Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

Lesson 43    Over the South Pole

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.

explorer [ɪkˈsplɔːrər] 探索者;探险者;

 lay 放置

run into 遇到（问题、困难等）;陷入（困境）;偶

 at one point  在某一时刻;在某处

certain  [ˈsɜːrtn]  adj. 肯定;确定;

crash  [kræʃ]  碰撞;撞击;

sack  [sæk] n. 麻布(或厚纸、塑料等)大袋;(厚纸的)购物袋      v. 解雇;炒鱿鱼;抢劫

clear  使人离开， 恢复畅通;不再受阻

endless [ˈendləs] 无止境的;无穷无尽的;

plain 平原

今天思想上有点小松懈了，所以白天只读了一篇文章就做别的事了。到晚上也没继续补课。紧箍咒要念起来，还没赶上大部队的进度呢，不能放松。