VOA慢速英语:Solar-powered Plane Aims for Round-the-World Flight

短语讲解：

1. Now, the Swiss team is preparing for a flight around the world in 2015.

prepare for （使）为…作准备; （使）对…有思想准备
例句：It is only prudent to prepare for the consequences.
为由此带来的后果做准备是谨慎之举。

2. Pilot Andre Borschberg says Solar Impulse 2 will be able to fly much longer distances between stops.

be able to 能，会; 能够
例句：Mould you be able to describe a typical day on the job? 
您能描述一下这个职位的日常工作内容吗？ 

3. When we leave the coast of China, we don't know what the weather looks like on the side of the ocean.

look like 看起来与（某人或某物）相像[相似]
例句：It began to look like a deliberate and planned attack. 
这看上去越来越象是有意而有计划的攻击了。