所属专辑:新版新概念英语第二册(英音)
歌手: 朗文
时长: 01:43
--- lesson 79 by air[00:00:01]
--- first listen and then answer the question.[00:00:06]
--- why did the plane turn back?[00:00:11]
i used to travel by air a great deal when i was a boy.[00:00:17]
my parents used to live in south america and i used to fly there from europe in the holidays.[00:00:21]
a flight attendant would take charge of me and i never had an unpleasant experience.[00:00:29]
i am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have i ever felt frightened.[00:00:36]
after taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height,[00:00:43]
when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport.[00:00:50]
while we were waiting to land,[00:00:56]
a flight attendant told us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down.[00:00:58]
everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened.[00:01:06]
later we learnt that there was a very important person on board.[00:01:13]
the police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane.[00:01:19]
after we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly.[00:01:24]
fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take off again.[00:01:29]
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