王青
【New words and expressions】生詞和短語（6）
parent n. 父（母）親
flight attendant 空中乘務員
frightened adj. 害怕，擔驚
curious adj. 急于了解，好奇的
bomb n. 炸彈
plant v. 安放
★plant v. 安放
① vt. 種植；在……內種植
They planted grass seed on the desolate hills.
② vt. 放置，安置；布置
A bomb was planted on the plane.
On that day many policemen were planted along the main street.
【Text】
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.
參考譯文
我在幼年的時候，曾多次乘飛機旅行。我的父母曾經住在南美洲，所以假期里我常從歐洲乘飛機到他
們那里。我總是由一位空中乘務員照管，從未遇到過不愉快的經歷。我習慣了乘飛機旅行，只是有一次把
我嚇壞了。起飛之后，我們在城市上空低低地飛行，然后慢慢爬高。這時飛機突然調轉頭來，飛回了機場。
在我們等待降落時，一位空中乘務員告訴我們要保持鎮靜，待飛機一著陸，就馬上不聲不響地離開飛機。
飛機上的人都很著急，大家都急于想知道究竟出了什么事。后來我們才得知，飛機上坐了一位非常重要的
人物。有人報告警察，說飛機上安放了一枚炸彈。我們降落之后，飛機被徹底搜查了一遍。幸運的是，什
么也沒有找到。5 個小時后，我們又起飛了。
【課文講解】
1、A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience.
take charge (of)… 照顧……，接管，開始管理
She took charge of the child after his parents died.
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The new manager will take charge (of the company) from next week.
2、I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened.
倒裝句，倒裝句的結構為“副詞+助動詞（be，do，have，can，must等）+主語 +句子的其余部分”。
用倒裝句的情況：
① 句首為否定或近似否定的副詞（never，rarely，little，on no occasion，hardly，no sooner…that等）：
Little does he realize how important this meeting is.
Never has he got so many letters.
On no occasion must you accept any money if he offers it.
② 句首為only構成的詞組（如only after，only then 等）：
Only then did I realize what a mistake I have made.
Only after she had taken off her coat and hat could I recognize her.
如果 only 加上一個狀語放在句首，那么就要用倒裝語序。即把肯定句語序變成一般疑問句語序。
It is only in recent years that it gained bad reputation. 強調句型
Only in recent years did the tree gain bad reputation. 倒裝句也表示強調
be used to doing sth. 習慣于做某事
3、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.
take off 起飛
gain height （飛機）增加高度，爬高（gain vt. 增加）
The car gained speed when it was outside the town.
He has gained so much weight that he decides to go on a diet.
touch down （飛機）著陸，降落
Don’t stand up before the plane has touched down.
4、Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened.
on board 在……（如飛機）上，搭乘（船、飛機、火車、汽車等）
Tom has never been on board a plane before.
【Special Difficulties】
與take有關的短語動詞
take off
① 脫下（衣服、鞋子等）
Why don’t you take off your coat/hat/glasses?
②（飛機）起飛，（鳥）飛起
The plane will take off in half an hour.
③（嘲弄地_____）模仿（口語）
He takes people off so well he ought to go on the stage.
He is always taking his teacher off.
=He is always making fun of him by imitating him.
take after （長相、性格等）像（父母等）
Jane isn’t easy to get along with. She takes after her mother.
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take up
① 占（時間、地點等）
This work won’t take up too much of your time.
Your books have taken up too much space.
② 開始（從事、產生興趣等）
He took up tennis/painting two years ago.
He has taken up French. =He has begun to learn French.
take to 養成……的習慣，開始沉緬于（后跟名詞或動名詞）
When did he take to drinking/smoking?
take in 欺騙（口語，常用被動語態）
On one occasion I was taken in.
take down 寫下，記下
I forgot to take down his telephone number.
The reporter took down everything I said.
take over 接收，接管
We all hope that things will get better when the new manager takes over.