“热气球”英语怎么说
摘要:一个热气球在埃及城市卢克索附近坠毁,造成乘气球的19名游客死亡,其中有9名是香港同胞。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?
A hot air balloon has crashed near the Egyptian city of Luxor,killing 19 tourists on board,including nine from China's Hong Kong.
Two other people,including the pilot,survived after the balloon caught fire and exploded while traveling at an altitude of 300 meters over the west bank of the Nile River.
The area where the balloon went down was Luxor,a capital of ancient Egypt, and draws tourists to see temples, palaces and tombs.UNESCO designated it a World Heritage site in 1979.
一个热气球在埃及城市卢克索附近坠毁,造成乘气球的19名游客死亡,其中有9名是香港同胞。
这个热气球在尼罗河西岸上空300米漂浮时起火爆炸,包括驾驶员在内的两人幸免于难。
热气球坠毁地点位于埃及古都卢克索,游客们到那里游览庙宇、宫殿和古墓。联合国教科文组织于1979年将卢克索指定为世界遗产遗址。
【讲解】
“热气球”的英语表达是###hot air balloon ,也可以称为fire balloon 或者montgolfier ,常见的“氢气球” 可以译为hydrogen balloon 。UNESCO指的是United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization,译为“联合国教科文组织”,类似的表达还有 UN(联合国),UNICEF(联合国儿童基金会),IMF(国际货币基金会)等。