4、He said the 300 metre (990-foot) former Soviet carrier, originally called the Varyag, was being overhauled.
8、The refurbished ship will be used as a model for China's first indigenously built aircraft carrier, which, unlike the Varyag, will be nuclear-powered.
12、*1998年從烏克蘭購買的蘇式航母瓦良格號（Varyag）正在進行修復，預期將作爲演練之用。
5、In 2009, Varyag was hauled into a shipyard for renovation. 11 months later, new inverted rails were put on deck.
10、In early1998 a Macau-based company, Chin Lot Tourist and Amusement Agency bought the Varyag for$20 million dollars, with the announced intent of turning it into a floating amusement park and gambling casino in Macau.
3、In Soviet hands it was the Varyag (a sister ship is the only operational carrier in Russia's navy).
11、Its sister ship the Kuznetsov survived, but by the time the Soviet Union ceased to exist, the Varyag was a white elephant marooned off a port in the Black Sea.
7、At a coastal city farther north, Dalian, the navy has been rebuilding an ex-Soviet aircraft carrier, the Varyag, which is expected to be operational this year.
6、Our American friends all know that China bought an old aircraft carrier, the Varyag, from Ukraine. It's very valuable for us to research these things this way.
9、The Varyag was originally built for the Soviet navy but construction was interrupted by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
2、Besides, Varyag is just a beautiful ship and a real flagman of the Fleet.
1、The carrier Varyag was purchased from Ukraine in 1998 and brought to Dalian in 2002.
