Home-made Large Plane

C919, China's first homemade large passenger aircraft, was rolled out of the final assembly line in Shanghai on Monday.
我国自主研制的C919大型客机首架机周一在上海正式下线。

The plane designed(设计) to have 158 seats(座位) and a standard flight(标准航程) range of 4,075 km was developed by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC).

The C919 aircraft will make its maiden flight(首飞) next year and then begin test flights(试飞) for about three years before putting into commercial use(商业用途). COMAC said it has won 517 orders(订单) from 21 customers(买家) home and abroad(国内外) for the aircraft.

相关词汇Related Words：

[kè jī ] 客机 passenger plane
[zhí shēng jī] 直升机 helicopter
[tóu děng cāng] 头等舱 first class
[jīng jì cāng ] 经济舱 economy class
[jī zhǎng] 机长 pilot
[kōng jiě] 空姐 stewardess
[fēi jī piào] 飞机票 plane ticket
[yūn jī] 晕机 airsick
[fēi xíng] 飞行 flying
[jiàng luò sǎn] 降落伞 parachute