今天文章的标题是：
Despite recent airline crashes, flying has never been safer.
然后还有这么两句话：
Advances in aircraft and airport design, better air traffic control, and improved pilot training have drastically improved air travel. Aviation experts say accidents and fatalities from plane crashes are a fraction of what they were as recently as the 1990s.
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今天的句子：
Worldwide, there were more than 50 fatal airline accidents a year through the early and mid-1990s, claiming well over 1,000 lives annually, according to figures compiled by the Flight Safety Foundation.
（想想你准备怎么出题？）
思考题：
The Flight Safety Foundation claims more than 1,000 persons survived in 50 serious airline crashes every year through the early and mid-1990s.
来看看单词：
1.claim: 导致死亡
(of a disaster, an accident, etc. 灾难、事故等) to cause sb's death
夺走,夺去(生命):
The car crash claimed three lives.
那次撞车事故导致三人死亡。
所以你就知道你的题错了吧！
（claim的详细用法在文末）
2. compile 收集
3. figures数据
4. Worldwide 世界范围来看
解析：
句子主干：
there were more than 50 fatal airline accidents a year through the early and mid-1990s,
状语：
claiming well over 1,000 lives annually,
（独立成句）
more than 50 airline accidents claim well over 1,000 lives annually
状语：
according to figures compiled by the Flight Safety Foundation.
参考译文：根据飞行安全基金会(Flight Safety Foundation)汇编的数据，在全球范围内，从1990年代初到90年代中期，全球每年有50多起致命的飞机事故，每年造成的死亡人数远远超过1000人。
今天的题目就是考一个单词claim：
The Flight Safety Foundation claims more than 1,000 persons survived in 50 serious airline crashes every year through the early and mid-1990s.
飞行安全基金会声称在20世纪90年代早期和中期的50起严重的飞机坠毁事故中，每年有1000多人幸存。
我一顿操作猛如虎，
各种替换的目的就是为了勾引你。
但是claim在题目中的意思就和原文不一样了！就错了！
补充：
Despite recent airline crashes, flying has never been safer.
尽管最近发生了好几起空难，但飞行从未如此安全过。
（比较级+否定=最高级）
I have never met a kinder man. 我从来没遇见过这么仁厚的人。
(相当于：这是我遇见过的最仁厚的人。)
Advances in aircraft and airport design, better air traffic control, and improved pilot training have drastically improved air travel. Aviation experts say accidents and fatalities from plane crashes are a fraction of what they were as recently as the 1990s.
飞机和机场设计的进步、空中交通管制的改善以及飞行员培训的改进，极大地改善了空中旅行。航空专家说，飞机失事造成的事故和死亡人数只是上世纪90年代的一小部分。
文章背景和来源：
claim / kleim /
verb
SAY STH IS TRUE 表示真实性
1. to say that sth is true although it has not been proved and other people may not believe it
宣称；声称；断言:
He claims (that) he was not given a fair hearing.
他声称他未得到公正的申述机会。
I don't claim to be an expert.
我不敢自称为专家。
DEMAND LEGAL RIGHT 要求合法权利
2. [VN] to demand or ask for sth because you believe it is your legal right to own or to have it
要求(拥有)；索取；认领:
A lot of lost property is never claimed.
许多失物从未被认领。
He claimed political asylum.
他要求政治避难。
MONEY 金钱
3. to ask for money from the government or a company because you have a right to it
索要；索取:
He's not entitled to claim unemployment benefit.
他无权要求领取失业救济金。
She claimed damages from the company for the injury she had suffered.
她因受伤向公司要求获得损害赔偿金。
ATTENTION / THOUGHT 注意；思考
4. [VN] to get or take sb's attention
引起注意:
A most unwelcome event claimed his attention.
一件最讨厌的事情需要他去考虑。
GAIN / WIN 获得；赢得
5. [VN] to gain, win or achieve sth
获得；赢得；取得:
She has finally claimed a place on the team.
她终于成了那支队的队员。
CAUSE DEATH 导致死亡
6. [VN] (of a disaster, an accident, etc. 灾难、事故等) to cause sb's death
夺走,夺去(生命):
The car crash claimed three lives.
那次撞车事故导致三人死亡。
PHRASAL VERBS
ˌclaim sth 'back
to ask or demand to have sth returned because you have a right to it
索回；要回:
You can claim back the tax on your purchases.
你可以要求退回购物时缴纳的税款。