新概念英语第二册第79课-By air

新概念英语第二册第79课:By air

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 travelling 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 生词和短语

parent

n. 父（母）亲

flight attendant

空中乘务员

frightened

adj. 害怕，担惊

curious

adj. 急于了解，好奇的

bomb

n. 炸弹

plant

v. 安放

Lesson 79 自学导读First things first

课文详注 Further notes on the text

1． A flight attendent would take charge of me 我总是由一位空中乘务员照管

would表示过去经常发生的事，它与 used to的区别参见第55 课语法。 take charge(of)为固定短语，表示“接管”、“开始管理”等：

She took charge of the child after his parents died.

孩子的父母去世后，她接管了那孩子。

The new manager will take charge (of the company) from next week.

新经理从下星期开始管理公司。

2． only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened. 只是有一次把我吓坏了。

这是一个倒装句。倒装句的结构为“副词+助动词(be, do, have, can, must等)+主语+句子的其余部分”。它通常用来

加强语气，是典型的正式修辞和正式文体。用倒装句的情况包括：

（1）句首为否定或近似否定的副词(never, rarely, little, on no occasion, hardly, no sooner than等)：Never has he got so many letters.

他从未收到过这么多信。

Little does he realize how important this meeting is.

他对这个会议的重要性知之甚少。

On no occasion must you accept any money if he offers it.

他如果给你钱，你可绝不能接受。

Hardly had he begun his speech when he was interrupted.

他刚开始讲话就被人打断了。

No sooner had he returned than he bought a house and went to live there.