Lesson 79 By air 乘飛機(jī)
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.
句子講解:
1、I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy.
當(dāng)我還是個小孩子的時候,曾多次乘飛機(jī)旅行。
2、My parents used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays.
我的父母曾住在南美洲,所以假期里我常從歐洲乘飛機(jī)到他們那里
語言點 文章連續(xù)使用三個used to do突出小時候常做的事情,現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)不再這樣。
3、A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience.
我總是由一位空中乘務(wù)員照管,從未有過不嫌快的經(jīng)歷。
語言點 take charge of = take care of 負(fù)責(zé),照料
4、I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened.
我習(xí)慣了乘飛機(jī)旅行,只有一次經(jīng)歷把我嚇壞了。
語言點 sb. be used to doing某人習(xí)慣了做某事