时差N小时 火山灰对飞机的危害有多大?(下)

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.

这种情况发生在英国空域拥挤的客机上的明显风险，足以让英国民航局强制实施全面禁飞——这一举措得到了其他北欧国家的效仿。

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.

1982年，一架英国航空公司从马来西亚飞往澳大利亚，该航班在坠入印尼加隆贡火山喷发出的一片火山灰后，四个引擎都失去了动力，这证明了穿越火山灰飞行的危险性。

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，飞行员兼机长的约翰·穆迪成功启动了引擎，此前凝固的火山灰过多并出现断裂。

The plane went on to land safely in Perth.

飞机最终安全在珀斯降落。

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

上周接受BBC采访时，队长穆迪展示出职业中典型的冷漠态度。

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

“是，是的，是有一点吓人，”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。