★aircraft n. 飞机 ★endless adj. 无尽的、绵延的 我在绵延的雨中漫步 I'm walking in the endless rain . ★plain n. 平原 mountains 高山 plain girl 平凡的女孩 Eg.: I'm a plain girl.



At one point , it seemed certain that their plane would crash. At one point: 在某一刻 在这时，他被打断了。 At this point he was interrupted.

It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet. Have you got over your cold yet? only…. If…. : 只有。。。 才。。。；不。。。除 非。。。 除非你帮我保守这个秘密，不然我不会告诉你的。 I’ll only tell you this if you promise to keep it a secret.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
How was the plane able to clear the mountains?
The American explorer ordered his men to throw out two heavy food sacks so the plane rose to10000 feet.



★explorer n. 探险家, 探测者, 探测器 [计]Windows 浏览器 explore v.探险, 探测, 探究 exploration n.(科研相关)探险,探求,开发 adventure n.冒险(追求刺激) venture n. 冒险(为了财富,没有生命保障)



★lie v. 1. 处于 日本在中国的东面。 Japan lies to the east of China. 2.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 n.(惯于)说谎者) 她已经谎报了自己的年龄。 She has lied about her age. 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
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★pole n. 1.（地球的）极 South Pole 南极 North Pole 北极 Pole Star 北极星 2.杆 他用一根竿子驱赶老鼠。 He drove the mouse with a pole . ★flight n. 1.飞行 告诉我你这一路飞行的情况。 Tell me how your flight was. 2.航班 飞往悉尼的123次航班正在五号登机。 Flight 123 to Sydney is now boarding at gate five. fly v: 飞



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
课文讲解


In 1929, the American explorer, Byrd, successfully flew over the South Pole for the first time. 在我的人生中，我第一次拥有了自己的公寓 For the first time in my life I’ve got a flat of my own.


★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 那只马越过了栅栏。 The horse cleared the fence. fence n.篱笆,栅栏,墙 v.围住,防护


我已不再买报纸了。 I’ve stopped buying newspapers. 她的笑容真的很吸引人。
Her smile is very charming.
Lesson 43 Over the South Pole
First listen and then answer the question.
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.




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. run into trouble :碰上麻烦 几天以前，我碰到了我的一个朋友。 I ran into an old friend of mine the other day.



你能给这些鞋找到销路吗？ 你能告诉我它们的不同吗？ 我已不再买报纸了。 她的笑容真的很吸引人。


你能给这些鞋找到销路吗？ Can you find a market for these shoes? 你能告诉我它们的不同吗？
Can you tell the difference between them?




★seem v. 似乎 1. seem + adj. He seems rich 2. seem to be He seems to be rich. 3. seem that... It seems that he is rich. it seems that...看起来似乎... 4. seem as if 看起来似乎 他看起来似乎从没在英国住过。 Eg.: He seems as if he had never lived in England before. Seem: 真正应译为 “看起来”




★serious adj. 严重的 这是个严肃的决定。 This is a serious decision. ★point n. 地点 point 点,一般指从飞机上向下看的点 1.地点 place , spot dot 点: “sina . com” 中的 “.” 读为:dot @-> at 从这个角度看，风景非常美丽。 From this point, the scenery is very beautiful. 1.意义 There is no point in doing sth. 做某事毫无意义 继续和他争下去是没有意义的。 There is no point in arguing with him further.
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.





★crash v. 坠毁 crash(从上向下掉) 她愤怒地把玻璃杯摔碎在桌子上。 She crashed the glass angrily against the table. aircrash 空难 carcrash 车祸(由aircrash引申而来) collide vi.碰撞, 抵触(两个都运动的东西相撞)多指带毁坏性的猛 烈相撞，也可指严重的直接冲突。 这对兄弟的政治观点常有冲突。 The brothers' political views usually collide. clash n.冲突, 撞击声, 抵触 v.(使)发出撞击声, 冲突 你的情感和理智有时会发生冲突。 Your feeling and your sense so: