2019-05-09
Space-themed tourism is taking off in China
The red planet is far away, but the Gobi desert isn’t
原文來源：The Economist 2019-5-3
Article
https://frankzhougq.github.io/article/TE-2019-05-09/
Notes
a simulated Martian habitat
模擬的火星居住地
a group of wide-eyed schoolchildren
睜大眼睛的谨朝，好奇的
become the centrepiece of a resort
最重要的項(xiàng)目
has secured the right to develop 67 square kilometres of the surrounding desert
取得這樣的權(quán)利
money-making possibilities
賺錢的機(jī)會
the country’s quest for space-faring achievement.
追求航空事業(yè)的成就胀屿，a long search for
In the southernmostprovince of Hainan
最南邊
But nearby towns are littered with chintzy attractions.
be littered with sth
to contain or involve a lot of a particular type of thing, usually sth bad 使飽含脆淹，使遍布（一般指不好的東西）
Your essay is littered with spelling mistakes.
你的文章里到處是拼寫錯誤。
廉價(jià)的
They are scaling back development plans in the area.
scale sth down (NAmE also scale sth back)
to reduce the number, size or extent of sth 減少（數(shù)量）；縮小（規(guī)难┧恚或范圍）
We are thinking of scaling down our training programmes next year.
我們考慮在明年縮小培訓(xùn)計(jì)劃。
The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
國際貨幣基金組織已經(jīng)調(diào)低了它對未來十年的增長預(yù)測员舵。
patriotic fervour
愛國的熱情
the first people to set foot on the moon
踏上月球
