高等院校英语专业本科听力-第四册4.16

　　The first time I was personally introduced to lightning
I was flying betweeen Puerto Rico and the American continent. Had I not been in an airplane, I might not be allowed now to discribe the experience. We had just ridden through three minutes of violent storm. As I was beginning to wonder how much longer the wings of the airplane could stand the terrible torsing. Suddenly, it happened. The inside of the plane lit up, like an electric light. The light lasted less than a thousandth of a second, yet huge green sparks jumped all over the room. The radio man was knocked to the floor and the hair on the back of his head stood up stiffly¹. The lightning bolt had evidently struck the trailing wire of our radio, and falled to the tail of the airplane, then onto the radio itself, which was severely² damaged.

1 stiffly   

adv. 顽固地, 硬

参考例句：

• His manner was stiffly formal.他的举止十分僵硬。
• He got out of bed stiffly.他手脚不灵便地起了床。

2 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。