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The world's largest aircraft has taken to the skies for the first time.
世界上最大的飛行器首次起飛。
The Airlander 10 spent nearly two hours in the air, having taken off from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire.
Airlander 10從貝德福德郡卡丁頓機場起飛，在空中停留近2小時。
During its flight, it reached 3,000 feet and performed a series of gentle turns all over a safe area.
在飛行期間，距離達到3000英尺，并在安全區域執行了一系列慢轉彎。
The aircraft is massive—as long as a football field and as tall as six double decker buses and capable of flying for up to five days.
飛行器體型巨大——長和足球場相似，高可抵6輛雙層巴士，能飛行長達5天。
It was first developed for the US government as a long-range spy aircraft, but was abandoned following budget cutbacks.
最初是為美國政府開發的遠程偵察機，但在預算削減后被放棄了。
The aircraft cost 25 million pounds and can carry heavier loads than huge jet planes while also producing less noise and emitting less pollution.
飛行器花費2500萬英鎊，可比巨大的噴氣式飛機攜帶更重負荷，同時噪音更小、污染更小。
The makers believe it's the future of aircraft and one day we'll be using them to go places.
制造商們認為這就是飛機的未來，總有一天我們會用它們實現我們的夢想。
But there's still a long way to go.
但是任重道遠。
The Airlander will need to have 200 hours'flying time before being allowed to fly by the aviation administration.
Airlander需要有200小時的飛行時間才能得到美國航空管理局飛行許可之前。
If it passes though, we can hope we'll all get some extra leg room.
如果它拿到了飛行許可，我們希望我們在飛機上腿部能有更多時間。
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
請根據你剛剛聽到的新聞報道回答問題5至問題7。
Question 5:What do we learn about the first flight of the Airlander 10?
問題5：關于Airlander 10的第一次飛行我們了解到哪些內容？
Question 6: What cause the US government to abandon the Airlander 10 as a spy aircraft?
問題6：是什么原因讓美國政府放棄將“空中登陸者10號”作為間諜飛機？
Question 7:What is the advantage of the Airlander 10 over huge jet planes?
問題7：與大型噴氣式飛機相比，Airlander 10的優勢是什么?
