對話 Dialogue
清清：我有一個親戚今年夏天從休士頓回台灣見家人，坐飛機就坐了快一天，落地後還要調時差，光想就覺得好累。
Qīngqing: Wǒ yǒu yí ge qīnqī jīnnián xiàtiān cóng Xiūshìdùn huí Táiwān jiàn jiārén, zuò fēijī jiù zuò le kuài yì tiān, luòdì hòu hái yào tiáo shíchā, guāng xiǎng jiù juéde hǎo lèi.
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華華：長途飛行真的很累，我以前去美國的時候也要坐十幾個小時的飛機。
Huáhua: Chángtú fēixíng zhēn de hěn lèi, wǒ yǐqián qù Měiguó de shíhòu yě yào zuò shí jǐ ge xiǎoshí de fēijī.
清清：說到這個，我聽說許多國家都在發展「太空港」，有了它就可以大大縮短搭長途飛機的飛行時間。
Qīngqing: Shuōdào zhège, wǒ tīngshuō xǔduō guójiā dōu zài fāzhǎn “Tàikōnggǎng,” yǒu le yā jiù kěyǐ dàdà suōduǎn dā chángtú fēijī de fēixíng shíjiān.
華華：太空港？那是什麼？聽起來好像很厲害耶！
Huáhua: Tàikōnggǎng? Nà shì shénme? Tīng qǐlái hǎoxiàng hěn lìhài ye!
清清：簡單地說就是將火箭加速的技術應用在長途飛行上，用大型飛機搭配太空飛行器的方式來縮短兩地的飛行時間，比如從台北到休士頓的距離，將來飛行時間可能只要兩個半小時。
Qīngqing: Jiǎndān de shuō jiù shì jiāng huǒjiàn jiāsù de jìshù yìngyòng zài chángtú fēixíng shàng, yòng dàxíng fēijī dāpèi tàikōng fēixíngqì de fāngshì lái suōduǎn liǎng
dì de fēixíng shíjiān, bǐrú cóng Táiběi dào Xiūshìdùn de jùlí, jiānglái fēixíng shíjiān kěnéng zhǐ yào liǎng ge bàn xiǎoshí.
華華：真的假的？那以後坐長途飛機就不用飛那麼久，也比較輕鬆了！
Huáhua: Zhēn de jiǎ de? Nà yǐhòu zuò chángtú fēijī jiù bú yòng fēi nàme jiǔ, yě bǐjiào qīngsōng le!
清清：不過目前太空港主要是運送貨物，還沒有辦法載人。希望不久的將來技術成熟了，能更快地開放載旅客飛行。
Qīngqing: Búguò mùqián Tàikōnggǎng zhǔyào shì yùnsòng huòwù, hái méiyǒu bànfǎ zài rén. Xīwàng bùjiǔ de jiānglái jìshù chéngshóu le, néng gèng kuài de kāifàng zài lǚkè fēixíng.
華華：如果將來有一天能這樣出國旅行，一定超酷的！
Huáhua: Rúguǒ jiānglái yǒu yì tiān néng zhèyàng chūguó lǚxíng, yídìng chāo kù de!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: I have a relative who came back to Taiwan from Houston this summer to visit family. The flight took almost a whole day, and after landing, they still had to adjust to the time difference. Just thinking about it makes me feel tired.
Huahua: Long-distance flights are really exhausting. When I went to the US before, I also had to sit on a plane for over 10 hours.
Qingqing: Speaking of that, I heard that many countries are developing “spaceports” — with them, long-haul flight times can be greatly reduced.
Huahua: Spaceports? What’s that? Sounds amazing.
Qingqing: Simply put, it has to do with applying rocket acceleration technology to long-distance travel, combining large airplanes with spacecraft to shorten flight time between two places. For example, a flight from Taipei to Houston might take only two and a half hours in the future.
Huahua: Seriously? Then long-haul flights won’t take that long anymore — it’ll be much more comfortable.
Qingqing: But for now, spaceports are mainly used for cargo transport. They can’t carry people yet. Hopefully, the technology will be more mature in the near future and they’ll be able to start carrying passengers.
Huahua: It would be super cool if we could travel abroad like that one day.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 親戚 (qīnqi) relative
2. 落地 (luòdì) land; touch down
3. 調時差 (tiáo shíchā) adjust to time difference
4. 長途飛行 (chángtú fēixíng) long-distance flight
5. 太空港 (tàikōnggǎng) spaceport
6. 縮短 (suōduǎn) shorten
7. 運送 (yùnsòng) transport; deliver
8. 成熟 (chéngshú) mature; ripe
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