新课标英语阅读 96：两个航班
When George was thirty-five,当乔治35岁
he bought a small plane and learned to fly it.他买了一架小型飞机,并开始学习驾驶。
He soon became very good and made his plane do all kinds of tricks.他很快就能很娴熟地驾机做各种各样的特技飞行了。
George h ad a friend named Mark.乔治h广告一个朋友名叫马克。
One day George agreed to take Mark up in his plane.一天,乔治同意采取马克在他的飞机。
Mark thought, "I've traveled in a big plane several times,马克心想,“我在一个大飞机旅行几次,
but I've never been in a small one, so I'll go.'"但我从来没有乘过小飞机,我不妨试一试。”
They went up, and George flew around for half an hour升空后,乔治飞了有半个小时
and did all kinds of tricks in the air.和做各种各样的特技飞行在空中。
When they Ianded, Mark felt very afraid.当他们Ianded,马克感到非常害怕。
George was very glad to be back safely.乔治很高兴能平安归来。
Mark said to his friend, "Well,George,马克说,他的朋友,“好吧,乔治,
thank you very much for those two flights in your plane. "谢谢你这两个航班的飞机。“
George was very surprised and asked, "Two flights? "乔治非常吃惊地问:“两次飞行?“
"Yes, my first and my last, " Mark answered.“是的,我的第一次和最后一次。”马克答道。
WORD BANK
trick n.表演绝技;诡计
戏法-v.欺骗
travel v.旅行
flew v.fly的过去式
