Lesson 79

I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy.
当我还是个孩子的时候，我经常乘飞机旅行。
My parents used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays.
我的父母过去住在南美洲，我过去常在假期里从欧洲飞到那里。
A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience.
一名空乘人员会负责照顾我，而且我从未有过一次不愉快的经历。
I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened.
我习惯于乘飞机旅行，只有一次我感到害怕。
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.
起飞后，我们正低空飞过城市上空，缓慢爬升高度，这时飞机突然掉头飞回了机场。
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.
当我们正等待降落时，一名空乘人员告诉我们要保持冷静，并在飞机一降落就安静地离开。
Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened.
船上的每个人都感到担心，我们很好奇想查明发生了什么。
Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board.
后来我们得知，船上有一位非常重要的人物。
The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane.
警方接到报案说，飞机上被安置了炸弹。
After we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly.
在我们着陆后，飞机被彻底搜查了一番。
Fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take off again.
幸运的是，什么也没发现，五个小时后我们得以再次起飞。