新概念 2 L43 Over the South Pole 飞越南极

词汇

  • pole n. (地球的)极
    • South Pole 南极
    • North Pole 北极
    • Pole Star 北极星
  • flight n. 航行，飞行
    • It’s a 10-hour flight.
    • voyage
    • drive
    • ride
    • walk
    • take a flight to
      明天我要坐飞机去美国 I am going to take a flight to the U.S.
  • explorer n. 探险家
    • explore v. 探险，探索
  • lie vi. 平躺 lay - lain
    • lying
    • Don’t lie in bed all morning.
    • vi. 位于
      我的学校位于露天市场前面。
      My school lies in front of the open-air market.
  • serious adj. 严肃的，认真的
    • +人
    • 严重的
      • a serious accident
      • a serious mistake
      • serious illness 重大疾病
  • point n.
    • 尖端，尖儿
      • the point of a knife
    • 地点
      • the meeting point
      • the island’s highest point
  • seem 系动词 似乎
    • +adj.
      • The cat seems happy.
    • +名词
      • This seems a foolish decision now. 这似乎是一个好主意。
    • +to do
      • I seem to know all the answers.
    • It seems that + 句子
    • It is obvious that …
  • crash vt. 撞击
    • crash A into B
  • sack n. 袋子（麻袋）
  • clear v. 越过 = go over
  • aircraft n. 飞机（单复数同形，和 fish sheep deer 一样，复数不加 s）
    • craft n. 船舶
  • plain n. 平原
    • basin n. 盆地
    • plateau n. 高原

原文

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.

参考译文：

美国探险家 R.E. 伯德在飞越北极 3 年之后，于 1929 年第一次飞越了南极。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!

  • at first = in the begining 起初

  • could / was able to

    • could 一般性能力（比如： 技能）
    • was able to 一次性的能力
    • 否定和一般现在时两者没有区别 can = be able to

  • run into sb. 遇到

    • run to sb. 向 … 跑去

  • run into sth 遭遇

    • run into a problem

  • by

    • 被动语态
    • 通过 by bus
    • 不晚于
    • 紧靠着
    • 数字：幅度，落差（了）
      • I am taller by 2 centimeters

  • in sight 看得见

  • out of sight 看不见