Lesson 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, (1)_______________________. At one point, it seemed certain that their plane would crash. (2)________________________.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. (3)______________________. The aircraft was able to fly over the endless white plains without difficulty.
New words and expressions
pole n.(地球的)极
seem v.似乎，好像
flight n.飞行
crash v.坠毁
explorer n.探险家
sack n.袋子
lie v.处于
clear v.越过
serious adj.严重的
aircraft n.飞机
point n.地点
endless adj.无尽的
plain n.平原
Notes on the text
1.the North Pole,北极；the South Pole,南极
2.a great many photograph,大量照片。
3.they soon ran into serious trouble,他们很快陷入了困境.run into trouble 是'遇到麻烦"的意思。
4.at one point,在某一地方。
5.it seemed certain,看起来肯定。
6.get over the mountains,越过山头。
7.it cleared the mountains by 400 feet,飞机在离山头400英尺的高度飞越了过去。by表示"相差"的意思.
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作者: 随风去 时间: 2011-8-26 11:54
1. Byrd and his men were able to take a great many photographs mountains that lay below ,they soon went into serious trouble.
2. it could only get over the mountains if it rose up 10,000 feet.
3.Byrd now knew that he would be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles away ,for there were no more moutain in sight.作者: 白天羽 时间: 2011-12-1 15:47
1 Byrd and his men were able to take a great many photographs of the mountains that lay below,the soon ran into serious trouble.
2 It could only get over the moutains if it rose to 10000 feet.
3 Byrd now knew that he would ba able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles away for there were no more mountains in sight.作者: tinaodile 时间: 2012-12-21 13:14
Byrd and his men were able to take a great many photograph of mountains' that they below.
it could only get over the mountain if rose to 3000 feet.
Byrd now knew that he be able to reach the South pole which was 3000 miles away for there were no more mountains inside.
