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On December 17, 2019, a big Chinese ship caught the eyes of the whole world. China’s first homemade aircraft carrier (航空母舰) was officially put into service. It is the largest and best ship that China 1． (build) so far.

The new ship is China’s second aircraft carrier and it is called Shandong. China’s first carrier is called Liaoning, which 2． (buy) from Ukraine and later rebuilt by China. The new carrier was designed in China and building 3． (begin) in 2013. It is about 315 meters long and 75 meters wide. That is a bit larger than three soccer fields. The ship must be completed at sea which will take several years.

An aircraft carrier is like an airport on the sea. It 4． (carry) planes and troops to war. Planes fly from and land back on it, and soldiers work and live on it. Thanks to carriers, planes can fight along with warships. They allow planes 5． (take) off and land from anywhere in the ocean around the world. But an aircraft carrier is very hard and expensive to build. It costs a lot of money and needs a large amount of steel and other special materials. For example, a basic aircraft carrier is made of 60, 000 tons of steel! It also 6． (use) complex (综合的) technologies, including radar, electrics, mechanics and weapons. Finally, it takes years to build.

Today, not many countries own an aircraft carrier or have the ability to build one. As China grows stronger, the third aircraft carrier 7． (hit) the water in the near future. China has become one of the countries in the world that can build an aircraft carrier by itself.