2017考研英语阅读精选：老鼠致使飞机航班取消

考研英语来源：新东方网整理 2016-04-06　

Rat causes flight to be suspended

老鼠致使飞机航班取消

A flight from Changchun to Shenzhen was delayed by a day at its stop over in Yantai. The delay was caused by an ugly, aggressive and unexpected passenger: a rat.

一辆从长春飞往深圳的航班，在烟台延机一天。此次航班延误，是因为一位丑陋、具有攻击性的、出人意料的乘客：一只老鼠。

A passenger surnamed Yu told to the media:

一位姓于的乘客告诉媒体：

"It was the most absurd voyage of my life. We stopped at Yantai as scheduled. When we returned to cabin for take-off, we were told to get off the plane again, this time with our luggage." Yu also reported:

“这是我这辈子最荒唐的旅行。我们的航班在烟台准时停落。当我们回到机舱准备起飞时，被告知再次离开飞机，这次要带着我们的行李。”于还说：

"They didn’t tell us the reason at first. When we kept asking, flight attendant finally said that there was a rat on board, and it had chewed the wires of the plane."

“起先，他们没告诉我们缘由。我们一直追问，空乘员最后说，有只老鼠登机了，它咬断了飞机上的电线。”

According to Yu, all the passengers who were delayed received 400 yuan as compensation from the airline. They also received overnight accommodations and were rescheduled on a flight the next day. However, Ms. Yu said that she still feels frightened about what could have happened.

据于说，所有延机的乘客，都收到了航空公司400元的慰问金。他们还获得了住宿，被安排于次日起飞。然而，于小姐说，她对已经发生的一切仍然觉得害怕。”

A staff member at the head office of Shenzhen Airlines offered a statement on the matter,saying it was the cabin crew that found traces of the rat. The whole crew immediately began to search for the rodent, but by the time the plane was supposed to take off, they still hadn’t found it.

深圳航空公司总部成员就此事发表了一份声明，说，机舱人员发现了老鼠的行踪。所有机舱人员立刻开始搜寻这个啮齿动物，但是到了飞机起飞的时候，他们还是没找到。”

"According to regulations, since we had not caught the rat, the plane could not take off. Rats can be aggressive, which not only threatens the safety of passengers, but can also cause problems with the aircraft," said the staff member.

机组成员说：“根据规定，因为我们没有抓到老鼠，飞机不能起飞。老鼠具有侵略性，它不仅会威胁到乘客的安全，还能造成坠机问题。”

The employee also mentioned that Shenzhen Airlines has encountered similar cases before this one, including one that caused a flight to be delayed for three full days. Despite the fact that this was not a one-time issue, the airline has yet to implement specific preventative measures.

雇员还提到，在此之前，深圳航空已经遇到了相同的事件，其中包括一起事件，造成飞机延机整整三天。尽管事实上，这不是一次性事件，航线依然没引入了特定的保护措施。

When the Shenzhen Airlines staff member was asked how the rat got onto the flight, he said that in addition to the usual passenger and cargo channels, the rat may have entered the aircraft while it was parked on the tarmac.

当深圳航空成员被问到，老鼠是怎么进来的时候，他说，除了正常乘客和行李通道，老鼠可能进入停在机场上的飞机。