英伦广角 2011-08-28 一名红箭飞行员在飞行事故中

 Military investigators¹ will spend today collecting and analyzing² all of these as they attempted to piece together what happened. At the moment, there is very little to go on. The weather of yesterday was good and the jet appeared fine as it took off with other red planes in its aerobatic stunt⁴.

 

A number of people saw the moment the Hawk⁵ Jet came down. They may well be able to help investigators. This footage shows the moment just after the crash. It was filmed by Shaun Spencer Perkins who was out walking with his family. 

 

"I could see through these trees can red arrow flying under those trees all way along there above the field."

 

"I can smell the burning. "

 

We went back through the field passing large pieces of the plane, bits of tail fin³, bits of the ailerons, the door. Some of them were embeded in the ground. There were large ruts and delves⁶, huge delves knocked into the ground by the debris⁷ and the very first point where the debris fuel started, there was huge scorch⁸ mark on the ground.

 

They spent sometime searching for the pilot but were unable to find him. He was named late last night, this 33-year-old flight lieutenant⁹, Jon Egging. His wife Emma who was watching yesterday's air show remembered him with a few words.

 

"Joh was everything to those who knew him. He was the best friend and husband I could ever have wished for. He loved his job and he was an exemplary pilot. Watching him today I was the proudest I've ever been. I loved everything about him and he will be missed."

 

And from the home of the Red Arrow in Lincolnshire, the Squadron had this message.

 

"John Egging, known as Eggman, joined the team in the autumn of last year and he was a much valued and respected member at the team. At this time, my thoughts are clearly with his wife, Emma and his parents and the thoughts of the team, the engineers and his fellow team members are very much with him."

 

Despite the tragedy though, there is relief that the plane did't hit any of the nearby houses. This could have been significantly worse.

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句

3 fin   

n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼

参考例句：

• They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
• The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。

4 stunt   

n.惊人表演，绝技，特技；vt.阻碍...发育，妨碍...生长

参考例句：

• Lack of the right food may stunt growth.缺乏适当的食物会阻碍发育。
• Right up there is where the big stunt is taking place.那边将会有惊人的表演。

5 hawk   

n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员

参考例句：

• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
• The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。

6 delves   

v.深入探究，钻研( delve的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• That delves the grave duly. 误不了你的洞房。 来自互联网
• The exhibition delves deep into the physics, aromatics and even the timbre of flatulence. 此次展览向人们介绍了人体物理、气味甚至肠胃胀气的声音等各方面知识。 来自互联网

7 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

8 scorch   

v.烧焦，烤焦；高速疾驶；n.烧焦处，焦痕

参考例句：

• I could not wash away the mark of the scorch.我洗不掉这焦痕。
• This material will scorch easily if it is too near the fire.这种材料如果太靠近炉火很容易烤焦。

9 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。