Lesson 79 By air

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 traveling 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.


Words & Expressions

* suburb /sʌbɜːrb/ an area where people live which is away from the centre of a town or city

--a suburb of London

--Don't you get bored living out here in the suburbs?

*Outskirts /aʊtskɜːrts/ the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre

--They live on the outskirts of Paris.

--People prefer to live on the outskirts of the city nowadays.

*rural /rʊrəl/ like the countryside or reminding you of the countryside

--rural area

*flight attendant

--Steward/stewardess /stuːərdəs /

--air host/hostess

* thoroughly /θʌroʊli,θʌrəli/

--thoroughly remold oneself 脱胎换骨

--Russian athletes who haven't been thoroughly screened will end up in Rio.

*plant/plænt/ to hide something illegal or stolen that in someone's clothes or possessions to make them seem guilty of a crime

--She claims that the police planted the drugs on her.


Sentences

*Used to +动词原形:(表过去的习惯),常译为“过去常常”或“过去总是”。

He used to go shopping by car.

疑问句:Did he use to go...

否定句:He used not to go.../

                 He didn't use to go.../

                 He never used to go...

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

倒装句起强调作用:Only+介词短语+助动词be/do/have/can/must等+主语+句子其他部分

--Only by doing so can you succeed.

Pronunciation

Occasion /əkeɪʒən/

thoroughly /θʌroʊli,θʌrəli/

airport/world/important/board /r/的发音

感谢小咪的点评:

*单词ever/never,er组合的发音偏英音,r音部分不到位/evər/,此外还有search,同样的问题/sɜːrtʃ/;以及board/bɔːrd/

*able/ˈeibəl/双元音ei发音不准,听起来像梅花音

*fortunately/ˈfɔːrtʃənətli/结尾的短音i发的太重了,听起来像双元音ei

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