体验世界文化之旅阅读文库速度的追求

样章

作者：

PETER GOSLING

定价：

39.00 元

版面字数：

196千字

开本：

32开

装帧形式：

平装

页数：

暂无

最新
印次时间：

2017年12月

ISBN：

978-7-04-049028-2

物料号：

49028-00

出版时间：

2017年12月

读者对象：

高等教育

一级分类：

外语类

二级分类：

大学英语

三级分类：

大学英语阅读

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目录
- 前辅文
- The Quest for Speed
  - Introduction
- Chapter 01 Speed Over Land
  - • On Foot or by Wheel
  - – Early roads
  - – Stagecoaches
  - – Tools of the trade
  - • Steam Power—Britain and America on the Move
  - – Railway travel in England
  - – Isambard Kingdom Brunel
  - – American railroads
  - – Gathering steam
  - • Twenty-First-Century Railways
  - – The Channel Tunnel
  - – High-speed trains
  - • The Internal Combustion Engine
  - – The horseless carriage
  - – Racing improves the breed
  - Brooklands
  - Indianapolis
  - Le Mans
  - Grand Prix races
  - • Two Wheels
  - – Bicycles
  - – Motorbikes
  - – Motorcycle racing
- Chapter 02 Speed Over Water
  - • From Dug-Out to Sail
  - – Improvements in navigation
  - • When Sail was King: The Clippers
  - • When Sail was King: The Fighting Ships
  - • The First Steamers
  - • The Atlantic Crossing
  - – The slave trade
  - – Cutting the journey time
  - – Rowing across
  - • The Australia Route
  - • Round the World Sailing Races
  - – The great sailing races
  - • High Speed on the Water—Power Boats
  - • Ground Effect Vehicles
- Chapter 03 Speed Through the Air: The Early Days
  - • Man’s Desire to Fly
  - • Balloons
  - • Dirigibles and Airships
  - • Powered Flight
  - – Aeroplanes
  - – The Schneider Trophy races
  - • Crossing the Channel by Air
  - • The First Passenger-Carrying Flights: 1918–1952
  - • Opening up the World—the Birth of Long-Haul Flights: 1918–1949
  - • Flying Eastwards: 1918–1939
  - • Trail Blazers and Record Breakers: 1925–1937
  - – Success for Alan Cobham
  - – “Amy, Wonderful Amy”
  - – Alex Henshaw
  - – Charles Lindbergh
  - – Amelia Earhart
  - • The Challenge of the Pacific: 1932–1939
  - • West to East by Imperial Airways: 1931–1939
- Chapter 04 Speed Through the Air: The Age of the Jet
  - • Designing the Jet
  - • The Jet Fighters
  - • Breaking the Sound Barrier
  - • The First Commercial Jet Services
  - • Concorde
  - • Air Speed Records
  - • Measuring Speed
  - • Variations on the Theme of Flight
  - – Rotating wing machines
  - – Flying cars 187 iv
- Chapter 05 The Future
  - • Rockets
  - – The scramjet
  - • Space Travel
  - – Moon landings
  - – Visiting Mars
  - – The Space Shuttle
  - – Commercial space travel
  - • The Future of Travel: Faster, Further, Smarter?
  - • Or WiIl It Be Greener?
- Appendices
  - • Places
  - • People
- Exercises