Me too. I was hoping we could go to the beach today, but it looks like that's out of the question.
我也这么想,我本来希望我们今天去海边,但看来没戏了。
It was the idea of supporting a craft on a 'pad',or cushion, of low-pressure air, ringed with a curtain of higher pressure air.
用一个气垫来支撑船体,低压空或软垫,软垫周围用高压空气环绕。