I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy.
我在幼年的時候,曾多次乘飛機旅行.
My parents used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays.
我的父母曾經(jīng)住在南美洲,所以假期里我常從歐洲乘飛機到他們那里.
A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience.
我總是由一位空中乘務員照管,從未遇到過不愉快的經(jīng)歷.
I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened.
我習慣了乘飛機旅行,只是有一次把我嚇壞了.
After taking off,we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height,
起飛之后,我們在城市上空低低地飛行,然后慢慢爬高.
when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport.
這時飛機突然調轉頭來,飛回了機場.
While we were waiting to land,
在我們等待降落時,
a flight attendant told us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down.
一位空中乘務員告訴我們要保持鎮(zhèn)靜,待飛機一著陸,就馬上不聲不響地離開飛機.
Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened.
飛機上的人都很著急,大家都急于想知道究竟出了什么事.
Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board.
后來我們才得知,飛機上坐了一位非常重要的人物.
The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane.
有人報告警察,說飛機上安放了一枚炸彈.
After we had landed,the plane was searched thoroughly.
我們降落之后,飛機被徹底搜查了一遍.
Fortunately,nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take off again.
幸運的是,什么也沒有找到.5個小時后,我們又起飛了.