双语阅读英语外刊精讲：美联航事件

2019-03-29 11:06:00来源：酷学英语

　　单词：

　　inundate v.淹没

　　news feeds n.新闻提要

　　unpack v. 拆包；分析

　　incident n. 事件

　　appropriate adj. 适当的

　　PR n. public relations 公共关系

　　fallout n.后果

　　accounts n. 记述

　　accommodate v. 容纳

　　disembark v. 使卸下；下飞机

　　surrender v. 交出

　　at random 随机

　　criteria n. criterion

　　金句解析：

　　By now, the video of a United passenger being dragged off a flight at Chicago's O'Hare airport has made it around the world and undoubtedly inundated your news feeds.

　　到目前为止，有关联合航空乘客在芝加哥O'hare机场被拖下飞机的视频已经在全世界传开，当然也无疑淹没了你的新闻提要。

　　Except, according to airline spokesman Charlie Hobart, it wasn't completely random. Hobart told CNN that United weighs a number of factors to determine who is chosen to leave the flight, such as connecting flights and how long of a delay the passenger will have at the airport.

　　然而，根据航空发言人Charlie Hobart的陈述，该（选择）并不随机。Hobart告诉CNN 联合航空衡量了一系列的因素来决定谁被选择离开航班，比如说转机的航班以及该乘客将要在机场有多长的延迟。

　　According to multiple passenger accounts to CNN, United was looking to free up four seats on Sunday evening flight from Chicago to Louisville in order to accommodate United employees who needed to be in Louisville for their shifts.

　　根据多名乘客对CNN的陈述，联合航空当时正在寻求在周日晚间从芝加哥到路易斯维尔航班上空出4个座位，来提供给需要到路易斯维尔执勤的联合航班的雇员。

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