高考外刊精读--飞机黑匣子是什么？.docxVIP

Airplane fatalities (死亡) are statistically rare. When they do happen, however, they are often fatal (致命的) and people want answers as to why their loved ones lost their lives, and that is where black boxes come into play. 从统计数据上看，飞机事故极少发生。然而，飞机事故一旦发生，往往是致命的。人们想知道他们至爱的人的死亡真相，而这就要用到黑匣子了。 statistically adv. [学术词] 统计地（statistics + -al + -ly） come into play 起作用；有影响 What is a black box? 什么是黑匣子？ A black box is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for to facilitate (使便利) the investigation of aviation (飞行) accidents and incidents. 黑匣子是放置在飞机上的电子记录装置，可帮助调查航空事故和事件。 Black boxes are actually known as flight recorders. 黑匣子实际上就是飞行记录器。 There are two different flight recorder devices: the flight data recorder (FDR) preserves the recent history of the flight through the recording of dozens of parameters (范围) collected several times per second; the cockpit (驾驶舱) voice recorder (CVR) preserves the recent history of the sounds in the cockpit, including the conversation of the pilots. 有两种不同的飞行记录器设备：飞行数据记录器（FDR）通过其每秒几次收集的几十个参数来记录飞行的最新历史数据；驾驶舱语音记录器（CVR）保存驾驶舱内最近的声音数据，包括飞行员之间的对话。 The two devices may be combined in a single unit. A black box is the size of a shoe box. 这两个设备可以组合成一套。一个黑匣子只有鞋盒大小。 What does a black box do? 黑匣子有什么作用？ The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder are compulsory on every commercial flight or corporate jet, and are usually kept in the tail of an aircraft, where they are more likely to survive a crash. 飞行数据记录器和驾驶舱语音记录器是每个商业飞机或公务机必须配备的，通常放置在飞机尾部，在这个位置它们更有可能在坠机事故中保存下来。 compulsory adj （因法律或规则而）必须做的，强制的，强迫的 survive a crash 在坠机事故中保存下来 FDRs record things like airspeed, altitude, vertical acceleration and fuel flow and has about 25 hours of recording storage. FDR可以记录飞行速度、飞行高度、垂直加速度和燃油流量等信息，并且可以存储25小时长的记录。 airspeed n （飞机的）空速（air + speed） altitude n 高度；海拔 vertical acceleration 垂直加速度 fuel flow 燃油流量 storage n 存储（store + -age） Together, the FDR and CVR objectively document the aircraft’s flight history, which may assist in any later investigation. FDR和C