英语PK台 第161期:英语新闻:美国将建"超级高铁"

 Elon Musk¹'s Hyperloop is getting its first working test track

When Elon Musk, the PayPal billionaire, announced his plans for a near-supersonic transport system of passenger capsules levitating² inside tubes it sounded like science fiction. Now the concept is to get its first working test track.

A full-scale version of the Hyperloop concept is to be built in central California next year, using magnets and fans to push passenger pods through five miles of depressurized tubes at speeds of up to 200 mph.

One remaining problem is how to best to build a national network of tubes crisscrossing the US using as many straight lines as possible and reducing the number of potentially nausea-inducing bends.

Vocabulary:

Supersonic, levitate, crisscross, nausea-inducing

1 musk   

n.麝香, 能发出麝香的各种各样的植物，香猫

参考例句：

• Musk is used for perfume and stimulant.麝香可以用作香料和兴奋剂。
• She scented her clothes with musk.她用麝香使衣服充满了香味。

2 levitating   

v.（使）升空，（使）漂浮( levitate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• It will not mean things like levitating objects and reading others minds. 你将开始明白掌握力量的真正意义。 来自互联网
• As the pole rotates the balls spin out levitating higher the faster the system spins. 柱子旋转的时候，这两个球也会转起来，这个系统转得越快，它们飞得越高。 来自互联网