英语小达人 87 Shane Files solo

 　　Shane Files solo¹

　　夏恩一个人坐飞机

　　Shane's mother filled his backpack with books, and toys. He was only six years old and he was flying half way across the country all by himself. When Shane was two his parents got a divorce² and since then they've had shared custody³. This year Shane's dad had moved to Washington, so Shane was flying out to meet him. His dad would be there at the airport to pick him up.

　　夏恩的妈妈把书本和玩具塞进夏恩的背包里。夏恩今年才六岁，正一个人坐着国内班机，目前还在半路上。夏恩两岁时父母就离婚了，从那时起两个人便共同拥有对夏恩的监护权。由于夏恩的爸爸今年搬到华盛顿，所以夏恩要坐飞机去看他。他爸爸会在机场等着接他。

　　His mother drove him out to the airport and walked him to the check out gate. She gave him a big hug and asked the flight attendant⁴ to take good care of him.

　　他妈妈开车送他到机场，陪他走到出境大门那里。她用力拥抱了他一下，并请空服员对他多加照顾。

　　Inside the plane Shane explored everything. The flight attendant gave him earphones to watch movies. They gave him as much Coke as he wanted and at dinnertime he asked for two desserts.

　　夏恩在飞机上东摸西摸，看到什么都很好奇。空服员给他耳机看电影，他想喝多少可乐也都让他喝，晚餐时他还要了两份甜点。

　　He watched the movie and then pressed his nose to the window as the landscape passed beneath him. Soon, he felt asleep. When he woke up he had arrived and the flight attendant had carried him out to where his father was waiting. Shane couldn't wait to tell his dad all about his trip.

　　他看完电影后，便把鼻子贴在窗户上，看着下面经过的景色，接着很快就睡着了。等他醒来时飞机已经抵达目的地了，空服员便带他到他爸爸等他的地方。夏恩迫不及待要告诉他爸爸旅行时所发生的一切。

1 solo   

n.独奏，独唱；adj.单独的；adv.单独地；v.放单飞，单独表演

参考例句：

• Tara is currently working on a solo album.塔拉眼下正忙着制作个人专辑。
• There's wonderfully lyrical flute solo in the middle of this symphony.在交响乐中间有一段奇妙的抒情长笛独奏。

2 divorce   

n.离婚；分离；vi.离婚；vt.离婚；脱离

参考例句：

• Did he divorce his wife or did she divorce him?是他要和妻子离婚，还是妻子要和他离婚？
• None of us like the divorce of word and deed.我们都不喜欢言行不一。

3 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

4 attendant   

n.随从，跟班，出席者，服务员；adj.伴随的，出席的，注意的，在场的

参考例句：

• She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant.服务员进来，打断了她的话。
• We met the officer attendant on the general.我们见到了随从将军的副官。