美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-07-26

 It honestly was not until it hit the ground. It was unlike any other landing, we just skid(滑行；刹车), it was a bang and a bounce, and then just a slam on the brakes, skidding¹ feeling as we were trying, I mean, you could tell they were trying to stop the plane. The pilots were trying to do their best to stop the plane, but it was very clear since we went down that something was really wrong, and we did not land on wheels.

 

You didn't land on wheels at all or just the nose of the aircraft?

 

On the front. I was actually sitting close to the front and so it was just a hard impact from the plane and then just a desperate try to stop the plane as quickly as possible.

 

What does that feel like with the nose of the plane, I guess, just scraping along the runway? Does it bounce? Did you get jerked out of your seat?

 

It was definitely a hard impact where you could feel a jerk all the really a front jerk to your body, and I think the scariest part was the kind of smell of the smoke, and I don't know whether the smell of the, burning smell, maybe the asphalt and the plane. I'm not sure what that was.

 

You smelled something.

 

Probably the most frightening part of it all.

 

Did the chutes(瀑布；斜道；降落伞) automatically deploy² and everyone, or did the pilot say anything for the people to evacuate³ or how did that work?

 

It was a little bit, you know, not being in the situation ever before, fortunately, I'm not sure exactly how it normally goes, but it was a bit of a delay. They, you know, we weren't really sure what to do, and they actually, I think kept the doors closed purposely, I would guess to make sure the bottom of the plane, like I said, there was that smell of burning inside it, and immediately you could hear water hitting the bottom of the plane.

 

I mean I don't know if that was to ensure there was no fire. I'm not sure why that was. The plane hit the field for a good bit, I mean for several minutes, and then there was sort of becoming smoke inside the plane. And I think that was very frightening for the passengers. It was just everybody's reaction to get up and want to get out of here, and you couldn't.

 

You're doing OK?

 

I'm sorry?

 

Are you doing OK?

 

Oh yes. I mean, I feel extremely blessed, you know, to have come off that, I mean, it just felt like the plane really could have broken in half, and I mean, it was just such a hard impact. But I do, I mean, it was straitly coming down the slide and I mean, you know, seeing everybody rush. It was really was, even more frightening after when you turning around and looking at it, with all the emergency crew and I know all the people who just, it was just, you know, kind of a really unbelievable feeling.

1 skidding   

n.曳出，集材v.（通常指车辆） 侧滑( skid的现在分词 )；打滑；滑行；（住在）贫民区

参考例句：

• All the wheels of the truck were tied up with iron chains to avoid skidding on the ice road. 大卡车的所有轮子上都捆上了铁链，以防止在结冰的路面上打滑。 来自《用法词典》
• I saw the motorcycle skidding and its rider spilling in dust. 我看到摩托车打滑，骑车人跌落在地。 来自互联网

2 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

3 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。