Section One

Reading

The C919

China has developed a 168-seat airliner with ambitions of eventually challenging the duopoly of Airbus Group SE and Boeing Co.in the global aviation market. Asingle-aisle passenger jet called C919 that has been built by the Commercial Aircraft Corp. There are already plans in place for the larger C929, offering 300 seats and the C939 offering 400 seats.The passenger jet project is part of an ambitious plan by President Xi Jinping to modernize China’s manufacturing.

The C919 is designed and built in China and is of a similar layout to the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320, being a twin engined, low winged, single aisle aircraft. The nose section is sleek looking much like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, whereas the tail section of the fuselage is more Airbus like. Whilst the C919 is said to be Chinas’ own home grown airliner, there are still many parts, like the LEAP engine made by CFM International, that are being supplied by foreign manufacturers. This of course is not unusual as both Boeing and Airbus adopt the same strategy in the production of their own airliners.

The longest range the C919 aircraft could fly is 5,555 km, and the max operating speed is Mach .785. The service ceiling could reach 12,100 m or 39,700 ft.

Section Two

汉英互译

1. Building a new airliner for the first time is a very challenging and time consuming affair. Even seasoned plane makers such as Boeing and Airbus have suffered many delays in bringing their new prototypes to fruition.  

首次建造一架新客机非常耗时并具有挑战性。即使像波音和空客这样的老牌飞机制造商，在将其新原型机付诸生产时，也屡遭延误。

2. The C919 flight deck is very much along the lines of the Airbus style, with a side control joy stick instead of the standard control column controlling the fly by wire system. There are two 15.4 inch main display screens in front of each pilot as well as a 12.5 inch side screen below the window.

C919驾驶舱风格与空客非常类似，使用了侧面操控杆，而不是标准操控杆来控制其电传操纵系统。每个飞行员前面各有两个15.4英寸的主显示屏，而两侧机窗下方各有一块12.5英寸的侧屏。

3. In addition, the C919 will be offered with the option of a HUD (Head Up Display). This isused in fighter jets where instrument data is projected onto a window in front of the pilot so he can monitor data such as airspeed, altitude and other information without having to look down.

此外，C919将提供HUD（平视显示器）选装。这种用于战斗机的技术将仪表数据投射到飞行员面前的风挡上。飞行员不必低头，就可以监控诸如空速，高度以及其他信息。

4. Like Airbus and Boeing, the various components that make up the C919 are manufactured by other entities, for example: the flaps, airlerons, wing panels, center andouter wing box will be manufactured in Xi’an, China.

和空客与波音公司一样，C919的各种组装件都是由其他实体制造的，例如：襟翼，副翼，机翼面板，中央和外机翼翼盒将在中国西安制造。

Section Three

Picture talking

This picture shows the interior of C919 flight deck. It features a side control stick just like the Airbus aircraft. In the Boeing aircraft, it is a centre control column. The instrumentation of C919 is state-of-the-art. The large eye-catching display screens in front of the pilots are used to provide important aircraft operation information like the airspeed, altitude and attitude, and other important information including weather and terrain. It is noticeable that the C919 adopts the HUD or Head Up Display, which are glass panels in front of pilots’ eyes so they can monitor the aircraft operation with their heads up. The HUD will greatly improve the aircraft operating performance and flight safety. The C919 is the first large passenger aircraft built by China. And I believe it is just a beginning. With the efforts of all Chinese aviation workers, our aircraft manufacturing industry will definitely have a brighter future.

Section Four : video