天的飞行 叶子颜色不同
The scenery is beautiful from high in the air.
风景从空中高高起就很美.