情景会话口袋书人际篇 第467期:坠机(3)

 　　9. Investigators¹ searched around the crashed plane for the black box flight recorder.

　　调查者们在坠毁的飞机周围寻找载有飞行记录的黑匣子。

　　还能这样说：

　　Investigators tried to find the black box which recorded the flight around the jet crash.

　　Investigators sought for the black box recording² the flight around the crashed plane.

　　应用解析：

　　go on record 公开发表见解，被记录下来；

　　out of record 离题的

　　10. The crashed plane was in flame.

　　坠毁的飞机燃起大火。

　　还能这样说：

　　The plane crashed in flame.

　　The plane plunged³ in flame.

　　应用解析：

　　commit sth. to the flames 把某物烧掉，付之一炬；

　　fan the flame 煽动火焰，煽动情绪；

　　in flames 燃烧着

　　11. Is it still safe or not to travel by plane after so many planes crashed?

　　这么多飞机失事，坐飞机出行还安全吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　Is it secure to take the plane for there are so many accidents?

　　Is it secure to travel by plane for there are so many plane crash accidents?

　　应用解析：

　　be on the safe side 为慎重起见妥加准备；以防万一

　　12. The plane crashed into the ocean.

　　飞机坠毁在海里。

　　还能这样说：

　　The plane broke down into the ocean.

　　The plane crashed and dropped into the ocean.

　　应用解析：

　　on a crash basis 紧急地，应急地；

　　with a crash 轰隆，哗啦一声，咔嚓一声

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

3 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。