A cloud of ash from the volcano has drifted southeast across Europe, grounding thousands of flights and stranding passengers worldwide.
火山灰云已向東南方向漂移,遍布整個歐洲,已造成全球數(shù)千架航班停飛,大量旅客滯留。
Flights are operating on regular schedules between Iceland and the United States but service from the island nation to other destinations is limited by the airport shutdowns caused by the ash plume.
冰島至美國的航班仍照常飛行,但由于火山灰塵導(dǎo)致機(jī)場關(guān)閉,該島國至其它目的地的航空服務(wù)受到了限制。
Vocabulary:
geothermal:of or pertaining to the internal heat of the earth(地?zé)岬模?/p>
ground:to restrict (an aircraft or the like) to the ground because of bad weather, the unsatisfactory condition of the aircraft, etc.使停飛,阻止……起飛)
uptake:攝入;攝取
out and about:進(jìn)行戶外活動,遍游某地