广播电视英语短句 第 171 课：冰岛火山-1

Air traffic over much of Europe came to a halt for six days because of the huge cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland. 由于冰岛火山喷发产生的巨大火山灰云团，致使途经欧洲大部分地区的空中交通受阻达 6 天之久。

Now the economic costs are still being counted as airlines try to get everyone to where they were going. 现今，随着航空公司尽可能地将每位乘客送往目的地，经济损失仍在进一步计算当中。

At its worst, the crisis affected nearly a third of world air travel. 此次危机至多影响了全球近 1/3 的空中交通运输。

About one hundred thousand flights were cancelled or delayed. 大约有 10 万次航班被取消或延误。

The International Air Transport Association estimated the cost to airlines at nearly two billion dollars. 国际航空运输协会估计，航空公司的损失达到近 20 亿美元。