阿联酋私人飞机蓬勃发展

 　　Business aircraft maker¹ Bombardier, based in Montreal, Canada, has brought an array of aircraft to Dubai, including its Global 6000 business jet.

　　Bombardier claims this 65 million US dollar aircraft was created to answer the needs of the most discerning, and wealthy, travellers.

　　Khader Matter is the company's vice² president of sales in the Middle East, Asia Pacific and China.

　　"If you look at the market segment that we have, it's obviously the royal families that use it for their travels and then you have the wealthy families that like to travel with their family together - their trips and holidays and obviously for their businesses. And then you have the entrepreneurs that would like to do their business privately³, nobody knows where they go, when they're coming and the deals that come back with a plane like this."

　　Defense⁴ aircraft represent around half of this year's displays.

　　阿联酋私人飞机蓬勃发展

　　But for the average visitor looking for an aircraft of their own, the twin-engine DA62 by Austrian manufacturers Diamond Aircraft may be just the choice.

　　Martin Scherrer is the head of Flight Operations of the company. He says this all-composite, seven-seater is a perfect choice for private owners.

　　"This airplane is like an SUV in the air for private people, pilots, because it's very easy to fly and very easy to handle, while also using it for professional operations like air taxi operations or medical transport."

　　It's not just planes on offer at the show.

　　If visitors are after something even smaller, then this Martin Jetpack may be just the answer.

　　Martin Jetpack claims this is the world's first practical jetpack and says it's targeted at first responder industries.

　　The company's CEO, Peter Coker, claims their high-flying creation solves problems that other vehicles cannot.

　　"We can land in areas where the top of buildings where they're full of aerials, we can actually - if the place is big enough - get in through windows actually directly into the building itself. So, if you think about the high-rise buildings, you may have a problem with fire or anything else - great possibility of rescuing people using the jetpack."

　　The Dubai Airshow is seen as an increasingly important barometer⁵ of the state of the aviation industry and the rising roles of the big-spending Gulf⁶ carriers as they compete for routes and critical stopover traffic between Asia and Europe and to the Americas.

　　The Airshow runs from November 8th to 12th.

　　For CRI, I'm Guo Yan.

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 barometer   

n.气压表，睛雨表，反应指标

参考例句：

• The barometer marked a continuing fall in atmospheric pressure.气压表表明气压在继续下降。
• The arrow on the barometer was pointing to"stormy".气压计上的箭头指向“有暴风雨”。

6 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。