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parent n. 父（母）亲
parent company
single parent


flight attendant 空中乘务员
flight n. 航程，航班，飞
the flight of a ball 球的飞行
a comfortable flight
一次舒适的空中航行
The flight will take four hours.
这次航行要飞 4 个小时。
We're booked on the same flight.
我们订了同一班机的机票。

attend v.出席;参加
to attend a wedding 参加婚礼
Our children attend the same school.
我们的孩子上同一所学校。
She hadn't been attending during the lesson.
上课时她一直不专心。

attend to 处理，照顾
I have some urgent business to attend to.
我有一些急事要处理。
A nurse attended to his needs constantly.
有一位护士经常照料他的需要。
Are you being attended to, Sir?
先生，有人接待你吗？

attendant n.服务员
a cloakroom/parking/museum attendant
衣帽间 / 停车服务员；博物馆接待员

frightened adj. 害怕，担惊
frighten vt. 使惊吓；vi. 惊恐
You frighten me.
This doesn't worry me.
frightening adj. 令人感到可怕的； frightened adj. 自己感到可怕的

curious adj. 急于了解，好奇的
They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs.
他们对住在楼上的人感到很好奇。

bomb n. 炸弹 v. 轰炸
Hundreds of bombs were dropped on the city.
几百枚炸弹投到了这座城市。
The city was heavily bombed in the war.
这座城市在战争中遭到了猛烈轰炸。


plant v. 种植，把一个东西放置，等待它的变化


1、A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience.
take charge (of)… 照顾……，接管，开始管理
She took charge of the child after his parents died.
The new manager will take charge (of the company) from next week.


2、I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened.
be used to doing sth. 习惯于做某事

倒装句的结构：“副词+助动词+主语 +其余”。
1） 句首为否定意义的副词（never，rarely，little，on no occasion，hardly，no sooner…that 等）：
Little does he realize how important this meeting is.
Never has he got so many letters.
2） 句首为 only 构成的词组（如 only after，only then 等）：

3、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.
take off 起飞
gain height （飞机）增加高度，爬高 （gain vt. 增加）

4、Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened.
on board 在飞机上，在船上，在火车上等。