1.

tingwei liu

2023年7⽉6⽇ 上午10:58:10

Plethora : noun.

A very large amount of something,

especially a larger amount than
you need, want, or can deal with

過多，過剩

Ex.

There's a plethora of books about

the aircraft

有關⾶機的書非常多

2. tingwei liu

2023年7⽉6⽇ 下午2:07:34

Surveillance : noun.

How Do Pilots Become Flight
The careful watching of a person
or place, especially by the police
or army, because of a crime that
Instructors?
BY NICOLE KYLIE PUBLISHED MAY 3, 2023
has happened or is expected

監視，盯梢 Killing two birds with one stone: this career path allows
pilots to build their hours while getting paid.
3. tingwei liu

2023年7⽉6⽇ 下午2:04:45

Crop dusting : 農作物噴灑

Photo: Synovali via Wikimedia Commons

For those outside the aviation industry, being a pilot is often

associated with transporting passengers and cargo to their
destinations. It’s not often that people think about the
1 plethora of other careers a pilot could have: from aerial
2 3 photography and surveillance to re ghting and crop
dusting. It is also common for newly licensed pilots to
become ight instructors instead of joining an airline.
Why become a ight instructor?
One primary reason that pilots become ight instructors is to
build their ight hours while still getting paid. Newly licensed
fl
fl
fl
fi
fi
fl

4. tingwei liu

2023年7⽉6⽇ 上午11:11:20

Accumulate : Verb.

① to collect a large number of

things over a long period of time

積累；積聚；積攢

② to gradually increase in number

or amount

逐漸增加；逐漸升⾼

5. tingwei liu

2023年7⽉6⽇ 上午11:17:38

Prescribed : adj.

pilots – who often have around 200 ight hours – wanting to
1⃣ （RULE）adj.
join a major airline may not have suf cient hours to meet the

typical 1000+ ight hour requirement.
Set by a rule or order

規定的，法定的

Ex.
By becoming a ight instructor, not only do pilots get to
The product will have to meet 4 enjoy ying while earning, but they also get to accumulate
internationally prescribed (=
demanded) standards
enough ight hours to then apply for a job with an airline.
該產品必須符合國際規定的標準
And needless to say, there is invaluable experience to be

2⃣ （MEDICINE） adj.

gained as a ight instructor, which opens doors to an array

of opportunities further down the line.
Decided by a doctor as treatment
Another bene t of becoming a ight instructor is that it
處⽅的

Ex.
allows pilots to further their education. After obtaining an
The patient was taking a widely associate degree – and having the relevant pilot’s licenses,
prescribed sedative

該病⼈在服⽤⼀種常⽤的處⽅鎮定 of course – candidates will be eligible to work as ight

劑
instructors. This allows them to pursue a bachelor’s (or even

＊Sedative ＊

master’s) degree while building their ight hours and getting

Noun. → a drug used to calm a an early start on their career.
person or animal or to make them
sleep
The basics of becoming a ight instructor
6. tingwei liu
5 First off, as prescribed by the Federal Aviation
2023年7⽉6⽇ 上午11:18:38

Administration (FAA), one must hold at least a Commercial

Embark : verb.

Pilot’s License (CPL) before they can earn a Certi ed Flight
To go onto a ship
Instructor (CFI) rating. Those with an Air Transport Pilot’s
上船

License (ATPL), which is a step above the CPL, are also
這裡取 可以進入、搭上、上接CFI eligible.
課程訓練
In the UK, anyone with a Private Pilot’s License (PPL) or
CPL – provided they meet several other associated
requirements, including passing a pre-entry ight test – can
6 embark on a CFI rating. However, without additional
training, they can only instruct on ratings they already
possess.
To expand your career as a ight instructor, multiple types of
certi cations can be earned:
fi
fl
fl
fl
fi
fl
fl
fl
fl
fl
fl
fi
fl
fl
fl
fi
7. tingwei liu

2023年7⽉6⽇ 上午11:20:06

Duration : noun.

The length of time that something

lasts

持續時間

習語↓

For the duration

For as long as something lasts

直⾄結束；在…期間

8. tingwei liu

2023年7⽉6⽇ 上午11:20:56
• Certi ed Flight Instructor (CFI): A ight instructor for
Opposed : adj.
single-engine aircraft

1⃣ （DIFFERENT） adj.

• Certi ed Flight Instructor – Instrument (CFII): A ight

instructor that teaches instrument ying
Completely different

完全不同的，截然相反的，迥然不
• Multi-Engine Instructor (MEI): A ight instructor for
同的
multi-engine aircraft
Ex.
7 While there is no set duration to obtain a CFI rating, it
His view of the situation is
diametrically (= very typically takes around ten to 12 weeks of full-time on-ground
strongly)opposed to mine
and ight training to complete a Flight Instruction Course.
他對局勢的看法和我截然不同

習語↓
Career outlook for ight instructors
As opposed to
According to ATP Flight School, the pay for CFIs ranges

Rather than
from $28,000 to $65,000 a year, with an average hourly
⽽不是
wage of $15 to $50. To achieve the higher ranges of this pay
Ex.

I'd prefer to go in May, as opposed

scale, ight instructors are encouraged to equip themselves
to september
with advanced certi cations and a consistent pool of
我更願意五⽉份去，⽽不是九⽉份

students. For example, one might earn a higher hourly rate

2⃣ （ DISAGREE WITH)adj.
8 for actual ights as opposed to ground and simulator

instruction.
習語→ be opposed to sth

To disagree with a principle or plan

反對，不贊成 Boeing’s Pilot and Technician Outlook 2022-2041 predicts

that 602,000 new pilots will be required to y the global
9. tingwei liu

2023年7⽉6⽇ 上午11:21:36
commercial eet over the next 20 years. And what will be
Robust : adj.
needed to ensure this steady ow of supply? More ight

(of a person or animal)strong and

instructors. As such, the outlook for those seeking this
healthy, or (of an object or system) 9 career path is almost certain to remain robust in the coming
strong and unlikely to break or fail

（⼈或動物）強壯的，茁壯的；
years.
（東⻄或系統）堅固的，耐⽤的，
結實的

Ex.

fl
fi
fi
fl
fl
fl
fi
fl
fl
fl
fl
fl
fl
fl
fl