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Passage four: You will never see them, but they’re with you every time you fly. They record where you are going, how fast you are traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally.你从来都不会看到它们，但是每次飞行时它们都与你同行。它们记录你去往何方，飞行速度是多少以及飞机上的一切是否运转正常。aero plane = plane 飞机 aero—空气，空中 aero-space 宇宙空间的，宇宙空间 function 名词 功能 This room can be hired for wedding and other functions. 这个房间可以租来举行婚礼，或是其他的用途。 动词 运行，起作用 The machine will not function properly if you do not oil it. 如果你不加油，这台机器将不会很好的工作。 Functional 形容词 正常工作的，功能的 Functional furniture 实用家居 Functional food 功能食物，保健食品 normally 副词 正常地 The factory is normally working again. 工厂现在又开始正常工作了。 Normal 形容词 正常的，普通的，平均的 Rainfall has been above normal this year. 雨量今年已经超过平局值了。 Normalization 名词 正常化，标准化 Their ability to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. They are known as the black box. 它们拥有几乎能够抵御任何灾难的能力，这种能力如此强大，使得它们看起来就像是来自漫画书里的东西一样。人们把它们称之为黑匣子。Exercise can really help you withstand stress more easily. 运动更容易帮助你面对压力。 Withstand life hardship 承受生活的磨难 Resist- resistible- irresistible 5, comic 形容词 滑稽的，好笑的，连环画的 a comic performance 一个滑稽的表演 名词 连环画杂志 Comic book 连环画册 6, Be known as 作为…被知道 Be famous as 以…而出名， be famous to sb for sth 因…被…而闻名 When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying what they went wrong. 如果飞机从空中坠毁，[]正如2009年6月30日也门一架客机在印度洋上非洲科摩罗群岛坠毁，黑匣子成为了帮助确认事故原因的最好工具。’s way to 在…路上 I am on my way to school. China is on its way to becoming a much stronger country in the world. 8, bet n 打赌 I will put a bet on that horse. 我会把赌注下在这匹马上。 Your best bet 能做的做好的事 Your best bet is to say nothing about it. 你最好对这事绝口不提。 动词 打赌，下注 I will bet $100 that they will win. 我打赌100美元他们会赢。 8, identify 识别，确认，把…看成 动词 Police has already identified around 10 murder suspects. 警方已经确认了约10名谋杀案疑凶。 She wore a little nurse’s hat on her head to identify he