教授飞机上写微积分 被误认为恐怖分子

 An Ivy¹ League professor aboard an American Airlines flight was questioned after a passenger mistook a math equation for Arabic and possible Islamic code for a terrorist attack. 

一位常春藤名校的教授在乘坐美国航空的航班时，有乘客误把他写的数学公式当成阿拉伯文和恐怖袭击的伊斯兰组织代码，导致他本人不得不接受盘问。

Guido Menzio, an economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania, was working on a differential math equation as the Syracuse-bound plane was preparing to take off from Philadelphia. 

这位教授名叫吉多·门齐奥，是宾夕法尼亚大学的经济学教授，他搭乘的这趟飞机计划从费城飞往锡拉丘兹，飞机起飞前，他正在演算一道微积分算式。

The 41-minute flight was delayed by two hours as the olive-skinned, curly, dark-haired native Italian was questioned. 

由于这位黑卷发、橄榄色皮肤的意大利裔教授受到盘问，导致仅有41分钟航程的航班推迟起飞两小时。

A blond-haired woman wearing flip-flops and appearing to be in her 30s had passed a note to a flight attendant. American Airlines flight 3950 returned to the gate at Philadelphia International Airport and was met by what he described as an "FBI-looking man in black." 

就因为一位30多岁、穿人字拖的金发女性给空乘传了一张纸条，这架美国航空3950航班不得不回到费城国际机场的登机口处，接受一位“貌似来自联邦调查局的黑衣人（据门齐奥说）”的检查。

He learned the woman thought he was a terrorist. 

门齐奥这才了解到，原来那位女性怀疑他是恐怖分子。

After realizing he was only doing math, the flight took off minus the complaining passenger. The woman boarded a later flight for Syracuse. Menzio boarded the original flight again. 

得知他只是在做数学题后，飞机留下那位女乘客后起飞了。该女子转而搭乘了随后一架飞往锡拉丘兹的客机。门齐奥则搭乘原来那架班机。

教授飞机上写微积分 被误认为恐怖分子

Menzio has been a member of Penn's faculty² since 2005 after getting his Ph.D from Northwestern University. Last year, he was awarded the prestigious³ Carlo Alberto Medal as the best Italian economist⁴ under 40. 

门齐奥在美国西北大学取得博士学位，2005年起在宾大担任教职。2015年，他获得了著名的卡洛·阿尔贝托奖，成为40岁以下最优秀的意大利经济学家。

Menzio was headed to Syracuse to Ontario to speak at Queen's University at a macroeconomics workshop. 

门齐奥抵达锡拉丘兹后会继续飞往安大略，将参加在加拿大皇后大学举办的一场宏观经济学研讨会，并发表演讲。

In a deleted Facebook post, Menzio wrote: "The lady just looked at me, looked at my writing of mysterious formulae, and concluded I was up to no good. Because of that an entire flight was delayed. . . . Trump's America is already here. It's not yet in power though." 

门齐奥在自己的脸书帖子中称：“那位女士看着我，以及我那些神秘的公式，然后意识到我不是好人。整个航班的人因此被延误起飞……特朗普式的美国估计就会是这样的吧。虽然他还没开始掌权。”不过，该帖随后被删除。

American Airlines confirmed the woman had raised suspicions about Menzio. 

美国航空证实了有位女士怀疑门齐奥是坏人。

A spokesman for American Airlines, said the woman initially⁵ told the crew she was sick. 

美国航空一位发言人称，该女士最初告诉空乘的是，她感到不舒服。

Vocabulary

differential：微分的

macroeconomics：宏观经济学

1 ivy   

n.常青藤，常春藤

参考例句：

• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
• The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。

2 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

3 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

4 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

5 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。