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43 Over the South Pole

In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole, the American explorer, R.E. Byrd, successfully flew over the South Pole for the first time. Though, at first, Byrd and his men were able to take a great many photographs of the mountains that lay below, they soon ran into serious trouble. At one point, it seemed certain that their plane would crash. It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10, 000 feet. Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to rise and it cleared the mountains by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles away, for there were no more mountains in sight. The aircraft was able to fly over the endless white plains without difficulty.

1929年，即伯德飞越北极3年之后，美国探险家R.E.伯德，首次成功地飞越了南极。 虽然开始时伯德和他的助手们拍下了飞机下面连绵群山的大量照片，但他们很快就陷入了困境。 在有个地方，飞机似乎肯定要坠毁了。只有在飞至10,000英尺的高度时，它才能飞过这些山头。 伯德马上命令他的助手们把两个沉重的食物袋扔掉。于是飞机可以上升了，它在离山头400英尺的高度飞越了过去。 伯德这时知道他能够顺利飞抵300英里以外的南极了，因为前面再没有山了。 飞机可以毫无困难地飞过这片茫茫无际的白色原野！

Words

  • flight /flaɪt/ n. 航班
    1. How was your flight?
    2. I have to catch a flight.（L18）
    3. Your flight is 8, so you needn’t have come here so early.（L41）
  • Pole /pol/ n. 北极
    1. They have been to the South Pole.
    2. They have gone to the South Pole.
    3. If I moved to the South Pole, I could see the penguins everyday.（L40）
  • explorer /ɪkˈsplɔrɚ/ n. 探险家
    1. If I knew that explorer, I would have a drink with him.（L40）
    2. The explorer had no sooner entered the room than everybody began to sing.（L38）
    3. You needn’t explain this to that explorer.（L33）
  • Though /ðo/ 尽管
  • seemed /simd/ v. 似乎
    1. It seems that she is having an operation.（L39）
    2. It seems that he couldn’t tell the difference between my money and his money.（L42）
  • sacks /sæks/ n. 袋子
    1. food sacks + v.
    2. He used to carry almost a hundred food sacks everyday.（L31）
    3. Instead of cleaning all the food sacks, he just threw them away.（L20）
  • cleared /klɪrd/ v. 越过
    1. 400 feet.
    2. The cat cleared the chair.
  • serious /ˈsɪriəs/ adj. 严重的
    1. If I ran into serious trouble, I would call the police.（L40）
    2. You must give up that, or you will run into serious trouble.（L20 L25）
    3. Are you serious? / Are you kidding?
  • point /pɔɪnt/ n. 时刻
    1. At one point in my life, I realized that I had never watched a musical.（L20 L42）
    2. At one point on my way to the airport, my wallet was stolen.（L10）
  • crash /kræʃ/ v. 坠毁
    1. Her brother borrowed her car and crashed it.
    2. She saw his car crash into a tree.（L35）
    3. If he intends to crash his car, you can’t stop that.（L16）
  • aircraft /ˈɛrˌkræft/ n. 飞机
    1. He dreamed of driving a aircraft when he was very young.（L38）
    2. If you saw that aircraft, you would like it.（L40）
  • endless /ˈɛndləs/ n. 无尽的
    1. The aircraft flew over the endless white plains.
    2. There is endless work to do in my office.
  • plain /plen/ 平原

Expressions

  • fly over 飞越
  • take photographs 拍照
  • run into trouble 陷入麻烦
  • throw out 扔掉
  • in sight 在视野内