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On April 26，2017，a big Chinese ship caught the eyes of the whole world．China's first homemade aircraft carrier-（航空母舰）hit the water in Dalian，Liaoning．It is the largest and best ship China has ever built．
The new ship is China's second aircraft carrier and it has n o name yet．China's first carrier is called Liaoning，which was bought from Ukraine and later rebuilt by China．The new carrier was designed in China and building began in 2013．It is about 315 meters long and 75 meters wide．That is a bit larger than three soccer fields．The ship must be completed at sea，which will take several years．
An aircraft carrier is like an airport on the sea．It can carry planes and troops to war．Planes fly from and land back on it，and soldiers work and live on it．Thanks to carriers，planes can fight along with warships．They allow planes to take off and land from anywhere in the ocean around the world．
But an aircraft carrier is very hard and expensive to build．It costs a lot of money and needs a large amount of steel and other special materials．For example，a basic aircraft carrier is made of 60，000 tons of steel!It also uses complex（综合的）technologies，including radar，electrics，mechanics and weapons．Finally，it takes years to build．
Today，not many countries own an aircraft carrier or have the ability to build one．When the new carrier is finished，China will become the seventh country in the world that can build an aircraft carrier by itself，after the US，Russia，UK，France，Italy and Spain．
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61．请将文中划线句子翻译成汉语．
62．What is the size of the new aircraft carrier of China？
63．Please describe two uses of an aircraft carrier．
①It can carry planes and troops to war．
②Planes can fly from and land back on it
64．请将句子补充完整，使其意思连贯．
To build an aircraft carrier needsspecial materialsandcomplex technologies besides money，steel and quite a long time．
65．Today，our motherland has the ability to build our own aircraft carrier．What do
you think of it？
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