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　　今天的句子：

　　Airlines have long carried freight alongside passengers, but it never made sense to use their planes exclusively for cargo. That changed in March. As companies eliminated thousands of flights, cargo space became scarce and the price of sending goods by plane shot up, creating an economic case for repurposing idled passenger planes.

　　思考题：

　　The pandemic has forced airlines to ___.

　　A. use passenger planes solely for the cargo

　　B. carry cargo side by side with passengers

　　C. explore new air routes for carrying cargo

　　D. lower the charge for transporting cargo

　　词汇突破：

　　Airlines 航空公司

　　freight 货物

　　exclusively 只...

　　cargo 货物

　　eliminate 取消

　　flights 航班,

　　scarce 稀缺

　　shot up上涨

　　repurpose 改动，修改

　　idled 闲置的

　　passenger planes 客机

　　made sense 行得通

　　句子解析：

　　第一句：

　　Airlines have long carried freight alongside passengers, but it(形式主语)never made sense /to use their planes exclusively for cargo(主语).

　　参考译文：长期以来，航空公司都会在客运的同时运送货物，但专门把飞机用于货运从来都行不通。

　　第二句：

　　That changed in March.

　　参考译文：情况在三月份发生了变化。

　　第三句：

　　As companies eliminated thousands of flights,(状语，因为) cargo space became scarce and the price of sending goods by plane shot up, (主干)creating an economic case for repurposing idled passenger planes.(状语)

　　参考译文：随着航空公司取消数千次航班，货运空间变得稀缺，航空货运价格飙升，让重新利用闲置客机有了经济上的理据。

　　思考题解析：

　　A. use passenger planes solely for the cargo

　　(使用专为货物而设的客机)

　　A选项正确。

　　B. carry cargo side by side with passengers

　　(让货物与乘客并肩运输)

　　B选项错误。

　　C. explore new air routes for carrying cargo

　　(开辟新的货运航线)

　　C选项错误。

　　D. lower the charge for transporting cargo

　　(降低货运价格)

　　D选项错误。

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