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Lesson8 Air Rage
飛機(jī)旅行暴怒癥
四十年前，美國(guó)人計(jì)劃長(zhǎng)途旅行的話，絕大多數(shù)選擇汽車或火車出行，如果出國(guó)，則選擇船。飛機(jī)旅行只是富裕的美國(guó)人青睞的一種相對(duì)昂貴的交通方式。
現(xiàn)在飛機(jī)旅行成了美國(guó)絕大多數(shù)出游者生活的不可缺少的一部分。自1960年以來，飛機(jī)票的價(jià)格沒怎么變化，而普通美國(guó)人的購(gòu)買力已經(jīng)增長(zhǎng)了十倍。即使在過去的十年中，坐飛機(jī)旅行的美國(guó)人增長(zhǎng)了百分之三十七。
Unfortunately the construction of new airports and the training of personnel have not kept pace with the demand for more flights. These shortfalls, along with the usual, frequent occurrences of bad weather, have resulted in a large number of delays in both departures and arrivals of airplanes across the country. In fact, delays affected 40 percent of all domestic flights during the past year. These delays have contributed to increased frustration among travellers and outbreaks of violent behaviour during flights, a new phenomenon known as "air rage."
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生詞&句型
壓倒性地 此處解釋為絕大多數(shù)都選擇坐汽車和火車。源于動(dòng)詞overwhelm 淹沒，壓倒。
2.shortfall
短缺，不足，缺少之?dāng)?shù)（此時(shí)是可數(shù)名詞）貿(mào)易順差和逆差的表達(dá)，可用此意。
（戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)）爆發(fā)，（疾病）發(fā)作，還可表示一般意義上的發(fā)生。
4.rage
憤怒，狂暴；肆虐，流行。作可數(shù)和不可數(shù)名詞、不及物動(dòng)詞使用
5.the majority of sth
某一事物群體的大多數(shù)：the tyranny of the majority多數(shù)人的暴政—與少數(shù)人的暴政相對(duì)的概念
