新概念英语第二册

LESSON 79

by Air

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原文

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 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 learned 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.

译文

当我还是个孩子的时候,我经常乘飞机旅行。我的父母曾经住在南美洲,我经常在假期从欧洲飞往那里。空乘人员会照顾我,我从未有过不愉快的经历。我习惯了乘飞机旅行,只有一次我感到害怕。

起飞后,我们在城市上空低空飞行,慢慢升高高度,突然掉头飞回机场。当我们等待降落时,空乘人员告诉我们要保持冷静,飞机一落地就安静地下机。船上的每个人都很担心,我们很好奇到底发生了什么事。后来我们得知,船上有一个非常重要的人。

警方被告知飞机上安放了一枚炸弹。我们降落后,飞机被彻底搜查。幸运的是,什么也没找到,五个小时后我们又能够起飞了。