23.An Air Crash
飛機失事
I was a previous typist in a post office. Because I couldn’t tolerate typing any more postage bills or postcodes on a typewriter every day, I resigned. With a greedy motivation of making big money, I took up working as a business representative for the G.E Ecology Company, which produced goods by recycling useful materials from our dustbins. My new job left me good impressions in many aspects except that the working timetable was full of traveling by jets.
我以前是一家郵局的打字員，因為忍受夠了每天在 打字機上打郵資賬單或郵政編碼，我辭了職。帶著想掙大錢的貪婪動機，我開始給一家叫G.E生態公司的企業當商務代表，這家公司通過回收我們垃圾箱裡的有用材料生產商品。我的新工作在多
方面都給了我很好的印象，除了一點：乘飛機旅行擠滿了我的工作時間表。Once, when speeding up, our jet was swallowed by a thunderstorm, which destroyed our GPS receiver and made us lose sight of the directions. A constantly flashing light showed that our jet was in danger. A steward instantly asked us to put on masks and fasten the safety belts, and then pressed a button to switch on the escaping capsule. It slid sideways out of the opening at once and landed in a desert area safely. Lacking food and tablets, we were nervous and uncertain at first. But we all kept optimistic and made good adjustment to the situation. We swept up the surrounding mud to make our settlement and were back on our feet soon. Finally, guided by the smoke of our crashing jet, some local citizens came by carriages and saved us.
有一次，我們的噴氣飛機在加速 時被一場雷暴吞沒，不僅損壞了GPS信號接收器，還使我們看不見方向。一盞持續閃亮的燈說明我們的飛機正處在危險中。一名乘務員立刻讓我們戴上面罩、系牢安全帶，接著按下一枚按鈕 打開 逃生倉電源，逃生倉馬上側著滑出出口，安全降落在一片荒涼的地區。因為缺少食品和藥品，我們一開始都又緊張又心裡沒底，但是我們都保持樂觀，做好調整適應這一新境況。我們打掃乾淨周圍的泥土 ，安頓下來，很快就恢復過來。最後，在我們墜機煙霧的指引下，一些當地的居民搭乘馬車到來，我們都獲救了。
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