In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole, the
American explorer[iks'plɔ:rə,
eks-],R. E. Byrd,
successfully[sək'sesfʊli] flew over the
South Pole for the first time. 美国探险家R·E·伯得在飞越北极3年之后,于1929年第一次飞越了南极.
Though, at first, Byrd and his men were able to take a great many photograph['fəutəɡrɑ:f; -ɡræf]s of the mountain['mauntin]s that lay below[bi'ləu], they soon ran into serious['siəriəs] trouble. 虽然开始时伯得和他的助手们拍下了飞机下面连绵群山的大量照片,但他们很快陷入了困境.
At one point[pɔint], it seem[si:m]ed certain['sə:tən] that their plane[plein] would crash[kræʃ]. 在有个地方,飞机似乎肯定要坠落了.
It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet.只有在飞至10000英尺的高度时,它才能飞过这些山头.
Byrd at
once ordered['ɔ:də:d]
his men to throw[θrəu] out two
heavy['hi:vi]
food sacks[sæks].
伯得马上命令他的助手们把两个沉重的食物袋扔掉,
The plane was then able to rise[raiz] and it
clear[kliə]ed the
mountains by 400 feet. 于是飞机可可以上升了,它在离山头400英尺的高度飞越了过去.
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 [sait].
伯得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.
The
aircraft['eəkrɑ:ft]
was able to fly[flai] over the
endless['endlis]
white plains[pleinz]
though [ðəu; ðə]
ad. 可是,然而,不过
conj. 尽管,虽然
prep. 但.
trouble ['trʌbl]
n. 麻烦,困难
v. 困扰,麻烦,烦恼
[ 过去式troubled 过去分词troubled 现在分词troubling 名词troubler 副词troublingly ]
ordered ['ɔ:də:d]
v. 命令(序列,阶层)
a. 有序的
. reach [ri:tʃ]
n. 延伸,范围,河段
v. 到达,伸出,延伸
[ 第三人称单数reaches 名词reacher 形容词reachable ]
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