2. Part 2(Paras. 5-9): It narrates and delineates the feelings, thoughts, and actions of the writer, the acts of kindness of the glamorous young woman and the behavior of other passengers on the plane when they were faced with the dangerous situation 3. Part 3(Paras. 10-12): It tells the readers what the passengers saw and did after they landed safely 4. Part 4(Paras. 13-14 ): It tells us the writer's thinking of the fateful and lucky flight back home and her purpose of writing 四. Language work 1.slam:v. shut loudly and with force(把…)砰地关上,使劲关闭 a door slammed shut in the distance.(远处一扇门砰的关上了。) Peter slammed the phone down angrily when hearing his wife had an affair. (14 听说妻子有外遇,气愤得重重的摔下了电话。) Stand ing there in the drizzling rain, she heard the slam of his car door.(她站在毛 毛细雨中,听到他的车门砰地一声响。) 2. scramble: V. move quickly; move somewhere in a hurried awkward way (alil 别扭地)快速移动 The children scrambled for the coins.(孩子们争抢着硬币。) It' s quite a scramble to get to the top of the hil!(要往上爬很长一段路才能到达 山顶呢!) There is a usual scramble for the bathroom in the dorm every morning.(每天早上 宿舍的浴室通常都被抢者用。) 3. lunge:w. make a sudden forceful forward movement突然向前冲、扑 McCulloch raised his cudgel and lunged at elton.(麦卡洛克举起棍子向埃尔顿 戳去。) Billy lunged his spear at the fish.(比利用手中的矛刺向鱼。) Lucy made a lunge for Gabriel' s wrist.(露西向前猛冲去抓加布里奇尔的手腕。) 4. figure:v. consider认为,以为 They figured it was better to stay where they were.(他们断定还是待在原地好。) 5. reassure: vt say or do sth. in order to make sb. feel less frightened, worried or nervous使安心,使放心,使恢复信心 The police reassured Susan about her child' s safety.(警方让苏珊放心,她的孩 子很安全。) 6 equivalent:n.sth. or someone equal等同物(人),对应物(人) Some english words have no Chinese equivalents.(有些英文词在中文里没有对 应词。) 7. confide:v. tell sth. secretly to a person one trusts吐露(秘密、心事等) Paul confided his troubles to his friend.(保罗向朋友倾诉烦恼事。) Thee' s no one here i can confide in.(这里没有一个我可以信赖的人。) 8. indiscriminate:a. not carefully chosen不加选择的,不加鉴别的 Gary was indiscriminate in his choice of friends.(加里择友不慎重。) 9. squeeze:n. an act of pressing hard for a particular purpose紧握,紧捏,挤压 There' ll be enough room if we all squeeze up a bit.(咱们大家挤一挤就够地方 了。)2. Part 2 (Paras. 5-9): It narrates and delineates the feelings, thoughts, and actions of the writer, the acts of kindness of the glamorous young woman and the behavior of other passengers on the plane when they were faced with the dangerous situation. 3. Part 3(Paras. 10-12): It tells the readers what the passengers saw and did after they landed safely. 4. Part 4(Paras. 13-14): It tells us the writer’s thinking of the fateful and lucky flight back home and her purpose of writing. 四. Language Work 1. slam: v. shut loudly and with force （把…）砰地关上，使劲关闭 A door slammed shut in the distance. （远处一扇门砰的关上了。） Peter slammed the phone down angrily when hearing his wife had an affair. （彼得 听说妻子有外遇，气愤得重重的摔下了电话。） Standing there in the drizzling rain, she heard the slam of his car door. （她站在毛 毛细雨中，听到他的车门砰地一声响。） 2. scramble: v. move quickly; move somewhere in a hurried awkward way （急速、 别扭地）快速移动 The children scrambled for the coins. （孩子们争抢着硬币。） It’s quite a scramble to get to the top of the hill! （要往上爬很长一段路才能到达 山顶呢！） There is a usual scramble for the bathroom in the dorm every morning. （每天早上 宿舍的浴室通常都被抢者用。） 3. lunge: v. make a sudden forceful forward movement 突然向前冲、扑 McCulloch raised his cudgel and lunged at Elton. （麦卡洛克举起棍子向埃尔顿 戳去。） Billy lunged his spear at the fish. （比利用手中的矛刺向鱼。） Lucy made a lunge for Gabriel’s wrist. （露西向前猛冲去抓加布里奇尔的手腕。） 4. figure: v. consider 认为，以为 They figured it was better to stay where they were. （他们断定还是待在原地好。） 5. reassure: vt. say or do sth. in order to make sb. feel less frightened, worried or nervous 使安心，使放心，使恢复信心 The police reassured Susan about her child’s safety. （警方让苏珊放心，她的孩 子很安全。） 6. equivalent: n. sth. or someone equal 等同物（人），对应物（人） Some English words have no Chinese equivalents. （有些英文词在中文里没有对 应词。） 7. confide: v. tell sth. secretly to a person one trusts 吐露（秘密、心事等） Paul confided his troubles to his friend. （保罗向朋友倾诉烦恼事。） There’s no one here I can confide in. （这里没有一个我可以信赖的人。） 8. indiscriminate: a. not carefully chosen 不加选择的，不加鉴别的 Gary was indiscriminate in his choice of friends. （加里择友不慎重。） 9. squeeze: n. an act of pressing hard for a particular purpose 紧握，紧捏，挤压 There’ll be enough room if we all squeeze up a bit. （咱们大家挤一挤就够地方 了。）