2019-05-09

Space-themed tourism is taking off in China
The red planet is far away, but the Gobi desert isn’t
原文来源：The Economist 2019-5-3

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https://frankzhougq.github.io/article/TE-2019-05-09/

Notes

a simulated Martian habitat
模拟的火星居住地

a group of wide-eyed schoolchildren
睁大眼睛的，好奇的

become the centrepiece of a resort
最重要的项目

has secured the right to develop 67 square kilometres of the surrounding desert
取得这样的权利

money-making possibilities
赚钱的机会

the country’s quest for space-faring achievement.
追求航空事业的成就，a long search for

In the southernmostprovince of Hainan
最南边

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 使饱含，使遍布（一般指不好的东西）
Your essay is littered with spelling mistakes.
你的文章里到处是拼写错误。

廉价的

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 减少（数量）；缩小（规模或范围）
We are thinking of scaling down our training programmes next year.
我们考虑在明年缩小培训计划。
The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
国际货币基金组织已经调低了它对未来十年的增长预测。

patriotic fervour
爱国的热情

the first people to set foot on the moon
踏上月球