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.
ˈlɛsən 43 ˈoʊvər ðə saʊθ poʊl
ɪn 1929, θri jɪrz ˈæftər hɪz flaɪt ˈoʊvər ðə nɔrθ poʊl, ði əˈmɛrəkən ɪkˈsplɔrər, ɑr. i. bɜrd, səkˈsɛsfəli flu ˈoʊvər ðə saʊθ poʊl fɔr ðə fɜrst taɪm.
ðoʊ, æt fɜrst, bɜrd ænd hɪz mɛn wɜr ˈeɪbəl tu teɪk ə greɪt ˈmɛni ˈfoʊtəˌgræfs ʌv ðə ˈmaʊntənz ðæt leɪ bɪˈloʊ, ðeɪ sun ræn ˈɪntu ˈsɪriəs ˈtrʌbəl.
æt wʌn pɔɪnt, ɪt simd ˈsɜrtən ðæt ðɛr pleɪn wʊd kræʃ.
ɪt kʊd ˈoʊnli gɛt ˈoʊvər ðə ˈmaʊntənz ɪf ɪt roʊztu 10,000 fit.
bɜrd æt wʌns ˈɔrdərd hɪz mɛn tu θroʊ aʊt tu ˈhɛvi fud sæks.
ðə pleɪn wʌz ðɛn ˈeɪbəl tu raɪz ænd ɪt klɪrd ðəˈmaʊntənz baɪ 400 fit.
bɜrd naʊ nu ðæt hi wʊd bi ˈeɪbəl tu riʧ ðə saʊθ poʊl wɪʧ wʌz 300 maɪlz əˈweɪ, fɔr ðɛr wɜr noʊ mɔrˈmaʊntənz ɪn saɪt.
ði ˈɛrˌkræft wʌz ˈeɪbəl tu flaɪ ˈoʊvər ði ˈɛndləs waɪt pleɪnz wɪˈθaʊt ˈdɪfəkəlti.
任务配置:
L0+L1+L3+L4
知识清单:
除了表示a problem, worry, difficultly, etc or a situation causing this;还可以表示illness or pain或者机器、车辆等的故障mechanical trouble;
其他的意思有:
---困境;险境等等局面a situation that is difficult or dangerous; a situation in which you can be criticized or punished. 用作此意,touble是不可数名词;在本文中就是此用法
run into trouble; get into trouble;be in trouble; be in trouble with someone;
---纷争;动乱;骚乱 an angry or violent situation
---额外努力或工作;烦扰;打扰;麻烦【bother】
put someone a lot of trouble; save someone the trouble of sth; sth. is more trouble than it's worth; Nothing is too much trouble for her; it's no trouble=I don't mind; I hope the children weren't too much trouble.
---take the trouble to do something 不辞辛劳做某事;不厌其烦做某事
She didn't even take the trouble to find out how to spell my name.
--- a trouble shared is a trouble halved.
(saying) if you talk to sb. about your problems and worries, instead of keeping them to yourself, they seem less serious. 烦恼可以分担(向人倾诉,愁苦就会减少)
---teething troubles: small troubles that a company, product, system, etc. has at the beginning
(公司、产品、系统等的)初期遇到的小问题;创业阶段遇到的小麻烦
谚语Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.以前学习的时候读到过,如今看到,倍感亲切呀。
› get over / past 越过;通过
16. [VN] to jump over or get past sth without touching it
• (无接触地)跃过,越过,通过:
»The horse cleared the fence easily.
那匹马轻松地跃过了栅栏。
»The car only just cleared (= avoided hitting) the gatepost.
那辆汽车通过时险些撞上门柱。
years his serious mountains miles plains endless sacks rise
练习感悟:
1.crash中的R音不明显;
2. serious念久了,S的音发的明显就不好听了;本来想要一直保持刚开始的S音,结果越念到后面越不会了,看来还是掌握的不够熟练
3.photograph中第二个o是schwa
4.serious/ˈsɪriəs/美音少一个schwa
5.读的不认真!