【原】CNN：会见波音777最年轻的女机长

(CNN) — Becoming a pilot is far from easy, but challenging gender stereotypes and becoming a female aviator is even harder.

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CNN-成为一名飞行员是不容易的，但挑战性别的陈规旧俗和成为一名女生

far from远离，一点也不

e.g. They suggest that although such people are far from peaceful they are also far from war like. 【经济学人-科技】

他们说，虽然这些人远不是和平之士，但他们也远不是好战之人。

stereotype老套，模式化的见解

e.g.The stereotype of the woman as the carer.

把妇女当成护理工的陈规旧俗。

aviator飞行员（someone who operates an aircraft）

e.g.Charles Lindbergh, an American aviator, wasclueless enough to be used by both the Nazis and the Americans.【经济学人-文艺】

美国飞行员查尔斯·林德伯格太过愚笨，纳米党人和美国人都利用了他。

This didn't stop Indian pilot Anny Divya from trailblazing her way to the top.Thirty-year-old Divya is now the youngest female commander of a Boeing 777 aircraft in the world.

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这也不法阻止印度飞行员安尼·迪维亚（Anny Divya）成为顶级飞行员。30岁的安尼·迪维亚（AnnyDivya）现在是世界上波音777最年青的女机长。

trailblazing领导性的，带头的

e.g. trailblazing research; a trailblazing new technique.

开拓性研究；一种开创性新手法。

Divya holds thehigh position with Air India -- the culmination of a childhood dream of flying the skies.

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安尼·迪维亚（Anny Divya）持有印度航空的高级职位——一个童年飞翔的梦想的顶点

culmination顶点，高潮

e.g.Thi beautiful new campus is the culmination of a lifelong dream.【超能陆战队】

这座美丽的新校园是人类毕生梦想的至高点。

Dreamingbig

Anny Divya wanted to be a pilot from a young age.

"I always wanted to become a pilot, from my childhood," Divya tells CNNTravel. "I didn't have anybody around who knew about piloting at that time. I had no guidance [...] I just wanted to fly."

Divya was fueled by her passion and determined to succeed. She looked for people who might point her in the right direction. Eventually she was sent an advertisement for flying school by a friend and she applied at the age of 17.

"I got selected," she recalls -- but this marked the beginning of a steep learning curve.

Many of Divya's new course mates had flying experience -- or family who worked in the aviation industry.

For Divya, it was all brand new.

"I had no clue about any aircraft, technology, nothing," she says. "I'd never had any flying background or anybody to guide me, the whole subject was very new to me."

Determination to succeed

On top of this, Divya found there were cultural differences to overcome.

She hails from Vijayawada, a small city in the south eastern part of India. Arriving in Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, was a shock.

"I had issues with the language and cultural changes, even the way I would dress was different because I came from a smaller city," Divya says. "The others were from good cities and had gone to good schools and colleges [...] I had language barriers, I had cultural barriers."

Itwas tough, Divya recalls, but she had a strong work ethic and was committed to succeeding.

"Weall have some success stories and failures -- but we have to focus on what we need and to keep learning," she says. "I wanted to become a pilot,that's what I wanted to do. So even though I was not doing OK initially, I was very determined to just do it."

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