新概念英语第二册 Lesson 79 By air 学习笔记

新概念英语第二册Lesson 79学习笔记 Lesson 79 By air 乘飞机 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why did the plane turn back I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy. 我在幼年的时候，曾多次乘飞机旅行。 My parents used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays. 我的父母曾经住在南美洲，所以假期里我常从欧洲乘飞机到他们那里。 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，从未遇到过不愉快的经历。 I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened. 我习惯了乘飞机旅行，只是有一次把我吓坏了。 After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height, 起飞之后，我们在城市上空低低地飞行，然后慢慢爬高。 when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport. 这时飞机突然调转头来，飞回了机场。 While we were waiting to land, 在我们等待降落时， a flight attendant told us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down. 一位空中乘务员告诉我们要保持镇静，待飞机一着陆，就马上不声不响地离开飞机。 Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened. 飞机上的人都很着急，大家都急于想知道究竟出了什么事。 Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board. 后来我们才得知，飞机上坐了一位非常重要的人物。 The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane. 有人报告警察，说飞机上安放了一枚炸弹。 After we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly. 我们降落之后，飞机被彻底搜查了一遍。 Fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take off again. 幸运的是，什么也没有找到。5个小时后，我们又起飞了。 词汇学习 Word study 1． plant vt. （1）种植；在……内种植： Trees were planted along the river. 河边栽了树。 They planted grass seed on the desolate hills. 他们在那些荒凉的山丘上撒播草籽。 Joe plants his garden with many flowers and vegetables. 乔在他的花园里种植了许多花卉和蔬菜。 （2）放置，安置；布置： A bomb was planted on the plane. 飞机上安放了一枚炸弹。 On that day many policemen were planted along the main street. 那天（城里的）主要街道上部署了许多警察。 2．与take有关的短语动词 take可以与许多小品词连用而产生不同的含义，与同一个小品 词连用时也可以有多种含义，这里仅选其中的一小部分。 （1）take off最常用的含义为“脱下（衣服、鞋子等）”： Why don't you take off your coat/hat/glasses 你为什么不把你的大衣脱掉／帽子摘掉／眼镜摘下？ 它还可以表示“（飞机）起飞”或“（鸟）飞起”： After taking off, we first flew low over the city. 起飞之后，我们先在城市上空低低地飞行。 The plane will take off in half an hour. 飞机将于半小时后起飞。 在口语中，take off可以表示“（嘲弄地）模仿”： As a boy, Jim used to take off his elders. 吉姆小时候经常模仿长者。 （2）take after表示“（长相、性格等）像（父母等）”： Jane isn't easy to get along with. She takes after her mother. 简不大容易相处。她像她母亲。 （3）take up的含义之一为“占（时间、地方等）”： Your books have taken up too much ... ...