情景会话口袋书人际篇 第468期:坠机(4)

 　　13. It's lucky that everyone survived from the airplane crash.

　　幸运的是所有人在这次空难中幸免于难。

　　还能这样说：

　　Luckily, nobody was killed in the airplane crash.

　　Luckily, all the passengers were alive in the airplane crash.

　　14. They tried to find the cause of the aviation accident.

　　他们试图找到飞机失事的原因。

　　还能这样说：

　　They tried to investigate what caused the aviation accident.

　　They made an attempt to determine the reason why the airplane crash happened.

　　15. I was sorrowful for the victims of the air crash.

　　我为空难中的遇难者感到悲痛。

　　还能这样说：

　　My heart bled for the deceased of the air crash.

　　I mourned for the dead in the airplane accident.

　　应用解析：

　　out of thin air 无中生有；

　　put on airs 装腔作势；

　　live on air 喝西北风过日子，饿肚子过活

　　16. The wreckage² was distributed all over the area after the plane crashed on the land.

　　飞机坠毁后，残骸散落一地。

　　还能这样说：

　　The wreck¹ of the crashed plane was scattered³ on the land.

　　There was a lot of debris⁴ scattered over the land after the plane crashed.

　　17. The plane cracked up by the lightning.

　　飞机遭雷击而坠毁。

　　还能这样说：

　　The plane crashed and struck by the lightning.

　　The airplane was struck by thunderbolt and then crashed.

　　应用解析：

　　have a crack at 试一试，（在某件事上）试一试自己的能力；

　　in a crack 片刻间，转眼间；

　　the crack of doom 世界末日，最后审判日的雷声

1 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

2 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

3 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

4 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。