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尚辅网 尚辅网 UNIT 4 Airline Stories Contents Section 1 飞机即将坠毁,乘客魂飞魄散?面对空中惊魂,一位母亲镇定自若,以出奇的勇气,带来温暖与安慰,使人重拾信心与力量? What Courage Looks Like? I know what courage looks like. I saw it on a flight I took six years ago, and only now can I speak of it without tears filling eyes at the memory. When our L1011 left the Orlando airport that Friday morning, we were a , high-energy group. 主题阅读 The early-morning flights hosted mainly professional people going to Atlanta for a day or two of business. As I looked around, I saw lots of , -caliber haircuts, leather and all the trimmings of business travelers. I settled back for some light reading and the brief flight ahead. Immediately upon takeoff, it was clear that something was . 主题阅读 The aircraft was bumping up and down and left to right. All the experienced travelers, including me, looked around with knowing . Our looks to one another that we had experienced minor problems and before. If you fly much, you see these things and learn to act blasé about them. We did not remain for long. 主题阅读 Minutes after we were airborne, our plane began wildly and one wing downward. The plane climbed higher but that didn’t help. It didn’t. The pilot soon made a announcement. “We are having some difficulties,” he said. “At this time, it appears we have no . Our indicators show that our has failed. We will be returning to the Orlando airport at this time. 主题阅读 Because of the lack of hydraulics, we are not sure our landing will lock, so the flight attendants will prepare you for a bumpy landing. Also, if you look out of the windows you will see that we are dumping fuel from the airp