经济学人下载:查尔斯·耶格尔将军(3)

When his wife died, his entire world was turned upside down.

他妻子死后，他的整个生活变得一塌糊涂。

2.At last the plane got upright and, at 25,000 feet, he popped it out of the spin.

pop out 冒出去

He looked as if his eyes were going to pop out.

他眼珠好像要跳出来似的。

3.He took up flight training mostly because pilots had beautiful girls on their arms.

take up 开始从事

He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport.

他并不特别想从事竞技体育运动。