Over the South Pole 飛越南極

【課文】

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.

【課文翻譯】

美國探險家 R.E. 伯德在飛越北極3年之后，于1929年第一次飛越了南極。雖然開始時伯德和他的助手們拍下了飛機下面連綿群山的大量照片，但他們很快就陷入了困境。在有個地方，飛機似乎肯定要墜毀了。只有在飛至10,000英尺的高度時，它才能飛過這些山頭。伯德馬上命令他的助手們把兩個沉重的食物袋扔掉，于是飛機可以上 升了，它在離山頭400英尺的高度飛越了過去。伯德這時知道他能夠順利飛抵300英里以外的南極了，因為前面再沒有山了。飛機可以毫無困難地飛過這片茫茫 無際的白色原野!

【生詞和短語】

pole n. (地球的)極

flight n. 飛行

explorer n. 探險家

lie v. 處于

serious adj. 嚴(yán)重的

point n. 地點

seem v. 似乎

crash v. 墜毀

sack n. 袋子

clear v. 越過

aircraft n. 飛機

endless adj. 無盡的

plain n. 平原

【知識點講解】

1 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.

雖然開始時伯德和他的助手們拍下了飛機下面連綿群山的大量照片，但他們很快就陷入了困境。

(1)lie v. 躺下, 位于, 在于, 平放, 存在, 延伸, 說謊 n. 謊言

tell a lie 撒謊

lie做“撒謊”講時，動詞原形。過去式和過去分詞分別是：lie,lied,lied; 做“位于”講時，動詞原形。過去式和過去分詞分別是lie,lay,lain

If you feel unwell, go and lie down.

如果你感到不舒服，就去躺下。

He lied about his age to join the army.

他為了參軍謊報了年齡。

2 At one point, it seemed certain that their plane would crash.

在有個地方，飛機似乎肯定要墜毀了。

(1)appear, look, seem

這些動詞均有“看起來，好像是”之意。

appear: 指從感觀印象看似乎是如此，但有時著重指因視野、觀點限制而產(chǎn)生的歪曲印象。

look: 指從樣子看起來，側(cè)重通過視覺而建立的印象。

seem: 多指從主觀印象或個反應(yīng)得出的看法。

(2)seem + as if

seem + adv.

seem to be

seem that...

it seems that...看起來似乎...

seem as if 看起來似乎

He seems rich.

He seems to be rich.

It seems that he is rich.

他看上去很富有。

He seems as if he had never lived in England before.

似乎他從未在英國居住過。

3 It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet.

只有在飛至10,000英尺的高度時，它才能飛過這些山頭。

could與過去時態(tài)有關(guān),強調(diào)可能性

be able to強調(diào)成功地做

用過去式表達(dá),表示在過去發(fā)生

過去完成時,強調(diào)在過去的過去

I am able to drive the car.

我會開車。

It could not be true.

這不可能是真的。

4 It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet.

只有在飛至10,000英尺的高度時，它才能飛過這些山頭。

(1)arise, rise, raise, lift

這些動詞均有“上升，舉起”之意。

arise: 書面用詞，多用于詩歌或比喻中，具有特殊的修辭色彩。

rise: 普通用詞，指具體的或抽象的事物由低向高移動。

raise: 及物動詞，常用詞，多指把某物從低處升到高處，有時作引申用。

lift: 語氣比raise強，指用體力或機械的力舉起或抬起某物。

The sun rises in the east.

太陽從東方升起。

I was raised by my aunt on a farm.

我是在農(nóng)場由姨媽撫養(yǎng)大的。

(2)rise一般不與介詞up搭配使用，多單獨使用，rise up中up是是多余的;

rise屬不及物動詞，其過去分詞risen可作形容詞，表示“已升起的”。

The moon is risen.

月亮已經(jīng)升起來了。

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