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北京直飞约翰尼斯堡航班即将开通

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2015-09-01 06:59 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Air China will begin running direct flights between Beijing and South Africa's Johannesburg on Oct. 29, the airline announced on Tuesday.

中国国际航空公司周二宣布，该公司将于10月29日开通北京直飞南非约翰尼斯堡的航班。

A Boeing 777-300ER will leave the Chinese capital for Johannesburg three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, and return to Beijing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

This, the first air route offered by Air China between the Chinese mainland¹ and South Africa, and also the airline's first route to Africa, will shorten² the previous travel time between Beijing and Johannesburg to about 14 hours.

China has become Africa's largest trading partner in recent years, with trade volume between the two growing significantly³ to around 222 billion U.S. dollars in 2014.

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1 mainland
n.大陆，本土
参考例句：
The new bridge will link the island to the mainland.新的桥梁将把该岛与大陆连接在一起。 Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on mainland.香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于大陆。

2 shorten
vt.弄短，缩小，减少
参考例句：
Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car.小事故会缩短汽车寿命。 My dress is too long I must shorten it.我的连衣裙太长了，我得把它截短些。

3 significantly
adv.意味深长地；值得注目地
参考例句：
Prices did not alter significantly during 2004. 2004年期间，价格没有大的变化。 American English is significantly different from British English. 美国英语与英国英语有很大差异。

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