轻松松松学习民航英语,快快乐乐了解民航知识,休休闲闲领略民航文化。
本书收集编译了民航相关的英文幽默,并提供了相应的译文、词汇注释和民航小知识,便以理解和学习。
本书选材标准:幽默风趣,富有哲理;语言地道,通俗易懂;内容涉及民航飞行、空管、乘务等各个方面。
本书是一本民航英语休闲读物,适合民航从业人员、英语学习者和对民航感兴趣的广大读者。
本书也可以用作民航英语教学辅助资料,增加教学的趣味性,提高教学效果。
本书收集编译了民航相关的英文幽默,并提供了相应的译文、词汇注释和民航小知识,便以理解和学习。让读者轻轻松松学习民航英语,快快乐乐了解民航知识,休休闲闲领略民航文化,本书增加了教学的趣味性,适合对民航感兴趣的广大读者使用。
黄大勇,中国民航飞行学院外国语学院副院长,教授,留英博士,语言测试专家,长期从事民航英语教学与研究,民航空管英语测试专家。黄德先,中国民航飞行学院外国语学院教授,博士,翻译专家,长期从事翻译和民航英语教学与研究。夏莲,中国民航飞行学院外国语学院副教授,长期充实民航英语教学与研究,民航飞行和空管英语等级考试教官。
PartOne Humors from Flight
Attendants and Passengers
1. A New Pilot………………………………………………………………1
2. After a Forced Landing… ………………………………………………2
3. Captain Crash……………………………………………………………3
4. “Do you know who I am?”………………………………………………4
5. Fasten Your Seat Belt Tighter……………………………………………6
6. A Lost Jar… ……………………………………………………………7
7. “How do you plan to wake me up?”… …………………………………8
8. “I’m staying in first class”………………………………………………9
9. Just a Minute… ……………………………………………………… 11
10. “It was the asphalt!”………………………………………………… 12
11. “Lawyers are still going around”…………………………………… 13
12. Too Close to Our Headquarter……………………………………… 14
13. “Make me feel like a woman”……………………………………… 15
14. No Spare Tire… …………………………………………………… 17
15. Physical Fitness Program…………………………………………… 18
16. Pilot Flies Better than Driving……………………………………… 20
17. “Please do not leave children or spouses!”… ……………………… 21
18. Pressurized Metal Tube……………………………………………… 22
19. Round-trip Ticket…………………………………………………… 23
20. See This Red “S” on My Chest?… ………………………………… 24
21. Supersonic Aircraft… ……………………………………………… 25
22. Television Quiz Prize… …………………………………………… 27
23. Vegetarian or Veterinarian?… ……………………………………… 28
24. “You asked too much!”……………………………………………… 29
25. “You did it last time!”… …………………………………………… 30
26. “Were we shot down?”……………………………………………… 32
27. “Well,so what’s the answer?”… …………………………………… 33
28. “What’s left of our airplane”………………………………………… 36
29. “Which one do you love more”… ………………………………… 37
30. Look to Your Right!………………………………………………… 39
31. A Man in Management……………………………………………… 40
32. Design Limits… …………………………………………………… 42
33. “He is a liar”………………………………………………………… 44
34. Innovation!… ……………………………………………………… 46
35. News Report………………………………………………………… 47
36. Health Tip…………………………………………………………… 48
37. Windshield Strength Test…………………………………………… 49
38.What Trip?…………………………………………………………… 51
39. Yearly Changes……………………………………………………… 52
Part Two Humors from Pilots
40. AAA………………………………………………………………… 53
41. Forced Landing near Airfield… …………………………………… 54
42. No Reverse on Expensive Fighter… ……………………………… 55
43. Bear Right!… ……………………………………………………… 57
44. Building Your Own Aircraft………………………………………… 58
45. Gear Pins Installed… ……………………………………………… 59
46. “Give us another hint!”……………………………………………… 61
47. Hi,Jack……………………………………………………………… 62
48. How Ill Is the Aircraft… …………………………………………… 63
49. Last Known Position………………………………………………… 64
50. Needing a Hot Woman……………………………………………… 66
51. New Flight Regulations… ………………………………………… 67
52. “Nothing to worry about”…………………………………………… 68
53. “Please stay inside”… ……………………………………………… 70
54. Pilot Error…………………………………………………………… 71
55. Speak in English!…………………………………………………… 72
56. The Machine Is Broken…………………………………………… 73
57. The Rest of Your Life… …………………………………………… 74
58. The Size Counts… ………………………………………………… 76
59. Three Doors………………………………………………………… 77
60. “Throw out more!”… ……………………………………………… 79
61. “We’ll be up here all day!”… ……………………………………… 80
62. “What are your intentions?”………………………………………… 81
63. “What’s your gross?”… …………………………………………… 82
64. Wrong Plane………………………………………………………… 84
65. “You’re not the flight instructor?”… ……………………………… 86
66. Training the blonde… ……………………………………………… 88
67. Blonde goes flying… ……………………………………………… 89
Part Three Humors from Air Traffic Controllers
68. Birds on the Runway… …………………………………………… 92
69. GO AROUND!……………………………………………………… 93
70. Going “Up”… ……………………………………………………… 95
71. I Am a Male Hispanic… …………………………………………… 96
72. I am not stupid……………………………………………………… 97
73. “I’ll take $4,000 worth”… ………………………………………… 98
74. Interview… ………………………………………………………… 99
75. Noise Abatement… …………………………………………………101
76. Request Emergency Descent… ……………………………………102
77. Return to the Airport…………………………………………………103
78. “Supervisor, can I go home now?”… ………………………………104
79. Turbulence on Taxiway!… …………………………………………105
80. “We have surrounded it”… …………………………………………106
81. “We plan to come down to it”… ……………………………………107
82. Worse Weather Conditions… ………………………………………109
83.Would You Like Fries?………………………………………………110
84. Report Heading!… …………………………………………………111
85. Contact Space Center Houston!… …………………………………112
86. Cancel good morning!………………………………………………113
87. Good man, go ahead…………………………………………………114
88. Aviation Alphabet (1)… ……………………………………………115
89. Aviation Alphabet (2)… ……………………………………………116
90. Problem & Solution (1)… …………………………………………118
91. Problem & Solution (2)… …………………………………………119
Part Four Aviation Quotes
92. About Cooperation… ………………………………………………122
93. About Feelings of Flight… …………………………………………123
94. About Flight Check and Situational Awareness… …………………126
95. About Flight Experience and Mistakes………………………………128
96. About Flight Skills… ………………………………………………131
97. About Flight Study and Practice… …………………………………135
98. About Judgment… …………………………………………………140
99. About Landing………………………………………………………142
附录:本书英文材料取材的相关网站… ……………………………145