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听力文本
There was a bomb scare on an Air France flight on Sunday. The plane was flying from the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius to Paris. A passenger found a strange-looking device made from a kitchen timer, cardboard and paper in a toilet. They alerted staff and the pilot decided to make an emergency landing in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, which was the nearest airport. Air France's CEO Frederic Gagey said the device was harmless and caused a "false alarm". He said that someone probably put it in the toilet at some point during the flight. Mr Gagey added: "All the information available to us at the moment indicates that the object was not capable of creating an explosion or damaging a plane."
Some of the passengers were put on alternative flights to Paris. Five others are being questioned by the police. A Kenyan police chief told the Reuters news agency that: "Some people are now airborne, but a few among them, who we we're interrogating, have remained with us, until ongoing investigations are done." The plane was carrying 459 passengers and 14 crew members. One of those on board said the crew told them that the plane was being diverted because of a technical problem. He said: "The plane just went down, slowly, slowly, slowly, so we just realised probably something was wrong." He added: "The crew of Air France were just great, just wonderful. They kept everybody calm and really quiet.
中文翻译
周日，一架法航客机遭炸弹威胁。航班原计划从毛里求斯飞往巴黎。一名乘客在洗手间发现了一个纸盒组装包裹，内装计时器。并随即通知机组人员，飞行员决定迫降在距离最近的肯尼亚蒙巴萨机场。法航执行总裁弗雷德里克称，这种计时器不会造成任何威胁，这是一场“爆炸物”恶作剧。他称可能是有人在飞机起飞后将其放置在了洗手间。弗雷德里克还称：“目前所有信息表明该物体不会造成爆炸，也不会对飞机造成威胁。”
多数乘客已改乘其它航班飞往巴黎。还有5名乘客遭警方问询。肯尼亚警察局长在接受路透社采访时称：“部分乘客已乘飞机离开，但在调查结束之前，还有几名乘客要留在此地接受问询。”该次航班有459名乘客，14名机组人员。一名乘客表示称，机组人员说是因技术问题改道。他称：“飞机缓慢下降，我们以为可能是什么什么地方出了问题。”他还称：“法航的机组人员非常职业。他们让所有乘客保持冷静。”
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重点讲解
1.capable of 有…能力的
例句：Show your teacher what you are capable of.
向你的老师表现出你能干什么。
2.go down 下降
例句：Go down and see what they are doing downstairs.
下去看看他们在楼下干什么。
3.port city 港口城市
例句：Hezbollah rockets pounded the Israeli port city of Haifa overnight.
黎巴嫩真主党火箭昨晚猛烈轰击以色列港口城市海法.
4.technical problem 技术问题
例句：The engineer explained the main points of the technical problem over again.
工程师把那个技术问题的重点重新讲了一遍.
听力题目
1.On what day of the week was there a bomb scare?
a) Monday
b) Sunday
c) Tuesday
d) Wednesday
2.What ocean was the plane flying over?
a) the Atlantic Ocean
b) the Pacific Ocean
c) the Indian Ocean
d) the Antarctic Ocean
3.In which country did the plane make an emergency landing?
a) Croatia
b) United Arab Emirates
c) Seychelles
d) Kenya
4.What did the Air France CEO say about the device found on board?
a) it was dangerous
b) it was harmless
c) it was mysterious
d) it didn't work so well
5.What was the device not capable of?
a) exploding
b) radio contact
c) turning on
d) timing
6.How many of the passengers were being questioned by police?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
7.How many passengers were on board?
a) 456
b) 457
c) 458
d) 459
8.What excuse did the crew give passengers for landing earlier?
a) there was a possible bomb on board
b) some passengers were sick
c) there was a technical problem
d) there was turbulence ahead
9.How did the plane go down?
a) smoothly
b) bumpily
c) quickly
d) slowly
10.Who kept the passengers calm?
a) the pilot
b) the crew
c) a comedian
d) other passengers
听力答案
1.b
2.c
3.d
4.b
5.a
6.a
7.d
8.c
9.d
10.b
