2011年MBA聯考英語閱讀練習資料03

來源：育路教育網時間：2011-03-10 10:38:09

　　A Brooklyn couple will become the first on the planet to say "I do" in zero gravity when they tie the knot later this month.
　　本月下旬，紐約布魯克林區一對新婚夫婦將成為地球上第一對在失重狀態下說“我愿意”的愛侶。
　　Self-confessed sci-fi addicts Noah Fulmore, 31, and Erin Finnegan, 30, will travel to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., to exchange their vows while literally walking on air.
　　新郎諾阿.福爾摩31歲，新娘艾琳.芬妮根30歲，倆人都是科幻小說迷。屆時他倆將到佛羅里達州的肯尼迪太空中心，然后一起飄在空中，許下他們的婚誓。
　　"We would really prefer to do it in space or on Mars but living in the time that we do, this was the closest we could get to zero gravity," Fulmore said.
　　福爾摩說：“我們倒很愿意在太空中甚至在火星上舉辦婚禮，不過在我們目前所生活的這個年代而言，我們選擇的婚禮形式就算是與零重力最接近的方式了。”
　　"We were shocked to discover no one had done it yet."
　　“我們實在太激動了，因為以前沒人這么做過。”
　　The Williamsburg residents will be joined June 20 by a handful of friends in a plane owned by the Zero Gravity Corporation's--the only federally approved provider of commercial weightless flights.
　　這兩個住在威廉斯堡的年輕人將在6月20日舉行婚禮，到時候也有親友同在飛機上參加他們的婚禮。飛機的主人是零重力公司，也是聯邦政府批準的唯一一家提供商業性零重力飛行服務的供應商。
　　Space tourist and adventurer Richard Garriott, the son of an astronaut, will officiate at the ceremony during the 90-minute flight.
　　持續時間大約90分鐘的婚禮將由理查德.加里奧特主持，他本人就是一名太空旅行家和冒險家，其父親也曾是一名宇航員。
　　The newlyweds are sure to have butterflies in their stomachs because the trip includes 15 rollercoaster-type dives, known as parabolic arcs, which last up to 30 seconds.
　　婚禮期間，這兩位新人心里一定會十五只吊桶打水——七上八下（注1），因為這次航程將有15次過山車式的俯沖，持續時間30秒。這種飛行方式，用航空專業術語說，叫做拋物線弧形俯沖。
　　The jet plummets from 36,000 feet to 24,000 feet and then climbs back up--allowing passengers on the Boeing 727 to experience weightlessness.
　　到時候那架波音727噴氣式客機將從36000英尺高處以自由落體方式降落到24000英尺處，隨后再重新飛回高處，這樣乘客們就會感受一陣子失重的感覺。
　　"There's going to be that moment of expectation right before we are lifted up and I feel like I've waited my whole life for that," said Fulmore, a legal secretary.
　　新郎福爾摩是一名法律助理，他說：“我相信在飛機開始起飛的時候，我們一定會激動地盼望著那一刻的到來，可是，我總覺得自己一生都在等這一刻似的。”
　　"We will be one of the few humans who have experienced that."
　　“這個世界上沒有幾個人有過這樣的經歷。”
　　The lovebirds had their wedding wardrobe especially designed for the occasion.
　　這對愛情鳥還為這個特殊場合請人專門設計了他們的結婚禮服。
　　Finnegan will wear a multilayered white gown and Fulmore will be in a tux with tapered tails to ensure their clothes don't reveal too much.
　　芬妮根穿的是多層的白色婚紗，她和福爾摩的禮服一樣，下擺都要拖長些，以免不小心走光。
　　The pair met at an NYU science fiction club in 2000 and began dating in 2002. They went to so many "conventional" weddings they decided to do something out of this world.
　　這對新人是2000年在紐約大學一個科幻小說俱樂部認識的，2002年，倆人開始戀愛。他們倆參加過很多親友的傳統婚禮，因此決定做一件這個世界上前所未聞的事情。
　　"Since this is the one time in our lives that we were going to do this [get married], we thought we should make it a once-in-a-lifetime event," Fulmore said.
　　福爾摩說：“既然是我們有生以來唯一的一次結婚，我們就想干脆把他搞成一次一生只有一次的活動算了。”
　　"My mom thinks I'm absolutely nuts."
　　“我媽覺得我簡直沒治了。”
　　The honeymoon will be more low-key--a trip to Disney World--but you can bet they won't miss Space Mountain.
　　他們的蜜月倒是相當低調：只是去迪士尼樂園而已，不過可以打賭，他們不會錯過“飛越太空山”項目的。
　　"I never wanted to have a normal wedding," said Finnegan, who works in animation production. "I couldn't picture myself walking down an aisle."
　　新娘子芬妮根從事動畫設計工作，她說：“我從來就不希望我的婚禮平平常常。我無法形容我走進婚禮殿堂時的激動心情。”
　　The flight costs, 200 per person and Finnegan and Fulmore are footing the entire bill themselves.
　　他們這次的飛行費用為每人5200美元，全都由他們自己埋單。
　　"I think we will spend some of our married life simply paying off the expense, but I think that weightlessness is probably the best metaphor for love that one can experience," Fulmore said.
　　福爾摩說：“我想我們婚后會有一段時間來消化這筆費用，不過，我相信失重的經歷也許是我倆愛情的最好象征。”