Lesson 79 By air 乘飞机

　　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.

　　句子讲解：

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

　　当我还是个小孩子的时候，曾多次乘飞机旅行。

　　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，所以假期里我常从欧洲乘飞机到他们那里

　　语言点 文章连续使用三个used to do突出小时候常做的事情，现在已经不再这样。

　　3、A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience.

　　我总是由一位空中乘务员照管，从未有过不嫌快的经历。

　　语言点 take charge of = take care of 负责，照料

　　4、I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened.

　　我习惯了乘飞机旅行，只有一次经历把我吓坏了。

　　语言点 sb. be used to doing某人习惯了做某事