Lesson 43
Over the South Pole
飞越南极
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
How was the plane able to clear the mountains?

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.

New words and expressions 生词和短语
pole n. （地球的）极
flight n. 飞行
explorer n. 探险家
lie v. 处于
serious adj. 严重的
point n. 地点
seem v. 似乎
crash v. 坠毁
sack n. 袋子
clear v. 越过
aircraft n. 飞机
endless adj. 无尽的
plain n. 平原

参考译文
飞越南极
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！

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★pole n. （地球的）极
South Pole 南极
North Pole 北极
Pole Star 北极星

★flight n. 飞行

fly v: 飞

★explorer [iks5plC:rE, eks-] n. 探险家, 探测者, 探测器 [计]Windows资源管理器

explore [iks5plC:] v.探险, 探测, 探究

exploration [7eksplC:5reiFEn] n.(科研相关)探险,探求,开发
adventure [Ed5ventFE(r)] n.冒险(追求刺激)

venture [5ventFE(r)] n. 冒险(为了财富,没有生命保障)

★lie v. 处于
tell a lie 撒谎
lie n.谎言; lie v.撒谎

Eg.:You lied. 你骗人! 你撒谎! / You,liar! 你, 骗子! (liar [5laiE] n.(惯于)说谎者)

lie,lied,lied 撒谎
lie/lai/, lay/lei/, lain/lein/ 处于,位于(+地点)
stay in bed/lie in bed 躺在床上
in bed 介词短语, lie vi.
lie 现在分词--> lying
lay  vt. ① 放,放置: lay sth.

② 下蛋, 产卵: lay an egg 下一个蛋
lay,laid,laid

hang,hung,hung 挂,悬挂
hang,hanged,hanged, 绞刑

You lied!
You lied to me.
lie in bed

★serious adj. 严重的

★point n. 地点
point 点,一般指从飞机上向下看的点
地点 place,spot
dot 点: “sina.com” 中的 “.” 读为:dot
@-> at

★seem v. 似乎
① seem + as if
② seem + adj.
③ seem to be
④ seem that...
Eg. : He seems rich.
He seems to be rich.
It seems that he is rich.
it seems that...看起来似乎...
seem as if 看起来似乎
Eg.: He seems as if he had never lived in England before.

Seem: 真正应译为 “看起来”

★crash v. 坠毁
crash(从上向下掉)
aircrash 空难 / carcrash 车祸(由aircrash引申而来)
strike 撞击
collide [kE5laid] vi.碰撞, 抵触(两个都运动的东西相撞)

clash [klAF] n.冲突, 撞击声, 抵触 v.(使)发出撞击声, 猛撞, 冲突

★sack n. 袋子

★clear v. 越过
over越过(距离)
clear(凌空)越过, 跳过,没有接触面的飞跃
go over飞跃
clear the mountain 飞跃山峰
The horse cleared the fense.

fense n.篱笆,栅栏,墙 v.围住,防护

★aircraft n. 飞机

★endless adj. 无尽的

★plain n. 平原
mountains 高山
plain girl 平凡的女孩
Eg.: I'm a plain girl.

【课文讲解】

【Key structures】关键句型

can...可能性
be able to...可能性,成功地做

今天没什么要讲解的。。
你可以尝试自己总结，
让后记录学习笔记。
 

                             摘录一些自己喜欢的知识点，记录英语学习笔记吧！

1
我们正在学习的是新概念美音版，
传统版本(英式发音)的音频：音频播放

2
本课的视频讲解：点击观看

全部：新概念英语第二册视频

3
词汇速记：新概念英语词汇随身听速记手册2 第42-43课

相关文章：
“新概念”介绍
学英语为什么要选新概念？
新概念第2册——构建英语的基石
为什么专家提倡背诵新概念

相关下载：
音频和文本下载，请看播放器右侧。
新概念英语第二册电子书下载：新概念第二册pdf电子书

更多新概念文本类资料下载

学习交流：

新概念学习交流：http://bbs.tingclass.net/forum-79-1.html
下载录音软件：http://bbs.tingclass.net/thread-11915-1-1.html