跟aci背单词学航空方面的英语2-ag真人试玩平台

第二集 致命爬升——西加勒比航空708号班机
episode 2 "the plane that flew too high"/"fatal climb"
www.tudou.com/programs/view/cakdxiahytu/
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narrator: a scene of devastation in a region of venezuela confirms the fate of a passenger jet.
controller: whiskey charlie whiskey 708, position if possible.
narrator: west caribbean airways 708 has dropped from the sky while flying at over 30,000 feet.
man: it took off from panama. it's a colombian operator. there was[were] 160 french citizens on board[1].
man: the biggest accident that has ever occurred in the venezuelan territory.
narrator: investigators hope the crew's last words...
captain: west 708!
controller: do you have a problem on board?
narrator: ...will help them pinpoint the cause of the crash.
captain: affirmative, now we've had a flame-out on[2] both engines.
narrator: but instead, the deepens.
f/o: it's a stall captain, it's a stall!
narrator: the pilots can't agree on[3] why the plane is falling. now it's up to investigators to figure it out.

word list
1. devastation* n. 毁坏；极度震惊或悲伤
【示例】a scene of total/complete/utter devastation/destruction 一幅满目疮痍的景象
devastating adj. 毁灭性的，灾难性的；惊人的，可怕的
└ 【例句】a burnt-out hole is all that's left of asiana airlines 214 after a devastating crash landing. 经历一次毁灭性的迫降后，韩亚航空214号班机只剩下一个烧穿的大洞。(s13e11特辑)
but what they get instead is devastating news. 但他们等到的却是令人震惊的消息。(s12e10波兰总统专机)
devastate vt. 毁灭；破坏
└【例句】learjet victor-mike-charlie has devastated mexico city's district. 里尔喷射机vmc重创墨西哥市的金融区。(s14e08墨西哥城公务机)
2. remote* adj. 边远的，偏僻的；久远的；极小的，微乎其微的
【示例】the past 遥远的过去 a 微乎其微的可能性
【例 句】when you talk about an accident in the grand canyon, you're talking about both hostile, inaccessible, and dangerous. 发生在大峡谷的空难就是环境恶劣、不易到达和偏远危险的组合体。(s12e06大峡谷空难)
2. territory n. 领土
【aci用词】soil 国土；territory 领土（均用在指国家的形容词后）
3. desperate* adj. 绝望的；不顾一切的，铤而走险的，孤注一掷的；极度渴望的；危急的
desperately adv. 不顾一切地；极其
【注】本来这词没什么难度，但aci实在是用得太频繁了......调查员desperately，飞行员desperate......
4. pinpoint v. 准确指出(原因)；给...准确定位
5. deepen* v. 加剧，加深
【示例】the deepens 谜团加深

reading in depth
[1] onboard(on-board)和on board
onboard(on-board) adj. 随车（船，机）携带的
【示例】onboard radar 机载雷达 onboard lan 板载网卡
on board 在船（火车、飞机）上
【示例】...people on board 机上有...人 a bomb on board 机上的一颗炸弹
[2] on both engines（注意介词）
[3] agree on
agree with 同意某人 i agree with you.
agree on 在...上达成一致（主语复数）
agree to 同意某事 they agreed to the plan.

• [ri´məut]   a.遥远的；偏僻的   ()
• [´misiŋ]   a.缺掉的；失踪的   ()
• [kən´fə:m]   vt.证实；认可；加强   ()
• [flait]   n.逃走；飞行；班机   ()
• [mis´tiəriəsli]   ad.神秘地；故弄玄虚地   ()
• [´ɔpəreitə]   n.操作者；接线员   ()
• [´despərit]   a.拼死的；绝望的   ()
• [´mistəri]   n.神秘；秘密；故弄玄虚   ()
• [´meksikəu]   n.墨西哥   ()
• [fi´nænʃəl]   a.金融的，财政的   ()
• [,pɔsə´biliti]   n.可能(性)；希望；前途   ()
• [´hɔstail]   a.敌方的，敌意的   ()
• [,pænə´mɑ:]   n.巴拿马；巴拿马运河   ()
• [´di:pən]   v.加深；加浓   ()
• [´wiski]   n.威士忌酒 =whisky   ()
• [´kænjən]   n.峡谷   ()
• [´lændiŋ]   n.登陆；降落；楼梯平台   ()
• [,inæk´sesəbəl]   a.达不到的，难接近的   ()