📖 An Air Crash 一次空难

第 23 篇 · 共 40 篇 ｜ 高考词汇以 绿色 高亮，下方附释义
S1
I was a previous typist in a post office.
我以前是邮局的一名打字员。
previous 以前的 typist 打字员
S2
Because I couldn't tolerate typing any more postage bills or postcodes on a typewriter every day, I resigned.
因为再也无法忍受每天在打字机上打邮资单据和邮政编码，我辞职了。
tolerate 忍受 postage 邮资 typewriter 打字机 resign 辞职
S3
With a greedy motivation of making big money, I took up working as a business representative for the G.E Ecology Company, which produced goods by recycling useful materials from our dustbins.
怀着赚大钱的强烈愿望，我开始为 G.E 生态公司担任业务代表，这家公司通过回收利用我们垃圾箱里的有用材料来生产商品。
greedy 贪婪的 motivation 动机 representative 代表 recycle 回收利用
S4
My new job left me good impressions in many aspects except that the working timetable was full of traveling by jets.
除了工作时间表上排满了乘喷气式飞机出差之外，我的新工作在很多方面都给我留下了好印象。
impression 印象 aspect 方面 timetable 时间表 jet 喷气式飞机
S5
Once, when speeding up, our jet was swallowed by a thunderstorm, which destroyed our GPS receiver and made us lose sight of the directions.
有一次，我们的喷气式飞机在加速时被一场雷暴吞没，雷暴摧毁了我们的 GPS 接收器，使我们看不到方向。
swallow 吞没 thunderstorm 雷暴 destroy 摧毁 lose sight of 看不见
S6
A constantly flashing light showed that our jet was in danger.
一盏不停闪烁的灯显示我们的飞机正处于危险之中。
constantly 持续不断地 flash 闪烁
S7
A steward instantly asked us to put on masks and fasten the safety belts, and then pressed a button to switch on the escaping capsule.
一名乘务员立刻让我们戴上氧气面罩、系紧安全带，然后按下按钮启动了逃生舱。
steward 乘务员 instantly 立即 fasten 系紧、扣牢 capsule 舱、密封舱
S8
It slid sideways out of the opening at once and landed in a desert area safely.
逃生舱立刻从开口处侧向滑出，安全地降落在一片沙漠地区。
slide 滑动 sideways 侧向地、斜着 desert 沙漠
S9
Lacking food and tablets, we were nervous and uncertain at first.
由于缺少食物和药片，我们起初既紧张又心里没底。
lack 缺乏 tablet 药片 uncertain 不确定的
S10
But we all kept optimistic and made good adjustment to the situation.
但我们所有人都保持乐观，并且很好地适应了当时的情况。
optimistic 乐观的 adjustment 调整、适应
S11
We swept up the surrounding mud to make our settlement and were back on our feet soon.
我们清扫起周围的泥土，搭建好自己的落脚处，很快就重新振作起来。
sweep up 清扫 mud 泥 settlement 定居点、住处 back on one's feet 恢复过来、重新站起来
S12
Finally, guided by the smoke of our crashing jet, some local citizens came by carriages and saved us.
最后，在我们的失事飞机冒出的烟雾指引下，一些当地居民乘着马车赶来，救了我们。
guide 指引、引导 carriage 马车