全文 9 句（男女对话）· 4 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
作者1. Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad /mæd/ adj. 发疯.
作者2. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day.
作者3. The airport was built years ago, but for some reason /ˈriːzn/ n. 原因 it could not be used then.
作者4. Last year, however, it came into use.
作者5. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise.
作者6. I am one of the few people left.
作者7. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane.
作者8. I have been offered a large sum /sʌm/ n. 量 of money to go away, but I am determined /dɪˈtɜːmɪnd/ adj. 坚定的，下决心的 to stay here.
作者9. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.
作者1. 飞机正在逐渐把我逼疯。
作者2. 我住在一个机场附近，过往飞机日夜不绝于耳。
作者3. 机场是许多年前建的，但由于某种原因当时未能启用。
作者4. 然而去年机场开始使用了。
作者5. 有 100 多人肯定是被噪音逼得已经弃家远去。
作者6. 我是少数留下来的人中的一个。
作者7. 有时我觉得这房子就要被一架飞过的飞机撞倒。
作者8. 他们曾向我提供一大笔钱让我搬走，但我决定留在这儿。
作者9. 大家都说我肯定是疯了，也许他们说的是对的。