趣味青春英语电台 第267期:Quick fix(在线收听

   Idiom:

  Quick fix ( temporary solution )
  Hit the book:
  Subtle
  Glide
  Shudder
  Backfiring
  Pressurization
  Precautionary
  Construe
  Droll
  Subtle noises are not the ones to worry aboutComplete silence—suggesting all/both the engines have failed—would probably concern most. But even then, all is not lost—if the engines can't be restarted, planes can actually glide for a remarkable distance. After Air Transat Flight 236 lost power on August 24, 2001, it managed an emergency landing in the Azores after gliding for 120km.
 
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