本文介绍了2017年4月26日中国首艘国产航母在大连下水。该舰是中国自主设计建造的第二艘航母，虽尚未命名且仍需数年海试完工，但标志着重大突破。文章阐述了航母作为海上机场的战略价值及建造难度，并指出待其完成后，中国将成为全球第七个具备航母建造能力的国家。
On April 26, 2017, a big Chinese ship caught the eyes of the whole world.
2017年4月26日，一艘巨大的中国舰船吸引了全世界的目光。
China’s first homemade aircraft carrier (航空母舰) hit the water in Dalian, Liaoning.
中国首艘国产航空母舰在辽宁大连下水。
It is the largest and best ship China has ever built.
这是中国迄今为止建造的最大、最先进的舰船。
The new ship is China’s second aircraft carrier and it has no name yet.
这艘新舰是中国第二艘航空母舰，目前尚未命名。
China’s first carrier is called Liaoning, which was bought from Ukraine and later rebuilt by China.
中国第一艘航母名为“辽宁号”，是从乌克兰购买后由中国改建而成。
The new carrier was designed (设计) in China and building began in 2013.
这艘新航母是在中国设计的，建造工作始于2013年。
The ship now must be completed at sea, which will take several years.
该舰目前需在海上完成后续建造，预计将耗时数年。
An aircraft carrier is like an airport on the sea.
航空母舰就像海上的机场。
It can carry hundreds of planes and troops (军队) to wars.
它能携带数百架飞机和部队投入战争。
Planes fly from and land back on it, and soldiers work and live on it.
飞机可从其上起飞并降落，士兵也在其上工作与生活。
Thanks to carriers, planes can fight along with warships.
得益于航母，飞机可与军舰协同作战。
They allow planes to take off and land from anywhere in the ocean around the world.
它们使飞机能在全球任何海域起降。
But an aircraft carrier is very hard and expensive to build.
但航空母舰的建造非常困难且昂贵。
It costs a lot of money and needs a large amount of steel (钢材) and other special materials.
它耗资巨大，需要大量钢材及其他特殊材料。
Finally, it takes years to build.
最终，建造过程需耗时多年。
Today, not many countries own an aircraft carrier or have the ability to build one.
如今，拥有航空母舰或具备建造能力的国家并不多。
When the carrier is finished, China will become the seventh country in the world that can build an aircraft, after the US, Russia, the UK, France, Italy and Spain.
待该航母完工后，中国将成为继美国、俄罗斯、英国、法国、意大利和西班牙之后，世界上第七个能建造航空母舰的国家。
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