First Flight

第一次坐飛機

Mr. Johnson had never been up in anaeroplane before and he had read a lot aboutair accidents， so one day when a friendoffered to take him for a ride in his ownsmall plane， Mr. Johnson was very worriedabout accepting. Finally， however， his friendpersuaded him that it was very safe， and Mr.Johnson boarded the plane.

His friend started the engine and beganto taxi onto the runway of theairport. Mr. Johnson had heardthat the most dangerous part ofa flight were the take-off and thelanding， so he was extremelyfrightened and closed his eyes.

After a minute or two heopened them again， looked outof the window of the plane， andsaid to his friend， \"Look at thosepeople down there. They look assmall as ants， don't they?\"

\"Those are ants，\" answeredhis friend. \"We're still on theground.\"

約翰遜先生從前未乘過飛機，他讀過許多關于飛行事故的報道。所以，有一天一位朋友邀請他乘自己的小飛機飛行時，約翰遜先生非常擔心，不敢接受。不過，由于朋友不斷保證說飛行是很安全的，約翰遜先生終于被說服了，登上了飛機。

他的朋友啟動引擎開始在機場跑道上滑行。約翰遜先生聽說飛行中最危險的是起飛與降落，所以他嚇得緊閉雙眼。

過了一兩分鐘，他睜開雙眼朝窗外望去，接著對朋友說道：“看下面那些人，他們看起來就像螞蟻一樣小，是不是?”

“那些就是螞蟻，”他的朋友答道，“我們還在地面!”