So I lived my life alone, without anyone that I could really talk to, until I had an accident with my plane in the Desert of Sahara, six years ago. Something was broken in my engine. And as I had with me neither a mechanic nor any passengers, I set myself to attempt the difficult repairs all alone. It was a question of life or death for me: I had scarcely enough drinking water to last a week.
从此我孤独地生活着，没有一个可以推心置腹的朋友。这种状况一直延续至六年前。六年前，我的飞机出了故障，发动机里的某个部件被撞坏了，我被迫在撒哈拉沙漠降落。身边没有机械师，没有一个乘客，我只好勉为其难，自己动手，试着修理部件。我带的水仅够喝一个星期，能否修好飞机，关系到了我的生死存亡了。