新概念英语第二册Lesson 79 By air乘飞机 讲义

新概念英语第二册第79课 Lesson79 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 travelling 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. New words and expressions生词和短语 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 参考译文 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，从未疆到过不愉 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竞出了什么事。 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。 课文解释 I.I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy.我在幼年的时侯曾多次乘 飞机旅行。 1)句中有个常用的短语used to do sth.,这个短语的意思是“过去经常做 某事（隐含的意思指现在已经不这么做了）”。关于这个短语用法的详细 介绍，大家可以同时参看Lesson31中相关课文解释的内容以及Lesson 55中的语法讲解。 2)介词短语by air-by plane,指“乘飞机”。 3)这句话里要给大家着重解释的就是a great deal这个短语。deal在这里 指“一定的数量或程度，多指比较大的或是不确定的数量或程度”，通 常用作单数，用来修饰不可数名词。例如： A deal of money was spent..花费了若干资金。He had a deal of work to do..他有许 多工作要做。 而a great deal(或：a good deal)虽然形式上是个名词短语，但在后面不接 o短语的情况下，却是在句中充当状语，用来说明或修饰动词或形容词 的，因此实际上是个副词短语。其含义为“大量、许多、非常”。例如： He was a great deal interested in music.他对音乐非常感兴趣。He has changed a great d