航空母艦
航空母艦是一種以艦載機為主要作戰(zhàn)武器的大型水面艦只。它攻防兼?zhèn)?，作?zhàn)能力強，能執(zhí)行多種戰(zhàn)役戰(zhàn)術(shù)任務(wù)，具有很強的威懾力，因而倍受各國軍界的器重。現(xiàn)代航空母艦及艦載機已成為高技術(shù)密集的軍事系統(tǒng)工程。不少專家認為，航空母艦已成為一個國家軍事、工業(yè)、科技水平與綜合國力的象征。
When the U.S. Navy really needs to impress people, it flies them out to one of its super aircraft carriers (超級航空母艦). Standing 20 stories above the water and stretching 1,092 feet (333 meters) from bow to stern（從艦頭到艦尾） (about as long as the Empire State Building is tall), the sheer bulk of these ships is awe-inspiring (令人畏懼的).
Q: What is the most important part of an aircraft carrier?
A: The really amazing thing about a supercarrier isn't its size; it's the intense scene on its flight deck（航空母艦的飛行甲板). When the crew（全體工作人員） is in full swing (在全力進行中), they can launch or land a plane every 25 seconds - all in a fraction of the space available on a typical landing strip (飛機的起落跑道).
Q: What is the function of aircraft carriers?
A: At its most basic level, an aircraft carrier is simply a ship outfitted （配備，裝備）with a flight deck -a runway area for launching and landing airplanes. The carriers allowed military forces to transport short-range （短程的） aircraft all over the world.
Today, super aircraft carriers are a crucial part of almost all major military operations. While the ship itself isn't especially useful as a weapon, the air power it transports can make the difference between victory and defeat.
Q: Why is the aircraft carrier so important in the modern war?
A: One of the major obstacles of using air power in war is getting the planes to their destination. To maintain an air base (空軍基地) in a foreign region, for example, the U.S. military would have to make special arrangements with a foreign nation to set up a land military base, but it can freely move a carrier battle group（航空母艦群） all over the globe, just as if it were a little piece of the United States. Bombers, fighters and other aircrafts can fly a variety of missions into enemy territory, and then return to the relatively safe home base of the carrier group. In most cases, the Navy can continually replenish（補給）the carrier group, allowing it to maintain its position indefinitely (無限期地).
Q: Why is the taking off and landing of planes on the aircraft carrier very dangerous?
A: An aircraft carrier flight deck is one of the most exhilarating（令人興奮的） and dangerous work environments in the world . The deck may look like an ordinary land runway, but it works very differently, due to its smaller size. When the crew is in full swing, planes are landing and taking off at a furious rate in a limited space. One careless moment, a fighter jet（噴氣式戰(zhàn)斗機） engine could suck somebody in or blast somebody off the edge of the deck into the ocean.
Q: How is the life onboard?
A: The modern supercarrier is widely referred to as "a city at sea," with between 5,000 and 6,000 people working, relaxing, eating and sleeping onboard for months at a time. The ship has everything its residents need to live, even if it's not as comfortably as they would like. There are multiple galleys（艦上的廚房） and mess halls（軍隊駐地的食堂） onboard, which collectively serve as many as 18,000 meals a day. It also has a sizable laundry facility, dentist and doctor's offices, various stores and a bank of （一排，一組） telephones where personnel can talk to their families via satellite.
航空母艦是一種以艦載機為主要作戰(zhàn)武器的大型水面艦只。它攻防兼?zhèn)?，作?zhàn)能力強，能執(zhí)行多種戰(zhàn)役戰(zhàn)術(shù)任務(wù)，具有很強的威懾力，因而倍受各國軍界的器重。現(xiàn)代航空母艦及艦載機已成為高技術(shù)密集的軍事系統(tǒng)工程。不少專家認為，航空母艦已成為一個國家軍事、工業(yè)、科技水平與綜合國力的象征。
When the U.S. Navy really needs to impress people, it flies them out to one of its super aircraft carriers (超級航空母艦). Standing 20 stories above the water and stretching 1,092 feet (333 meters) from bow to stern（從艦頭到艦尾） (about as long as the Empire State Building is tall), the sheer bulk of these ships is awe-inspiring (令人畏懼的).
Q: What is the most important part of an aircraft carrier?
A: The really amazing thing about a supercarrier isn't its size; it's the intense scene on its flight deck（航空母艦的飛行甲板). When the crew（全體工作人員） is in full swing (在全力進行中), they can launch or land a plane every 25 seconds - all in a fraction of the space available on a typical landing strip (飛機的起落跑道).
Q: What is the function of aircraft carriers?
A: At its most basic level, an aircraft carrier is simply a ship outfitted （配備，裝備）with a flight deck -a runway area for launching and landing airplanes. The carriers allowed military forces to transport short-range （短程的） aircraft all over the world.
Today, super aircraft carriers are a crucial part of almost all major military operations. While the ship itself isn't especially useful as a weapon, the air power it transports can make the difference between victory and defeat.
Q: Why is the aircraft carrier so important in the modern war?
A: One of the major obstacles of using air power in war is getting the planes to their destination. To maintain an air base (空軍基地) in a foreign region, for example, the U.S. military would have to make special arrangements with a foreign nation to set up a land military base, but it can freely move a carrier battle group（航空母艦群） all over the globe, just as if it were a little piece of the United States. Bombers, fighters and other aircrafts can fly a variety of missions into enemy territory, and then return to the relatively safe home base of the carrier group. In most cases, the Navy can continually replenish（補給）the carrier group, allowing it to maintain its position indefinitely (無限期地).
Q: Why is the taking off and landing of planes on the aircraft carrier very dangerous?
A: An aircraft carrier flight deck is one of the most exhilarating（令人興奮的） and dangerous work environments in the world . The deck may look like an ordinary land runway, but it works very differently, due to its smaller size. When the crew is in full swing, planes are landing and taking off at a furious rate in a limited space. One careless moment, a fighter jet（噴氣式戰(zhàn)斗機） engine could suck somebody in or blast somebody off the edge of the deck into the ocean.
Q: How is the life onboard?
A: The modern supercarrier is widely referred to as "a city at sea," with between 5,000 and 6,000 people working, relaxing, eating and sleeping onboard for months at a time. The ship has everything its residents need to live, even if it's not as comfortably as they would like. There are multiple galleys（艦上的廚房） and mess halls（軍隊駐地的食堂） onboard, which collectively serve as many as 18,000 meals a day. It also has a sizable laundry facility, dentist and doctor's offices, various stores and a bank of （一排，一組） telephones where personnel can talk to their families via satellite.