简单慢速英语阅读:A Short Plane Trip

The plane was waiting to take off. The plane was in line on the runway. One plane was ahead¹ of it. Many planes were behind it. Everyone wanted to get up into the air. Everyone was tired of sitting on the ground. Planes are for flying, not sitting. Planes are like birds. Birds are for flying, not sitting. A man stood up. The flight attendant² told him to sit down. The man ran to the bathroom. He locked the bathroom door. The flight attendant knocked on the door. She knocked and knocked. The man didn’t come out. The flight attendant told the captain. The captain went back to the bathroom. He knocked on the bathroom door. The man didn’t come out. He said, “Leave me alone! I want to be alone!” The captain took the plane back to the airport. Everyone was angry at the man in the bathroom.

1 ahead   

adv.在前，向前，提前，在前面

参考例句：

• We have to go ahead to find a garage.我们得到前边找个修车厂。
• Youth looks ahead and age backward.青年人向前看，老年人向后看。

2 attendant   

n.随从，跟班，出席者，服务员；adj.伴随的，出席的，注意的，在场的

参考例句：

• She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant.服务员进来，打断了她的话。
• We met the officer attendant on the general.我们见到了随从将军的副官。