时差N小时 火山灰云层（2）

The obvious risk of this happening to crowded passenger planes in British airspace was enough for the UK's Civil Aviation Authority to enforce a total ban on flights-a move which was mirrored by other northern European countries.

发生在英国领空拥挤乘客的飞机中最为明显的风险足以让英国民航管理局执行全面禁飞，其他北欧国家可以借鉴此举。

The dangers of flying through volcanic¹ ash were demonstrated in 1982 when a British Airways² flight from Malaysia to Australia lost power in all four engines after flying into a cloud of dust spewed out by an eruption³ of Mount Galunggung in Indonesia.

飞过火山灰的危险之旅出现在1982年从马来西亚飞往澳大利亚的一架英国航空公司航班在飞入一片印度尼西亚加隆贡火山喷发出的火山灰云层后所有四个引擎失去动力。

After 15 minutes of gliding⁴ in a controlled descent from 37,000 feet to 12,000 feet, the pilot, Captain John Moody⁵, managed to restart the engines once enough of the molten ash in the engines solidified⁶ and broke off.

15分钟后滑翔从37000英尺控制降至12000英尺,飞行员,队长约翰?穆迪曾经试图启动引擎，但融化的火山灰在其中已经凝固并且造成机器停止运转。

The plane went on to land safely in Perth.

飞机最终安全降落了在珀斯。

Speaking to the BBC last week, Captain Moody demonstrated the typically phlegmatic⁷ attitude of his profession.

上周对于BBC发表讲话时,队长穆迪展示了他职业般冷漠示人的态度。

"It was, yeah, a little bit frightening," he said.

“是,是的,是有一点害怕,”他说道。

1 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

2 AIRWAYS   

航空公司

参考例句：

• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
• At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

3 eruption   

n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作

参考例句：

• The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
• The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。

4 gliding   

v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的

参考例句：

• Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。
• The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow. 天气预报对明天是否能举行滑翔表示怀疑。

5 moody   

adj.心情不稳的，易怒的，喜怒无常的

参考例句：

• He relapsed into a moody silence.他又重新陷于忧郁的沉默中。
• I'd never marry that girl.She's so moody.我决不会和那女孩结婚的。她太易怒了。

6 solidified   

（使）成为固体，（使）变硬，（使）变得坚固( solidify的过去式和过去分词 )； 使团结一致； 充实，巩固； 具体化

参考例句：

• Her attitudes solidified through privilege and habit. 由于特权和习惯使然，她的看法变得越来越难以改变。
• When threatened, he fires spheres of solidified air from his launcher! 当危险来临，他就会发射它的弹药！

7 phlegmatic   

adj.冷静的，冷淡的，冷漠的，无活力的

参考例句：

• Commuting in the rush-hour requires a phlegmatic temperament.在上下班交通高峰期间乘坐通勤车要有安之若素的心境。
• The british character is often said to be phlegmatic.英国人的性格常说成是冷漠的。