Lesson 43 — Over the South Pole · 新概念英语第二册

原文

In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole, the American explorer, R.E. Bird, successfully flew over the South Pole for the first time. Though at first, Bird 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. Bird 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. Bird now knew that he would be able to reach the South Pole, which was 300 miles away, so there were no more mountains in sight.

The aircraft was able to fly over the endless white planes without difficulty.

译文

1929 年，即美国探险家 R.E. 飞越北极三年后。鸟，首次飞越南极成功。尽管起初伯德和他的手下能够拍摄大量下面山脉的照片，但他们很快就遇到了严重的麻烦。有一次，他们的飞机似乎肯定会坠毁。

只有上升到一万英尺才能翻山越岭。伯德立即命令手下扔掉两个沉重的食品袋。随后飞机能够升空并飞离山脉 400 英尺。伯德现在知道他将能够到达 300 英里外的南极，因此视线中不再有山脉。

飞机能够毫无困难地飞越一望无际的白色飞机。