Don’t Top Off the Tanks
<p> 《365个英语小故事》:实用简洁的小故事，都是日常生活小故事，在学习英语的同时了解美国文化，循序渐进，轻松掌握。</p><p> <span word="Alabama">Alabama</span> <span word="Airlines">Airlines</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="notified">notified</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="pilots">pilots</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="topping">topping</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="tanks">tanks</span>. <span word="Alarmed">Alarmed</span>, <span word="pilot">pilot</span> <span word="Buck">Buck</span> <span word="Rogers">Rogers</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="copy">copy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="memo">memo</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Time">Time</span> <span word="Magazine">Magazine</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="investigated">investigated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="matter">matter</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="AA">AA</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="reacting">reacting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> 50-<span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="alone">alone</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="memo">memo</span> <span word="warned">warned</span> <span word="pilots">pilots</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plane">plane</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="necessary">necessary</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="destination">destination</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="memo">memo</span> <span word="reminded">reminded</span> <span word="pilots">pilots</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="primary">primary</span> <span word="responsibility">responsibility</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ensure">ensure</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="AAs">AAs</span> <span word="profits">profits</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="quarter">quarter</span>. <span word="Topping">Topping</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tanks">tanks</span> <span word="resulted">resulted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="extra">extra</span> <span word="fueling">fueling</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="extra">extra</span> <span word="weight">weight</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="extra">extra</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="weight">weight</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="reducing">reducing</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="profits">profits</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="memo">memo</span> <span word="concluded">concluded</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="instructions">instructions</span>: <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="engines">engines</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="stuck">stuck</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="runways">runways</span>; <span word="if">if</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="tailwind">tailwind</span>, <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="engines">engines</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="glide">glide</span>; <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="wherever">wherever</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="available">available</span>, <span word="use">use</span> <span word="economy">economy</span> <span word="jet">jet</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span>.</p><p> <span word="Pilots">Pilots</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="complained">complained</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="publics">publics</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="risk">risk</span>. <span word="Yielding">Yielding</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="complaints">complaints</span>, <span word="AA">AA</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="pilots">pilots</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="extra">extra</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="gallons">gallons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span>.</p><p> <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="extra">extra</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="gallons">gallons</span>, <span word="Rogers">Rogers</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="disasters">disasters</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="plane">plane</span> <span word="ran">ran</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wheels">wheels</span> <span word="touched">touched</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="runway">runway</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="plane">plane</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="towed">towed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="terminal">terminal</span>. <span word="Rogers">Rogers</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="congratulatory">congratulatory</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="AAs">AAs</span> <span word="president">president</span>! <span word="The">The</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="Rogers">Rogers</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="plane">plane</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="freeway">freeway</span>, <span word="still">still</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="construction">construction</span>, 10 <span word="miles">miles</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Atlanta">Atlanta</span> <span word="runway">runway</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="AA">AA</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="bad">bad</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Rogers">Rogers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="AND">AND</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="airport">airport</span>.</p>
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