课文对话 · Over the South Pole 飞越南极（课本 Lesson 43，印刷页 194-197）
1In 1929, three years after his flight /flaɪt/ n. 飞行 over the North Pole, the American explorer /ɪk'splɔːrə/ n. 探险家, R.E. Byrd, successfully flew over the South Pole for the first time.
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。
2Though, at first, Byrd and his men were able to take a great many photographs of the mountains that lay /leɪ/ v. 处于 below, they soon ran into serious /'sɪəriəs/ adj. 严重的 trouble.
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许多照片，但他们很快就陷入了困境。
3At one point /pɔɪnt/ n. 地点, it seemed /siːmd/ v. 似乎，好像 certain that their plane would crash /kræʃ/ v. 坠毁.
在有个地方，飞机似乎肯定要坠毁了。
4It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet.
只有在飞至10,000英尺的高度时，它才能飞过这些山头。
5Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy food sacks /sæks/ n. 袋子.
伯德马上命令他的助手们把两个沉重的食物袋扔掉。
6The plane was then able to rise and it cleared /klɪəd/ v. 越过 the mountains by 400 feet.
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。
7Byrd now knew that he would be able to reach the South Pole /pəʊl/ n. （地球的）极 which was 300 miles away, for there were no more mountains in sight.
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。
8The aircraft /'eəkrɑːft/ n. 飞机 was able to fly over the endless /'endləs/ adj. 无尽的 white plains /pleɪnz/ n. 平原 without difficulty.
飞机可以毫无困难地飞过这片茫茫无际的白色原野！
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