By Air

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

我小时候经常乘飞机旅行。

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My parents used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays.

我父母过去住在南美洲，我放假时常从欧洲飞到那里。

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

乘务员会照顾我，我从未有过不愉快的经历。

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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，只有一次感到害怕。

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After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height,

起飞后，我们低空飞过城市，慢慢爬升，

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when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport.

飞机突然掉头飞回了机场。

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While we were waiting to land, a flight attendant told us to keep calm

当我们等待降落时，一位乘务员告诉我们要保持冷静，

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and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down.

飞机一着陆就安静地下飞机。

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Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened.

飞机上的每个人都很担心，我们都很好奇发生了什么事。

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Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board.

后来我们得知飞机上有一位非常重要的人物。

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The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane.

警方接到报告说飞机上被安放了炸弹。

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After we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly.

飞机降落后，被彻底搜查了一番。

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Fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take off again.

幸运的是，什么也没发现，五小时后我们得以再次起飞。