A villager(村民) from Hebei Province has built(建造) a fully functional aircraft(飞机) of his own(自己的), which can fly(飞行) at up to 200 km per hour, with a range of 400 km.
河北村民自造飞机，时速最高200公里，飞行里程达400公里。



31-year-old Xie Baogang has worked at a local plant(工厂) after graduating(毕业) from middle school(初中), and then he dropped(放弃) his work(工作) and started to learn how to build an airplane.

After years of conducting(进行) experiments(实验), Xie successfully made his own plane in 2015. He has flown the aircraft at a number of aviation(航天) festivals in China.

[fēi jī] 飞机 aircraft
[fēi xíng] 飞行 fly
[shí yàn] 实验 experiment
[jìn xíng] 进行 conduct
[zì jǐ] 自己 own
[cūn mín] 村民 villager
[chū zhōng] 初中 middle school
[bì yè] 毕业 graduate
[fàng qì] 放弃 drop
[gōng zuò] 工作 work

重点词汇 Key words:

实验 [shí yàn]
1.<名词 n.> test; experiment: 化学实验 chemical experiment
2.<动词 v.> test; experiment: 实验新型飞机 test a new aircraft