My wife Pat and I were having drinks outside our home, The weather was unusually1for March in Mississippi, There was barely any breeze, After we finished the second cup, flashes of2danced across the sky. When the first drops of rain drove us3 the phone rang.Pat's face4on that gray and hot day. It was our son, David, a helicopter pilot who5in the US Air Force in South Korea. David intended to sound6but we recognized the sign of homesickness from his voice7the power of conversation made us feel8until a crash shook the windows.

    David wondered what it was,“Just thunder,”Pat said.

    There were several seconds of silence,“David”,I asked, “are yo9there?”

    “Yes…apart from the two of you, do you know what else I10most? Thunder, We have rain, wind, and11here, but it never thunders, Remember? Dad, when I was a kid, you laughed me out of fear of thunder? I wish I were there to12with you now.”

    “Yes…”I said, trying to13my tears, On hanging up the phone, I told Pat,“I'm going to record our son some 14”“Bob, the neighbors will think you're crazy.”

    “David won't,” I said and went outside with a recorder, Later I15the tape to David with a single line:A16gift.

    David called again, “Dad,”he said,“you won't believe that some friends and I had a thunder party where we realized we were listening to the sounds of 17 Thanks, Dad! It was really a special present,” While David was in Korea, we found ourselves 18thunderstorms.19feeling blue, we regarded the thunder as special which let us know that wherever we might be, we were 20together as a family.

安全的空中旅行

    ①现在，长途旅行乘坐飞机是最节省时间的方式，但总有些人会认为飞机不安全。即使不得不乘坐飞机出行，整个飞行过程也是惶恐不安的。为什么人们会觉得乘坐飞机不安全呢？他们在担心什么？

    ②很多人认为在陆地上行驶的交通工具，不管汽车还是火车，如果遇到机械故障，一般可以停下来检修，等待故障解除或救援，而飞机就不同了。其实这种担心有些杞人忧天，现代化的民航客机一般都有2—4台涡轮风扇发动机，即使在飞行中一台发动机停工，也可以使用另外的发动机，安全地降落在附近的机场。相反，如果你认为地面上的交通工具可以在行驶中随便停车检修，那真是大错特错了。近年来无论是在公路上还是在高铁上，都出现过因停车而造成的重大事故。

    ③颠簸在飞行中比较常见。遇到气流颠簸，飞机就变成了一个载着几百人的过山车，忽上忽下，乘客轻则心惊肉跳，重则人仰马翻……我们不得不承认，飞机颠簸起来可不像汽车在路面上颠簸那样。大型客机飞行在大气对流层的上部，接近平流层的底部（8000—11000米），对流层就是风雨雷电的所在之处。还好，现代客机一般都装备气象雷达，通过雷达回波图可以准确判断前方的雨云，再加上地面航空气象部门的预报，基本上可以避开恶劣天气。

    ④不过，阳光明媚时，你也别洋洋得意，高空中才真是“无风三尺浪”。即使在没有云的高空，飞机也经常遇到“晴空颠簸”。这是大气活动造成的，通常出现在6000米以上的高空，是与对流云团无关的乱流，气象雷达也监测不到。遇到这种颠簸也不可怕，飞行员有足够的反应时间和处理预案，乘客只要乖乖地听从空乘人员的要求，在座椅上系好安全带，感受一下肾上腺素上升的刺激就好了。

    ⑤有些第一次坐飞机的乘客会问：为什么不给我降落伞？万一……我还可以跳伞！跳伞这事可不是一般人能完成的，跳伞这项运动可不像街头篮球一样，随随便便找个地方就可以开展。从几千米高、－40℃左右的空中跳伞，呼吸着 稀薄的空气、面对未知的着陆点，你还有勇气和自信吗？而且几百人从4—6个舱门跳出飞机，你以为你是空降兵吗？

    ⑥实际上，在绝大多数航空事故中，飞机仍然是可控的。在可控的情况下迫降，成功率非常高。与其盲目惊慌地跳出飞机，还不如把身家性命交给经验丰富的飞行员，让他从容地化险为夷。

    ⑦无数事例证明：________________。据统计，民用飞机造成多人伤亡的事故率约为三百万分之一。也就是说，要积累三百万个航班，意味着你每天坐一次飞机，也要8200年才有可能遇到一次飞行事故。

（选自《科学Fans》2012年第12期，有删节）

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