Mr．Li had never been up in an airplane before and, he had read a lot about accidents．So one day when a friend came to his house and wanted to take him for a ride in his own small plane, Mr．Li was very 1 ．He thought to 2 ．“If I don’t agree, my friend may not be happy． 3 if I agree, I am really afraid that there might be some danger．” 4 , however, his friend made him believe that it was very 5 , and Mr．Li got on the plane．
His friend 6 the engine(发动机)and the plane began to move along on the ground of the 7 ．Mr．Li was very frightened and 8 his eyes．After a minute or two he opened them, looked out of the window of the plane, and said to his friend, “Look 9 those people down there．They look as 10 as ants(蚂蚁), don’t they?”
“Those are ants, ”answered his friend．“We are still on the ground．”
