英语播客EnglishPod 172

 A:    And the next thing you know, we’re running to-
       wards¹ the... Oh...did you feel that?

 B:    Yeah, don’t worry about it; we’re just going
       through a bit of turbulence².

 C:     Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speak-
        ing.  It looks like we’ve hit a patch of rough air, so
       we’re going to have a bit of a bumpy³ ride for the
        next several minutes, and...

 A:    This why I hate flying... Oh!

 C:    At this time, I’d like to remind all of our passen-
       gers to fasten their seat beltsand remain seated
        until the fasten seat belt sign is turned off. Please
       ensure that all cabin baggageis carefully stowed
        under the seat in front of you. I’ll be back back to
        update you in a minute.
 A:     Did you hear that? Brent!

 B:     Don’t worry about it. This is totally normal. It hap-
        pens all the

 C:    Ah, ladies  and  gentlemen, this  is  your  captain
       again. We’ve got quite a large patch of rough air
       ahead of us, so for your safety, we will be sus-
        pending⁴ in-flight service. I would ask all in-flight
       crew to return to their seats at this time. I would
       also like to ask that all our passengers refrain from
        using the lavatory⁵ until the seat belt sign has been
       switched off We can expect...

1 wards   

区( ward的名词复数 )； 病房； 受监护的未成年者； 被人照顾或控制的状态

参考例句：

• This hospital has 20 medical [surgical] wards. 这所医院有 20 个内科[外科]病房。
• It was a big constituency divided into three wards. 这是一个大选区，下设三个分区。

2 turbulence   

n.喧嚣，狂暴，骚乱，湍流

参考例句：

• The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.空气的激流导致飞机翻转。
• The world advances amidst turbulence.世界在动荡中前进。

3 bumpy   

adj.颠簸不平的，崎岖的

参考例句：

• I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
• The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄，成了一条崎岖不平的小径。

4 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

5 lavatory   

n.盥洗室，厕所

参考例句：

• Is there any lavatory in this building?这座楼里有厕所吗？
• The use of the lavatory has been suspended during take-off.在飞机起飞期间，盥洗室暂停使用。