Cross-strait charter flights for Mid-Autumn Festival success |
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| Staff at the Xiamen Gaoqi Airport wave hands to see off a charter flight belonging to the Uni Air of Taiwan on Sunday, Oct 8, 2006. The charter flight for the Mid-Autumn Festival between the Mainland and Taiwan come to end in the day. |
| Oct. 9 - The last direct charter flight for the Mid-Autumn Festival landed in Taipei on Sunday night, ending the direct flights between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland during the festival.
Six airlines from each side operated 24 round-trip flights between Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen and Taipei from Sept. 29 to Oct. 8.
The Mid-Autumn Festival charter flight marks the extension of the cross-Strait charter flight service, which used to be restricted to the Spring Festival, or traditional Chinese Lunar New Year.
Charter flights, conducted after talks between civil aviation associations of both sides, were arranged in the absence of regular direct flights across the Taiwan Strait.
Following a decision made by non-governmental aviation industry associations in June, similar flights have been arranged for other traditional holidays, including the Qing Ming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day) and the Dragon Boat Festival.
The two sides also agreed to open charter flights for emergency medical cases, first aid for the handicapped and special chartered cargo1 flights.
However, the rest of year, travelers take at least six hours on indirect journeys between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.
The mainland has been urging early realization2 of "three direct links" of trade, mail and transport across the Strait since 1979.
In 2002, Spring Festival chartered flights were proposed by a group of Taiwan business people and eminent3 persons, after more than 50 years of no direct air links.
The first non-stop charter flights across the Taiwan Strait were launched during the Lunar New Year in 2005, and 72 round flights were arranged during the Spring Festival of 2006.
Qing Ming, an occasion for Chinese people to pay homage4 to their ancestors and dead relatives, falls on April 5 or 6.
The Dragon Boat Festival, celebrated5 by racing6 dragon boats, eating "Zongzi" - rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves - and hanging wormwood around houses, falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, is observed as a day for family reunions.
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cargo
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| n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物 |
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- The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
- A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
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realization
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| n.实现；认识到，深刻了解 |
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- We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。
- He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。
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eminent
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| adj.显赫的，杰出的，有名的，优良的 |
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- We are expecting the arrival of an eminent scientist.我们正期待一位著名科学家的来访。
- He is an eminent citizen of China.他是一个杰出的中国公民。
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homage
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| n.尊敬，敬意，崇敬 |
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- We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.我们对莎士比亚的天才表示敬仰。
- The soldiers swore to pay their homage to the Queen.士兵们宣誓效忠于女王陛下。
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celebrated
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| adj.有名的，声誉卓著的 |
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- He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
- The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
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racing
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| n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的 |
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- I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
- The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
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