西安城墙1374架无人机表演创纪录 1,374 drones dance over ancient city wall

A new Guinness World Record for the "Most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) airborne simultaneously" was created(创造) on April 29 when 1,374 drones(无人机) hovered(飞舞) above an ancient city wall(古城墙) in Xi'an, Shaanxi province.

During the 13-minute drone light show, the 1374 drones, as high-tech pixels in the night sky creating a huge sky curtain which is over 1200 meters long, 100 meters wide, and 260 meters above the wall. The 1374 drones represent(代表) the length(长度) of the 13.74 km ancient city wall. Their dynamic changes create 16 patterns(图案) and icons(图标).

Xi'an was a starting point(起点) of the ancient Silk Road(古丝绸之路), a trade route(贸易路线) connecting(连接) China with central and west Asia, Europe and Africa.

词汇 Words:

[chuàng zào] 创造 create
[fēi wǔ] 飞舞 hover
[dài biǎo] 代表 represent
[lián jiē] 连接 connect
[cháng dù] 长度 length
[tú àn] 图案 pattern
[tú biāo] 图标 icon
[qǐ diǎn] 起点 start point
[jì lù] 纪录 record

重点词汇 Key word:

创

• <动词 v.> start/begin (doing something); create
  E.g. Rúguǒ wúrén chuàngxīn,shìjiè jiāng tíngzhì bùqián。
  如果无人创新,世界将停滞不前。
  If nobody tried a new thing, the world would come to a standstill.

• <形容词 adj.> original; unprecedented
  E.g. Tā zài fānyì lǐlùn fāngmiàn,pō yǒu chuàngjiàn。
  他在翻译理论方面,颇有创见。
  He had a lot of original ideas about translation theories.

• <动词 v.> make profits
  E.g. Zhè jiā gōngchǎng chuànglì yī bǎi duō wàn。
  这家工厂创利一百多万。
  The factory created a profit of over one million yuan.