文档介绍：Fastest Car in the World

世界上速度最快的车

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Fastest Car in the World 世界上速度最快的车

1,000mph Target for British Car 英国制造时速达1000英里/小时的高速汽车

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A British team has begun building a car designed to smash all previous land
speed records and go faster than even the speed of sound.

The supersonic car, called Bloodhound, is expected to reach an awe-
inspiring 1,000mph (1,610km/h), while sound travels at around 760mph
(1,223km/h).

The car, which looks more like a plane without wings thanks to its sleek,
aerodynamic frame, will also travel much faster than most passenger
aircraft, which is why the man chosen to drive it is actually a pilot.

mander Andy Green will be in the hot seat for the car’s record
attempt, and is hoping to break the present land speed record of 763mph
(1,228km/h) which he himself set in 1997.

The time trial is scheduled for 2011 and will take place on a 10-mile-long
track in a desert in South Africa.

But while achieving such speeds would undoubtedly be a major
plishment, Andy Green says the project is about more than this.

He said the aim was to “create an iconic project that can inspire the nation
and the nation’s schools to have an interest in science and engineering.”

“If it gets kids from around the world m