People watched in horror as the plane crashed to the ground.

人们惊恐地看着飞机坠落到地面上。

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The plane remained on the ground.

飞机仍未起飞。

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The plane spiralled down to the ground.

飞机盘旋降落。

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The pilot gets on his radio and calls "mayday,mayday,mayday" to tell that his plane is in danger of crashing to the ground.

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That'll say the velocity of the object with respect to the ground, the velocity of the object with respect to the plane, the velocity of the plane with respect to the ground.

可以得到物体相对于地面的速度,物体相对于平面的速度,物体相对于地面的速度

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When you have a velocity in the moving plane frame and you want to find the velocity on the ground, you should add to every object in the plane the velocity of the plane with respect to the ground.

当你在运动的飞机上运动,然后你想找到相对于地面的速度,你就应该给每个物体加上,飞机相对于地面的速度

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As the plane neared the ground at a much-too-fast speed, passengers were warned to brace for impact.

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