英文新闻原文：
Beijing is building a colossal new airport
① Officials use many superlatives to describe a massive new airport nearing completion in Daxing district on Beijing’s southern edge. It deserves them all.
② The golden-roofed terminal is a triumph of design by British architect Zaha Hadid. At 180,000 square metres, the building’s steel roof will be the largest of any airport terminal.
③ The ground floor has the world’s biggest seamless single slab of concrete. It covers nearly 250,000 square metres, roughly the area of 35 football pitches.
④ Daxing airport is due to open in September. Officials call it a gift for the country’s 70th birthday, which will be celebrated on October 1st.
⑤ The airport is also intended as a gift for the relatively underdeveloped region south of the capital. It is roughly equidistant between the centre of Beijing and Xiongan, which is being built in Hebei province, south of Daxing, to relieve population pressure on the capital.
⑥ China needs many more new airports. The International Air Transport Association predicts that by the mid-2020s China will surpass America as the world’s largest aviation market. By 2037 China will be serving 1.6bn air passengers yearly, 1bn more than in 2017, it reckons.
翻译版：
Beijing is building a colossal new airport
北京正在建造一个巨大的新机场
colossal：extremely large or great 通常形容令人惊叹的巨大事物，还可以形容动物（巨型）
① Officials use many superlatives to describe a massive new airport nearing completion in Daxing district on Beijing’s southern edge. It deserves them all.
官方极尽赞美之辞来描述即将完工的巨大的位于北京南边大兴区新机场,而新机场当得起这些盛赞。
superlative：of the highest quality or degree 夸大的话；最高级；最好的
massive 相当于colossal 表示巨大的
near completion 即将竣工
deserve 应得，应受到的
② The golden-roofed terminal is a triumph of design by British architect Zaha Hadid. At 180,000 square metres, the building’s steel roof will be the largest of any airport terminal.
这个金色屋顶的航站楼是英国建筑师Zaha Hadid的设计典范。18万平方米的钢架屋顶将会是世界机场航站楼最大的屋顶。
triumph典范
architect 建筑师
③ The ground floor has the world’s biggest seamless single slab of concrete. It covers nearly 250,000 square metres, roughly the area of 35 football pitches.
这个航站楼的地面有世界上最大的单块混凝土板，覆盖了将近25万平方米，大致相当于35个足球场那么大。
seamless 无缝的
slab板、片
concrete混凝土
roughly大概、大致
football pitch足球场
④ Daxing airport is due to open in September. Officials call it a gift for the country’s 70th birthday, which will be celebrated on October 1st.
大兴机场按计划九月对外开放。官方称这个机场是建国70周年贺礼，将在10月1日举行庆典。
be due to 预计做某事
⑤ The airport is also intended as a gift for the relatively underdeveloped region south of the capital. It is roughly equidistant between the centre of Beijing and Xiongan, which is being built in Hebei province, south of Daxing, to relieve population pressure on the capital.
这个机场也是对南边，相对不发达地区的一个献礼。机场所处的位置大致在与北京市中心和雄安等距的位置，雄安建在河北省，大兴的南边，为了缓解首都的人口压力。
be intended as作为
equidistant等距
be equidistant between A and B ……与 A 和 B 等距
relieve缓解 减轻
⑥ China needs many more new airports. The International Air Transport Association predicts that by the mid-2020s China will surpass America as the world’s largest aviation market. By 2037 China will be serving 1.6bn air passengers yearly, 1bn more than in 2017, it reckons.
中国需要更多新机场。根据国际航空运输组织的预测，到21世纪20年代中期，中国将会超过美国成为世界第一航空市场。到2037年，预计中国每年将会服务到16亿的飞行人次，比2017年多了10个亿。
surpass超过
aviation航空、飞行
serving为……服务；招待
reckon计算、估计
阅读思考：
大兴新修了一个机场，从网络上放出的图片来看，确实非常震撼。新机场的选址以及建立着实花了很多心思，从缓解人口压力到带动周边经济等各方面都有考量。
从国外媒体的报道中不难看出，中国近些年来在各个方面都处于迅猛发展中，经济市场、航空市场等等。而这些成就离不开我们每个人的努力。
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Beijing is building a colossal new airport
① Officials use many superlatives to describe a massive new airport nearing completion in Daxing district on Beijing’s southern edge. It deserves them all.
② The golden-roofed terminal is a triumph of design by British architect Zaha Hadid. At 180,000 square metres, the building’s steel roof will be the largest of any airport terminal.
③ The ground floor has the world’s biggest seamless single slab of concrete. It covers nearly 250,000 square metres, roughly the area of 35 football pitches.
④ Daxing airport is due to open in September. Officials call it a gift for the country’s 70th birthday, which will be celebrated on October 1st.
⑤ The airport is also intended as a gift for the relatively underdeveloped region south of the capital. It is roughly equidistant between the centre of Beijing and Xiongan, which is being built in Hebei province, south of Daxing, to relieve population pressure on the capital.
⑥ China needs many more new airports. The International Air Transport Association predicts that by the mid-2020s China will surpass America as the world’s largest aviation market. By 2037 China will be serving 1.6bn air passengers yearly, 1bn more than in 2017, it reckons.
