裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记第79课

Lesson 79 By air乘飞机

Why did the plane turn back?

I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My parents used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays. A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience. I am used to traveling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened. After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height, when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport. While we were waiting to land, a flight attendant told us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down. Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened. Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board. The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane. After we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly. Fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take off again.

参考译文

我在幼年的时候，曾多次乘飞机旅行。我的父母曾经住在南美洲，所以假期里我常从欧洲乘飞机到他们那里。我总是由一位空中乘务员照管，从未遇到过不愉快的经历。我习惯了乘飞机旅行，只是有一次把我吓坏了。起飞之后，我们在城市上空低低地飞行，然后慢慢爬高。这时飞机突然调转头来，飞回了机场。在我们等待降落时，一位空中乘务员告诉我们要保持镇静，待飞机一着陆，就马上不声不响地离开飞机。飞机上的人都很着急，大家都急于想知道究竟出了什么事。后来我们才得知，飞机上坐了一位非常重要的人物。有人报告警察，说飞机上安放了一枚炸弹。我们降落之后，飞机被彻底搜查了一遍。幸运的是，什么也没有找到。5个小时后，我们又起飞了。

【New words and expressions】（6）

parent

1)n．父母(pl．)（通常以复数的形式出现）

eg. John and Mary have become parents.

约翰和玛莉已为人父母了。

relation 家人

to invite all your relations to dinner

（邀请全家人来吃饭）

relative （正式）家人，亲戚（更常用）

eg. My uncle is my nearest relative.

我的叔父是我最亲的亲人。

2) n．（定语）能繁殖的任何生物

the parent tree 母树

parent company 母公司

Parentage 出身，身世

a child of unknown parentage 身世不明的小孩

Parenthood 父母的身份或情况

flight attendant空中乘务员

air-hostess 空姐

flight n．

1)班机，航班

eg. Flight number 447 for Geneva is ready to leave.

飞往日内瓦的447次航班准备出发。

2)航程，飞行距离

a straight flight towards home直航回家

3)航空旅程

eg. Did you have a good flight? 你搭乘飞机一路愉快吗？

attendant n．（公共场所照顾游客的）服务员

a flight attendant 空中乘务员

a museum attendant 博物馆接待员

shop assistant （在店里工作的）店员

frightened adj．受惊的，吃惊的

eg. The frightened horse ran away from the fire.

受惊的马从大火中逃跑了。

He was frightened at the thought of his coming examination.

一想到即将到来的考试他就害怕。

She was frightened to look down from the top of the tall building.她害怕从高楼顶上往下看。

The little girl was frightened that her mother wouldn't come back.小女孩怕她妈妈不回来了。

afraid adj. 害怕的

be afraid of 害怕某物

be afraid of dogs 害怕狗

be afraid that 害怕某事物（后面加从句）

be afraid to do 害怕做某事

frightening adj．令人受惊的

a frightening dream 吓人的梦

frightful adj．可怕的，惊人的

a frightful scene 可怕的景象

frighten

1)V。使吃惊，惊吓

eg. The little girl was frightened by the big dog.

那个小女孩被大狗吓到了。