新西兰英语 09 New Zealand’s First Hijack Attempt

　　New Zealand had its first hijack¹ attempt on Friday when a woman tried to make the pilot of a small plane fly her to Australia. The plane was flying from Blenheim to Christchurch, a distance of 250km. It was a small plane with only 7 passengers on board and no door between the pilots and the passengers. It left Blenheim airport at 7am. The woman came up behind the pilots with a knife. The passengers and pilots tried to calm her down but she continued to stand behind the pilots and tried to stop them from landing² the plane. The pilot radioed to Christchurch that someone was trying to hijack the plane. When the pilots tried to take the knife off the woman they both got cut. The captain was taken to hospital and has had an operation on his hand which was badly cut.
Police in Christchurch sent more than 10 police cars and an ambulance to the airport and the woman was arrested. The woman said that there were bombs on the plane so this meant everyone had to leave the airport and wait outside on the grass while the army searched the plane. This took 2 hours.
This happened at a very busy time of day, around 8am when many people were flying to other cities for business meetings. Some people were flying to Auckland³ to catch an overseas⁴ flight but they missed that flight. When the airport opened again it took a long time for people to get other bookings.
Now people are talking about security⁵ in small airports which do not have Xray. There is no security on small planes either where anyone can walk into the pilots’ cabin⁶. If changes have to be made, this will be expensive and costs will rise. New Zealand has never had a problem like this before. The woman had been a refugee⁷ from Somalia. She came to New Zealand more than 10 years ago. She suffered many problems before she came to New Zealand and has been in trouble with the police before in this country.

1 hijack   

v.劫持，劫机，拦路抢劫

参考例句：

• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。
• The hijack take place just after the plane take off.劫持是飞机刚起飞后发生的。

2 landing   

n.登陆；着陆；楼梯平台

参考例句：

• Owing to engine trouble,the plane had to make a forced landing.由于发动机出了毛病，飞机不得不进行迫降。
• When are we landing?我们什么时候着陆？

3 Auckland   

n.奥克兰(新西兰港市)

参考例句：

• Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand.奥克兰是新西兰最大的城市。
• Return to auckland by bus in afternoon.下午乘车返回奥克兰。

4 overseas   

adj.海外的；adv.在海外

参考例句：

• Her man has been sent overseas by his employers.她的丈夫已被雇主派往海外。
• Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。

5 security   

n.安全，安全感；防护措施；保证(金)，抵押(品)；债券，证券

参考例句：

• A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
• There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时，机场的保安措施很严密。

6 cabin   

n.(结构简单的)小木屋；船舱，机舱

参考例句：

• They threw up a new cabin in a couple of hours.在几小时之内他们就建起了一座新的小屋。
• It's very hot in the cabin;let's go on deck.舱室内很热，我们到甲板上去吧。

7 refugee   

n.难民，流亡者

参考例句：

• The refugee was condemned to a life of wandering.这个难民注定要过流浪的生活。
• The refugee is suffering for want of food and medical supplies.难民苦于缺少食物和医药用品。