英語笑話
Mr. Johnson had never been up in an aeroplane before and he had read a lot about air accidents , so one day when a friend offered to take him for a ride in his own small phane, Mr. Johnson was very worried about accepting. Finally, however, his friend persuaded him that it was very safe, and Mr. Johnson boarded the plane.
His friend started the engine and began to taxi onto the runway of the airport. Mr. Johnson had heard that the most dangerous part of a flight was the take-off and the landing, so he was extremely frightened and closed his eyes.
After a minute or two he opened them again, looked out of the window of the plane, and said to his friend, "Look at those people down there. They look as small as ants , don't they?"
Those are ants, answered his friend. "We're still on the ground."
中文翻譯
約翰遜先生從未乘過飛機(jī),他讀過許多關(guān)于飛行事故的報(bào)道。所以,有一天一位朋友邀請(qǐng)他乘自己的小飛機(jī)飛行時(shí),約翰遜先生非常擔(dān)心,不敢接受。不過,由于朋友不斷保證說飛行是很安全的,約翰遜先生終于被說服了,登上了飛機(jī)。
他的朋友啟動(dòng)引擎開始在機(jī)場(chǎng)跑道上滑行。約翰遜先生聽說飛行中最危險(xiǎn)的是起飛與降落,所以他嚇得緊閉雙眼。
過了一兩分鐘,他睜開雙眼朝窗外望去,接著對(duì)朋友說道:“看下面那些人,他們看起來就像螞蟻一樣小,是不是?”
“那些就是螞蟻,”他的朋友答道,“我們還在地面上?!?/p>
詞匯點(diǎn)睛
aeroplane [?e?r?ple?n] n. 飛機(jī)
air accident 飛行事故,飛機(jī)失事
persuade [p??swe?d] v. 說服,勸服
board [b??d] v. 上(船、火車、飛機(jī)、公共汽車等)
engine [?end??n] n. 發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī),引擎
taxi [?t?ks?] v.(指飛機(jī))在地面或水面滑行(尤指起飛前或降落后)
runway [?r?nwe?] n. (飛機(jī)的)跑道
dangerous [?de?nd??r?s] adj. 危險(xiǎn)的
flight [fla?t] n. 航班,飛行
take-off [?te?k?f] n. 起飛
extremely [?k?stri?mli] adv. 極端地,非常地
frightened [?fra?t?nd] adj. 害怕的
ant [?nt] n. 螞蟻
口語實(shí)踐
A First class or economy class?
B Two first class tickets. Non-stop to Tokyo.
A 請(qǐng)問要頭等艙還是經(jīng)濟(jì)艙?
B 兩張頭等艙機(jī)票。直飛東京。
★first class 頭等艙
★economy class 經(jīng)濟(jì)艙
★non-stop [?n?n?st?p] adj.& adv.(指火車、旅行等)中途不停(的),直達(dá)(的)
A Did you buy the tickets yet?
B Not yet. I will buy them tomorrow.
A 你已經(jīng)買機(jī)票了?
B 沒有呢,我明天去買。
A When is the plane boarding?
B The plane has been delayed. I'm not sure.
A 什么時(shí)候登機(jī)?
B 飛機(jī)晚點(diǎn)了。我也不確定。
★delayed [d??le?d] adj. 耽擱的,延遲的
A When should I board the plane?
B The plane will take off in an hour, you should board it before twenty minutes.
A 我應(yīng)該什么時(shí)候登機(jī)?
B 飛機(jī)一小時(shí)后起飛,你需要提前二十分鐘登機(jī)。
笑話文化解讀
美國(guó)航空(American Airlines),或譯美利堅(jiān)航空公司,簡(jiǎn)稱美航,是全世界載客量和機(jī)隊(duì)最大的航空公司。它的總部位于得克薩斯州的沃斯堡,緊鄰達(dá)拉斯-沃斯堡國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng),執(zhí)行的航班遍及整個(gè)美國(guó),還有飛往加拿大、拉丁美洲、西歐、日本、中國(guó)、和印度的航班。1982年,美國(guó)航空成為AMR公司的一個(gè)子公司。2013年,美國(guó)航空原母公司AMR與全美航空原母公司全美航空集團(tuán)完成合并,美國(guó)航空自此成為合并后的美國(guó)航空集團(tuán)之子公司。至2006年2月為止,美國(guó)航空公司共飛往171個(gè)城市、擁有624架各式客機(jī)。美航在美國(guó)-拉丁美洲間的載客量比任何其他航空公司都要高,在2004年達(dá)到89億210萬人次;美航也擁有不小比例的跨洲航線市場(chǎng)。
美國(guó)航空擁有五大樞紐:達(dá)拉斯-沃斯堡國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng)(DFW)、芝加哥奧黑爾國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng)(ORD)、邁阿密國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng)(MIA)、洛杉磯國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng)(LAX)和肯尼迪國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng)(JFK);其中在美航總部所處的達(dá)拉斯-沃斯堡機(jī)場(chǎng),超過84%航班都是美航班機(jī),美航航班來往達(dá)拉斯的目的地也比其他樞紐更多。美航的維修中心設(shè)在突沙(TUL)、堪薩斯市(MCI)和沃斯堡(AFW)。