When George was thirty-five,當(dāng)喬治35歲
he bought a small plane and learned to fly it.他買了一架小型飛機(jī),并開始學(xué)習(xí)駕駛。
He soon became very good and made his plane do all kinds of tricks.他很快就能很嫻熟地駕機(jī)做各種各樣的特技飛行了。
George h ad a friend named Mark.喬治h廣告一個(gè)朋友名叫馬克。
One day George agreed to take Mark up in his plane.一天,喬治同意采取馬克在他的飛機(jī)。
Mark thought, "I've traveled in a big plane several times,馬克心想,“我在一個(gè)大飛機(jī)旅行幾次,
but I've never been in a small one, so I'll go.'"但我從來(lái)沒有乘過小飛機(jī),我不妨試一試。”
They went up, and George flew around for half an hour升空后,喬治飛了有半個(gè)小時(shí)
and did all kinds of tricks in the air.和做各種各樣的特技飛行在空中。
When they Ianded, Mark felt very afraid.當(dāng)他們Ianded,馬克感到非常害怕。
George was very glad to be back safely.喬治很高興能平安歸來(lái)。
Mark said to his friend, "Well,George,馬克說,他的朋友,“好吧,喬治,
thank you very much for those two flights in your plane. "謝謝你這兩個(gè)航班的飛機(jī)。“
George was very surprised and asked, "Two flights? "喬治非常吃驚地問:“兩次飛行?“
"Yes, my first and my last, " Mark answered.“是的,我的第一次和最后一次。”馬克答道。
WORD BANK
trick n.表演絕技;詭計(jì)
戲法-v.欺騙
travel v.旅行
flew v.fly的過去式