第二集 致命爬升——西加勒比航空708号班机
Episode 2 "The Plane That Flew Too High"/"Fatal Climb"
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NARRATOR: A scene of devastation in a remote region of Venezuela confirms the fate of a missing passenger jet.
CONTROLLER: Whiskey Charlie Whiskey 708, confirm position if possible.
NARRATOR: West Caribbean Airways flight 708 has mysteriously dropped from the sky while flying at over 30,000 feet.
MAN: It took off from Panama. It's a Colombian operator. There was[were] 160 French citizens on board[1].
MAN: The biggest accident that has ever occurred in the Venezuelan territory.
NARRATOR: Investigators hope the crew's desperate last words...
CAPTAIN: West 708!
CONTROLLER: Do you have a problem on board?
NARRATOR: ...will help them pinpoint the cause of the crash.
CAPTAIN: Affirmative, now we've had a flame-out on[2] both engines.
NARRATOR: But instead, the mystery deepens.
F/O: It's a stall Captain, it's a stall!
NARRATOR: The pilots can't agree on[3] why the plane is falling. Now it's up to investigators to figure it out.

Word List
1. devastation* n. 毁坏；极度震惊或悲伤
【示例】a scene of total/complete/utter devastation/destruction 一幅满目疮痍的景象
+devastating adj. 毁灭性的，灾难性的；惊人的，可怕的
└ 【例句】A burnt-out hole is all that's left of Asiana Airlines flight 214 after a devastating crash landing. 经历一次毁灭性的迫降后，韩亚航空214号班机只剩下一个烧穿的大洞。(S13E11特辑)
But what they get instead is devastating news. 但他们等到的却是令人震惊的消息。(S12E10波兰总统专机)
+devastate vt. 毁灭；破坏
└【例句】Learjet Victor-Mike-Charlie has devastated Mexico City's financial district. 里尔喷射机VMC重创墨西哥市的金融区。(S14E08墨西哥城公务机)
2. remote* adj. 边远的，偏僻的；久远的；极小的，微乎其微的
【示例】the remote past 遥远的过去 a remotepossibility 微乎其微的可能性
【例 句】When you talk about an accident in the Grand Canyon, you're talking about both hostile, inaccessible, remote and dangerous. 发生在大峡谷的空难就是环境恶劣、不易到达和偏远危险的组合体。(S12E06大峡谷空难)
2. territory n. 领土
【ACI用词】soil 国土；territory 领土（均用在指国家的形容词后）
3. desperate* adj. 绝望的；不顾一切的，铤而走险的，孤注一掷的；极度渴望的；危急的
+desperately adv. 不顾一切地；极其
【注】本来这词没什么难度，但ACI实在是用得太频繁了......调查员desperately，飞行员desperate......
4. pinpoint v. 准确指出(原因)；给...准确定位
5. deepen* v. 加剧，加深
【示例】the mystery deepens 谜团加深

Reading in Depth
[1] onboard(on-board)和on board
onboard(on-board) adj. 随车（船，机）携带的
【示例】onboard radar 机载雷达 onboard LAN 板载网卡
on board 在船（火车、飞机）上
【示例】...people on board 机上有...人 a bomb on board 机上的一颗炸弹
[2] on both engines（注意介词）
[3] agree on
agree with 同意某人 I agree with you.
agree on 在...上达成一致（主语复数）
agree to 同意某事 They agreed to the plan.

• remote [ri´məut]   a.遥远的；偏僻的   (初中英语单词)
• missing [´misiŋ]   a.缺掉的；失踪的   (初中英语单词)
• confirm [kən´fə:m]   vt.证实；认可；加强   (初中英语单词)
• flight [flait]   n.逃走；飞行；班机   (初中英语单词)
• mysteriously [mis´tiəriəsli]   ad.神秘地；故弄玄虚地   (初中英语单词)
• operator [´ɔpəreitə]   n.操作者；接线员   (初中英语单词)
• desperate [´despərit]   a.拼死的；绝望的   (初中英语单词)
• mystery [´mistəri]   n.神秘；秘密；故弄玄虚   (初中英语单词)
• mexico [´meksikəu]   n.墨西哥   (初中英语单词)
• financial [fi´nænʃəl]   a.金融的，财政的   (初中英语单词)
• possibility [,pɔsə´biliti]   n.可能(性)；希望；前途   (初中英语单词)
• hostile [´hɔstail]   a.敌方的，敌意的   (初中英语单词)
• panama [,pænə´mɑ:]   n.巴拿马；巴拿马运河   (高中英语单词)
• deepen [´di:pən]   v.加深；加浓   (高中英语单词)
• whiskey [´wiski]   n.威士忌酒 =whisky   (英语四级单词)
• canyon [´kænjən]   n.峡谷   (英语四级单词)
• landing [´lændiŋ]   n.登陆；降落；楼梯平台   (英语六级单词)
• inaccessible [,inæk´sesəbəl]   a.达不到的，难接近的   (英语六级单词)