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2014高考英语二轮阅读理解三月特训 高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项Laura Edmonds has a look of horror on her face as she turns to look out the airplane window. It’ s not the threat of terrorism that worries her，but rather the possibility of mechanical failure. She says she imagines the plane plunging to the ground because the engines may fall off. So every few minutes she glances out the window to make sure they re still attached. It is a fear that has gripped her for 18 years, since her wedding day. Since then she has tried drugs and cocktails to make it through flights. But, she says they’ ve been no help in easing her anxiety. She has dragged her family on the train from Connecticut to Florida, insisted on long drives and tried to avoid flying at all costs. Even when friends fly, Edmonds says she worries, counting the hours till they arrive at their destination. It’ s been three years since Edmonds has stepped on a plane. Yet here she is now, 20,000 feet above the ground onboard a turbo-prop thats a route from New York, LaGuardia Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport in Maryland. She is hoping this is the flight that will overcome her fear. “I feel the seat. I feel the seat against my arm. I feel my hands，” recites Edmonds, her eyes still closed. She is attempting to change her mind, one of several so-called “ strengthening exercises she recently learned from a video course designed to overcome fear of flying. The idea is to focus on the moment, rather than the abstract. Former Pan Am and United pilot Tom Bunn is president of the company that produced the videos and that instructs passengers in the basic mechanics of flying and teaches them to control their thoughts. Before boarding the U. S. Airways flight, Edmonds presents a letter from Bunn to the flight attendant asking to speak with the captain. The pilot glad