By air

【課文】

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.

【課文翻譯】

我在幼年的時候，曾多次乘飛機旅行。我的父母曾經(jīng)住在南美洲，所以假期里我常從歐洲乘飛機到他們那里。我總是由一位空中乘務(wù)員照管，從未遇到過不愉快的經(jīng)歷。我習(xí)慣了乘飛機旅行，只是有一次把我嚇壞了。起飛之后，我們在城市上空低低地飛行，然后慢慢爬高。這時飛機突然調(diào)轉(zhuǎn)頭來，飛回了機場。在我們等待降落時，一位空中乘務(wù)員告訴我們要保持鎮(zhèn)靜，待飛機一著陸，就馬上不聲不響地離開飛機。飛機上的人都很著急，大家都急于想知道究竟出了什么事。后來我們才得知，飛機上坐了一位非常重要的人物。有人報告警察，說飛機上安放了一枚炸彈。我們降落之后，飛機被徹底搜查了一遍。幸運的是，什么也沒有找到。5個小時后，我們又起飛了。

【生詞匯總】

parent n. 父(母)親

flight attendant 空中乘務(wù)員

frightened adj. 害怕，擔(dān)驚

curious adj. 急于了解，好奇的

bomb n. 炸彈

plant v. 安放

【知識點講解】

1. I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy.

我在幼年的時候，曾多次乘飛機旅行。

①used to +do 表示過去常常做某事，而be used to +doing 則表示習(xí)慣做某事。

②by+交通工具 這個也是一個很常見的用法，表示乘坐某某工具。

③a great deal 表示很多，大量。如果修飾名詞則為a great deal of+n，這里名詞則為不可數(shù)名詞。

You have spent a great deal of time and effort on this project, I believe you will succeed.

你在這個項目上花了大量時間和心血，我相信你會成功的。

④這個句子是一個時間狀語從句。when引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句的謂語動詞可以是延續(xù)性動詞，也可以是瞬時動詞，有時when就表示“就在那時”。如：

When I studied in the library, She called me.

我在圖書館學(xué)習(xí)的時候她給我來電話了。

2. take charge of 照管，負(fù)責(zé)，擔(dān)任

in charge of 管理，負(fù)責(zé)照料 in the charge of 由……照顧

Don't worry, I will take charge of the baby when you are away.

別擔(dān)心，你不在的時候我會照顧好孩子的。

3. 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.

起飛之后，我們在城市上空低低地飛行，然后慢慢爬高。

①這是一個after引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句，表示主句動作fly發(fā)生在從句動作take off之后。類似的句子比如：

After her made the statement, we knew how the accident happened.

在她做完陳述后我們了解了整個事故的經(jīng)過。

②詞組take off除了表示起飛，還可表示脫掉;出名;匆匆離開;取消等。 turn round 旋轉(zhuǎn);轉(zhuǎn)身;改變

4. 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.

在我們等待降落時，一位空中乘務(wù)員告訴我們要保持鎮(zhèn)靜，待飛機一著陸，就馬上不聲不響地離開飛機。

①land 著陸;登岸;下(船、飛機等)，相反地，上船、飛機等則是board。

land at +someplace 在某處著陸 /登岸

②keep calm →keep+adj. 保持某種狀態(tài) 如keep silent 保持安靜;保持沉默

③as soon as 一……就……，剛……便…… 表示“A事情發(fā)生以后，就做B這件事”，這個短語在句子中的位置很靈活，可以用于各種時態(tài)。

As soon as I came in the room, the door bell rang.

我剛進房間門鈴就響了。

I will call you as soon as I arrives in Beijing.

我一到北京就給你打電話。

④touch down 【航空】著陸 【橄欖球】觸地得分

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