课43第-新概念英语第二册笔记．Lesson43OvertheSouthPole飞越南极Howwastheplaneabletoclearthemountains?In1929,threeyearsafterhisflightovertheNorthPole,theAmericanexplorer,R.E.Byrd,successfullyflewovertheSouthPoleforthefirsttime.Though,atfirst,Byrdandhismenwereabletotakeagreatmanyphotographsofthemountainsthatlaybelow,theysoonranintoserioustrouble.Atonepoint,itseemedcertainthattheirplanewouldcrash.Itcouldonlygetoverthemountainsifitroseto10,000feet.Byrdatonceorderedhismentothrowouttwoheavyfoodsacks.Theplanewasthenabletoriseanditclearedthemountainsby400feet.ByrdnowknewthathewouldbeabletoreachtheSouthPolewhichwas300milesaway,fortherewerenomoremountainsinsight.Theaircraftwasabletoflyovertheendlesswhiteplainswithoutdifficulty.参考译文1929年之后，于伯德在飞越北极3美国探险家R.E.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。10,000在有个地方，飞机似乎肯定要坠毁了。只有在飞至英尺的高度时，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，它在英尺的高度飞越了过去。伯德这时知道他能够400离山头英里以外的南极了，因为前面再没有山了。顺利飞抵300飞机可以毫无困难地飞过这片茫茫无际的白色原野！Newwordsandexpressions单词讲解一、polen.（地的）flightn.飞explorern.探险liev.处seriousadj.严重的pointn.地点seemv.似乎crashv.坠毁sackn.袋子越过v.clearaircraftn.飞机endlessadj.无尽的plainn.平polen．1)波兰人Poland波兰2)（地球的）极，极地theNorthPole北极theSouthPole南极Pole-star/theNorthStar北极星3)电极，磁极thepositivepole正极thenegativepole负极4)杆，棒，柱aflagpole旗杆atelephonepole电话线杆flightn．1)飞行，航班eg:ThisishisfirstflightovertheNorthPole.这是他第一次飞跃北极。Allflightshavebeencancelledbecauseofthefog.因为雾的原故，所有的航班被取消了。flightrecorder飞行记录器，黑匣子2)（飞鸟的）群，（飞机的）一队aflightofwildgeese-群飞雁goose[gu:s]鹅geese[gi:s](pl.)3)一段楼梯aflightofstairs一段楼梯inthefirstflight（英）站在最前头，一流的fly-flew-flownexplorern．探险家explorev．探险，勘探exploretheNorthPole探索北极explorethevirginforest考察原始森林例:Weexploredthenewlydiscoveredisland.我们去探测那个新发现的小岛。explorern．探险家explorern．勘探者，探险者例:Columbuswasoneofthegreatestexplorers.哥伦布是最伟大的探险家之一。apolarexplorer极地探险家polara．（近）地极的；磁极的；正好相反的liel)v.说谎lie-lied-lied-lying例：Sheliesaboutherage．她就年龄说谎了。2)n．谎话tellalie说谎话ablacklie恶意的谎言awhitelie善意的谎言livealie过骗人的生活，虚伪做人liveacat-and-doglife过天天吵架的生活3)v，平躺，位于lie-lay-lainlieonone'sback平躺着lieonone'sstomach趴着lieinbed躺在床上例:Letsleepingdogslie.别惊动睡着的狗；别惹是生非；别自找麻烦。BeijingliesintheheartofChina.北京位于中国的心脏地带。lie(说谎)-lied-lied-lyinglie（躺，位于,）-lay-lain-lyinglay（放，置于,下蛋）-laid-laid-laying例：TaiwanliesintheeastofChina．台湾位于中国东部。Laythebookwhereitwas．把书放回原处放桌子laythetablelaytheegg下蛋seriousadj.1)严肃的，正经的aseriousconversation一次严肃的谈话aseriousperson一个严肃的人例：I'mseriousthistime.我这次是认真的。2)重大的，危险的(grave)，（疾病，伤痛等）严重的aseriousproblem严重的问题aseriousmistake一个严重的错误aseriousaccident重大的事故aserioustrouble,重大的麻烦例：Takeiteasy.Nothingserious．别紧张，没什么严重的。seriouslyadv.认真地；危险地例：Don'tlookatmesoseriously.别那样一本正经地看着我。Hewasseriouslyinjuredinthetrafficaccident.他...