"The Hump Airport" to commemorate "the Hump Airline" in |
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| This is a model of P－40C aircraft on display in Kunming. P-40Cs and their pilots, "the Flying Tigers" were the guardians1 of "the Hump", China's bloodline in the Second World War. |
| Chinanews, Kunming, September 26 – "The Hump Airline" in the Second World War was an all-weather airline cut in 1943 to 1945 by the US Air Forces and the "Flying Tigers" to help China out of the blockade of Japanese troops, which linked Kunming, Yunnan Province in China and Assam in northeastern India, over the eastern ranges of the Himalayas, the most imposing2 mountains in the world. The pilots and other crewmembers nicknamed the line "the Hump", as the shape of the air route looked like a hump.
"The Hump" was perhaps the most dangerous airline ever through the aviation history. It opened up a 500-mile air-range through one of the most perilous3 regions in the world, where turbulences and mountaintops posed great risks to the pilots, not to mention that they had watch out for the interceptions of Japanese planes and unexpected bad weather (both were common over there at that time). With the effect of turbulences, flying over "the Hump" was like jolting4 on the back of a camel, and the nickname of the airline attributed to this unusual phenomenon, too.
With the sacrifice of the lives of 1,579 American pilots and other crewmembers, and loss of 468 aircrafts, "the Hump" took up 81% of the transportation of strategic supplies in those three years, and helped China to gain the final victory that eventually supported the international anti-fascist war.
Sixty-one years have passed, but memories of "the Hump" will never fade. Recently, an airport still under construction in Tengchong, Yunnan Province, an important base of "the Hump", was named after it to commemorate5 the legendery.
"The Hump Airport" will be completed and put to use in 2008. With the handling capacity of 480 thousand passengers, it will surely bring a prime era to local tourism, which is famous for various natural landscapes, including nature reserves and hot springs.
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guardians
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| 监护人( guardian的名词复数 )； 保护者，维护者 |
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- Farmers should be guardians of the countryside. 农民应是乡村的保卫者。
- The police are guardians of law and order. 警察是法律和秩序的护卫者。
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| adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的 |
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- The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
- He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
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| adj.危险的，冒险的 |
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- The journey through the jungle was perilous.穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险。
- We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis.历经一连串危机，我们如今已安然无恙。
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| adj.令人震惊的 |
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- 'she should be all right from the plane's jolting by now. “飞机震荡应该过了。
- This is perhaps the most jolting comment of all. 这恐怕是最令人震惊的评论。
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| vt.纪念，庆祝 |
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- This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
- We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。
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