By Air
原文
Why did the plane turn back?
I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy.
My parents used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays.
A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience.
I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened.
After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height,
when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport.
While we were waiting to land, a flight attendant told us to keep calm
and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down.
Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened.
Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board.
The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane.
After we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly.
Fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take off again.
译文
飞机为什么返航了？
我小时候经常坐飞机旅行。
我的父母曾住在南美洲，假期里我常从欧洲飞往他们那里。
每次都有空乘人员来照顾我，而我从未有过任何不愉快的经历。
我习惯乘坐飞机出行，只有一次感到过害怕。
起飞后，我们低空飞过城市，然后逐渐开始上升。
突然，飞机掉头飞回了机场。
在我们等待降落的期间，一位空乘人员让我们保持冷静。
并且要在飞机一降落就立刻悄悄地离开飞机。
机上的每个人都很担心，我们都好奇想知道发生了什么事。
后来我们得知，机上有一位非常重要的人物。
警方接到消息称，飞机上被安置了一枚炸弹。
我们降落之后，飞机被彻底搜查了一遍。
幸运的是，什么也没找到，五小时后我们又能起飞了。