全球最大纯电动游轮“长江三峡1号”试航成功【健谈英语】

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The "Yangtze River-Three Gorges Dam 1" cruise ship, fully powered by electric batteries with a capacity of 1,300 passengers, set off on its maiden voyage in March in Yichang City in central China's Hubei Province. According to the China Three Gorges Cooperation, the 100-meter-long ship has 15 individual battery packs with a total capacity of 7,500 kilowatt-hour, the largest in a cruise ship, which roughly equals that of more than 100 electric cars. A charger was also built at the ship's home port, which can fully charge the ship's battery in six hours with green electricity from a hydropower plant.

【分句讲解】
①The "Yangtze River-Three Gorges Dam 1" cruise ship, fully powered by electric batteries with a capacity of 1,300 passengers, set off on its maiden voyage in March in Yichang City in central China's Hubei Province. 
今年3月，“长江三峡1号”邮轮从中国中部湖北省宜昌市出发进行了首航。该邮轮完全由电能驱动，可以容纳1300名乘客。

1. Yangtze River 长江

2. cruise ship 大型邮轮

3. electric batteries  电池

4. capacity n. 容量，容积
a capacity of 容量是……

The mobile hospital has a capacity of 3,400 beds.
这所方舱医院可以容纳3400个床位。

5. set off  出发，起航

6. maiden voyage 首航

maiden adj. 首次的，第一次的
voyage n. 航行

The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. 
泰坦尼克号在首航时就沉没了。

②According to the China Three Gorges Cooperation, the 100-meter-long ship has 15 individual battery packs with a total capacity of 7,500 kilowatt-hour, the largest in a cruise ship, which roughly equals that of more than 100 electric cars. 
据中国三峡集团介绍，这艘100米长的游轮有15个独立电池组，总容量为7500千瓦时，是目前所有游轮中电池容量最大的，大约相当于100多辆电动汽车的容量。

1. kilowatt-hour 千瓦时，一度

2. equal v. 和什么相等，等同

One meter equals one hundred centimeters. 
一米等于一百厘米。

③A charger was also built at the ship's home port, which can fully charge the ship's battery in six hours with green electricity from a hydropower plant.
在这艘船的母港还建造了一个充电站，它可以用水力发电厂的绿色电能在6小时内为船上的电池充满电。

1. charger n. 充电站，充电器
charge v. 充电

My phone needs to be charged. 
我的手机需要充电了。

2. home port 母港

3. hydropower n. 水力发电
hydro-  氢化的，跟水有关的

4. plant n. 工厂（factory）