Hovering briefly over the photographer, feet tucked up beneath its belly, a frigatebird comes in for a landing on Rawaki.

一只军舰岛悬停于摄影师的头顶，双足并拢于腹部，准备降落在拉瓦基岛上。

Tires blew, steel snapped, and the landing gear folded. The burning aircraft teetered to port, then the belly hit the concrete and skidded along, trailing a torrent of hot white sparks.

轮胎爆炸，钢架折断，起落架扭曲成废铁，还在燃烧的飞机摇摇晃晃地倒向左边，机腹落在水泥铺就的地面上开始滑行，擦出一串灼热的白色火花。

Nowadays, the first news source is Twitter rather than TV, no matter what kind of the news, such as "swine flu", terrorist attacks in Bombay or belly-landing on the Hudson River in New York.

现在，大家获取突发新闻的首选场所已经不是电视而是Twitter，不管这类新闻是“猪流感”这样的疫病，还是孟买的恐怖袭击，抑或是纽约哈德逊河上的迫降。

A passenger plane flying from the United States to Poland with 230 people on board has been forced to land on its belly after its landing gear failed to open.

一架载有230名乘客从美国飞往波兰的飞机因起落架无法打开，被迫采取机腹滑行方式着陆。

With the hits to the Me 109 the landing gear can not be lowered - it must be landed on its belly.

受到攻击的Me109，起落架没办法被放下-它必须要用腹部着地。