英語趣聞——飛機

本期導讀：

機長和副機長為什麼不能在航班上吃一樣的食物？

坐飛機哪個部位最安全？

飛行到底安不安全？

Fact One:

Most pilots and copilots on major airlines are not allowed to eat the same food to avoid the possibility of food poisoning sickening the entire flight crew.

大部分的航司駕駛員和副駕駛員不可以在飛機上吃一樣的食物，為了避免食物中毒而導致整個機組人員生病。

copilot n.副駕駛員

co- 共同的（形容詞，副詞，名詞和動詞前）

co-author 合著者

co-founder 聯合創始人

coexist v.共同

cooperatively ad.合作地

food poisoning 食物中毒

sicken vt.讓某人生病, vi.生病

The baby sickened and died before his first birthday.

flight crew 機組人員

Fact Two:

According to Popular Mechanics, sitting in the tail of an airplane improves chances of accident survival by 40%.

根據雜誌Popular Mechanics, 坐在機尾的位置會提高40%的事故生存率。

Fact Three:

The risk of being killed in a plane crash for the average Americans is 1 in 11million. The risk of being killed in a car accident is 1 in 5,000.

對於普通美國人來說，在飛機失事中喪生的幾率是1/11000000；而在車禍中喪生的幾率是1/5000。

心臟病 1/467

噎死 1/100686

火災 1/104524

走路 1/150681

閃電劈死 1/10495684

小行星撞死1/74817414