广播电视英语短句 第 173 课：mayday-1

A listener from Venezuela sent us a question about the meaning of the expression mayday. 一位来自 Venezuela 的听众发给我们一个问题：词语表达 mayday 是什么意思。

He wrote that he often hears this expression in movies. 他写道自己经常在电影中听到这个表达。

Mayday is an emergency code word. Mayday 是一个具有紧急意义的代码名词。

It is used around the world in voice communications. 它被应用于世界范围的语音交流中。

You might see a war movie in which an airplane has been hit by rocket fire. 你可能会看到这样的电影场景：一架飞机被火箭击中。