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March 15, 2019

Industry insiders agree city regulator made the right call in banning Boeing 737 MAX.

(CAD) was still “closely monitoring the developments

FAA – considered a leading aviation regulator

it was natural for the CAD to monitor the FAA’s views and decisions on the saga.

Saga(n.)

a long complicated series of related, usually negative, events

（通常指負面的）系列事件，一長串事件

It was just another episode in the ongoing saga of their marriage problems.

 

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3001743/hong-kongs-civil-aviation-department-should-act-without

 

Asian airlines may cancel orders for Boeing 737 MAX jets unless the model is proven safe after new evidence on Wednesday linked two fatal crashes that occurred five months apart.

= 5 months ago

The country’s air safety regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily grounded Boeing’s bestselling plane, hot on the heels of a similar ruling by Canada, effectively banning the plane worldwide.

(sth.) come/follow hot on the heels of (ph.) 

to happen very soon after something

…之後緊接著發生，緊隨…而來

For Walter, disaster followed hard on the heels of his initial success.
Chinese nationals 
 did not rule out the possibility of considering alternative orders.

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3001749/ethiopian-airlines-crash-puts-us633-billion-worth-boeing

 

Investigators have not yet determined the cause of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, but aviation experts have noted eerie similaritiesbetween it and the Lion Air crash in October

eerie (adj.) strange in a frightening andmysterious way怪異而令人恐懼的

 

When Anton Sahadi heard about the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet that crashed on Sunday leaving no survivors, he felt both sorrow and indignation.

Sorrow (adj.) a feeling of greatsadness

悲痛，傷心，悔恨；傷心事，不幸

Indignation (n.)

anger about a situation that you thinkis wrong or not fair

（由錯誤或不公正的事激起的）憤怒，憤慨

 

It seems like the government brushed off our demands, they need to be firmer

Brush off (ph.) to refuse to listen to what someone says, or to refuse to thinkabout something seriously

漠視，不理睬

 

“We did not want to see his body parts, but we were told that they were mushy like paper pulp,” he said.

Mushy(adj.)

soft and having no firm shape

爛糊的；軟的

 

Pulp(n.)

a soft, wet mass

漿狀物，泥狀物

 

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/3001758/families-lion-air-crash-victims-ask-why-boeing-737-max-not

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