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 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.
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我在幼年的时候，曾多次乘飞机旅行。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。我总是由一位空中乘务员照管，从未遇到过不愉快的经历。我习惯了乘飞机旅行，只是有一次把我吓坏了。起飞之后，我们在城市上空低低地飞行，然后慢慢爬高。这时飞机突然调转头来，飞回了机场。在我们等待降落时，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。飞机上的人都很着急，大家都急于想知道究竟出了什么事。后来我们才得知，飞机上坐了一位非常重要的人物。有人报告警察，说飞机上安放了一枚炸弹。我们降落之后，飞机被彻底搜查了一遍。幸运的是，什么也没有找到。5个小时后，我们又起飞了。
parent n. 父（母）亲
flight attendant 空中乘务员
frightened adj. 害怕，担惊
curious adj. 急于了解，好奇的`
bomb n. 炸弹
plant v. 安放
1.I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy.
a great deal很多,大量,…得多，和a lot类似，在这里做副词
例句：Asthma tries him a great deal.
哮喘折磨得他够受。
They entertain a great deal.
他们常常招待客人。
used to表示过去常常做某事
2.A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience.
take charge of控制, 掌管, 承担责
例句：The department was badly organized until she took charge of it.
这个部门在她负责以前组织工作做得很差。
The policeman said he would take charge of the gun.
那个警察说他来看管这支枪。
3.I am used to traveling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened.
only on one occasion have I倒装。
only位于句首修饰状语要倒装
只有倒那时我才将会有机会实现我的梦想.
will 是谓语的一部分因倒装提前了.再如
only in this way can you learn english well
是only引起的倒装句,will 是助动词,如果这个句子正过来说就是 i will have a chance of
achieving my dream only then
在句首的only如果后面跟了副词、介词短语或从句等状语，则主句用倒装结构。如only后跟
的是主语，就不用倒装结构了。例如：
only when the war was over in 1918 was he able to get back to work．
only in this way can you learn english well．
only after a bitter struggle was the aim achieved．
only the teachers are allowed to use the room．（不倒装）
only five men were hurt in the accident．（不倒装）
注意，only和所修饰的状语如果不在句首，则不倒装。
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