倒霉的乘客
Tara and Frank are in the airport waiting to board their flight.
塔拉和法蘭克正在機場等待登機。
board(v.)登機、將寵物暫時寄養on board在船（飛機、火車）上
Tara: I’m glad our flight is on time today.
塔拉：我很高興今天我們的航班準時。
glad(adj.)高興的=pleasedon time準時in time及時
Frank: Yeah, me too. Let’s just hope no one throws coins into the plane’s engine!
法蘭克：是的，我也是。只希望沒人會把硬幣扔進飛機引擎！
throws(v.)扔、丟coin(n.)硬幣engine(n.)引擎
Tara: Huh? Why would that happen? That sounds like something strange for someone to do.
塔拉：嗯？為什麼會發生這種事？竟然會有人做這種事情，太奇怪了吧。
sound like似乎
Frank: I agree. But a flight in China was just canceled because a passenger did that! He threw six coins wrapped in red paper into the engine for good luck.
法蘭克：對啊。但在中國，有一個航班就因為一名乘客這樣做而取消了！他把六枚包在紅紙裡的硬幣扔進引擎，希望能帶來好運。
wrap…in…用～包裹～luck(n.)運氣=fortunetell someone’s fortune算命
Tara: That sounds dangerous. If no one saw it, it could have been very bad luck for the other passengers.
塔拉：那聽起來非常危險。如果沒有人看到，其他乘客可能會很倒霉。
Frank: Right. It could have damaged the engine. That’s why the flight was delayed until the next day. Workers had to find all of the coins.
法蘭克：對，那可能會損壞引擎。這就是為什麼航班被延遲到隔天。工作人員必須找到所有的硬幣。
damage(v.)損害delay(v.)延遲=put off=postpone
Tara: That’s crazy. But it’s better to wait a day and be safe.
塔拉：太瘋狂了。但為了安全起見還是等待一天比較好！
Frank: Yep. Still, it’s even better not to throw coins into the engine in the first place!
法蘭克：沒錯。不過，最好一開始就不要往引擎裡扔硬幣！
in the first place一開始