愚人笑話：10、 First flight 第一次坐飛機

10. First flight

Mr. Johnson had never been up in a plane before and he had read a lot about air accidents, so one day when a friend offered1 to take him for a ride in his own small plane, Mr. Johnson was very worried about accepting. Finally, however, his friend persuaded2 him that it was very safe, and Mr. Johnson boarded the plane.

His friend started the engine and began to slide onto the runway of the airport. Mr. Johnson had heard that the most dangerous part of a flight were the take-off and the landing, so he was extremely frightened and closed his eyes.

After a minute or two he opened them again, looked out of the window of the plane, and said to his friend, "Look at those people down there. They look as small as ants, don't they?"

Those are ants, answered his friend. "We're still on the ground."

Notes:

1. offer 主動提供，主動要求

2. persuade 勸說

第一次坐飛機

約翰遜先生以前從未乘過飛機，他讀過許多關于飛行事故的報道。所以，有一天一位朋友邀請他乘自己的小飛機飛行時，約翰遜先生非常擔心，不敢接受。不過，由于朋友不斷保證說飛行是很安全的，約翰遜先生終于被說服了，登上了飛機。

他的朋友啟動引擎開始在機場跑道上滑行。約翰遜先生聽說飛行中最危險的是起飛與降落，所以他嚇得緊閉雙眼。

過了一兩分鐘，他睜開雙眼朝窗外望去，對朋友說道：“看下面那些人，他們看起來就像螞蟻一樣小，是不是？”

“那些就是螞蟻”，他的朋友答道，“我們還在地面上。”

Useful link:

1903年12月17日，美國的威爾伯·萊特和奧維爾·萊特兄弟倆設計制造的“飛行者”號飛機在美國北卡羅來納州的基蒂霍克試飛成功，這是世界上公認的第一架飛上天空的可操縱載人動力飛機。