Lesson 79 By air

Words and Expressions

1.Steward/air host; stewardess/air hostess  [stuːərd] [stj'uːərd'es],

男服务员/女服务员；空哥/空姐

2.Calm down/calm my nerves

Do not to have a drink or take drugs to calm yourself down.

Some people say smoking calms your nerves.

3.Plant a kiss on sb

He plants a kiss on her cheek.

4.Omen: a sign of what will happen in the future

The sunny weather was a good omen for the holiday.

5.Premonition: strange feeling that something, especially something bad, is going to happen

As we approached the house, i had a premonition that something terrible had happened.

6.Plant:藏在哪里，让它爆炸或者工作

The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane.

7.Leg：a section of a journey一段旅程

The last leg of our trip was the most tiring.

8.Easily relate to

The material is a every day topic that we can easily relate to our lives.

9.Stop by: If you stop by somewhere, you make a short visit to a person or a place.

I’ll stop by to see Tom before going home.

10.Stop over: to stop somewhere and stay a short time before continuing a long journey, especially when traveling by plane

The plan stop over Dubai on the way to India.

11.Turbulence: irregular and violent movements of air or water that are caused by the wind

Ladies and gentlemen, we are expecting slight turbulence.

女士们先生们，稍后飞机会稍有颠簸。

All hands, brace for turbulence.

全体注意，为震动做好准备。

12.Curiosity killed the cat:不要太好奇

13.I didn’t used to ... :过去不常做某事

Are you used to ... :你经常做某事吗？

Pronunciation

1.Calm  [kɑːm] :没有l的发音

2.Important [im'por·tant ] :注意r的发音，要清楚

3.Plane [pleɪn]

4.Occasion [ ə'keɪʒn]