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# 43 · 飞越南极

### 第1段

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.

中文理解：1929年，美国探险家理查德·伯德首次成功飞越南极。三年前，他已经飞越过北极。 起初，伯德和同伴还能拍下许多下方山脉的照片，可很快就遇到了大麻烦。一度，他们的飞机眼看就要坠毁了。 只有升到一万英尺，飞机才能越过这些山脉。 伯德立刻命令同伴扔掉两大袋沉重的食物。飞机这才升了上去，从山顶上方四百英尺处飞过。 这时，伯德知道他们能到达三百英里外的南极了，因为目光所及已没有山脉。飞机顺利飞过了无边无际的白色平原。

* **for the first time**：第一次；修饰首次发生的经历；at first 说起初，意思不同。

* **at first**：起初；与后来对照；first of all多用于列举第一点。

* **ran into serious trouble**：遇到大麻烦；run into在这里是遭遇，trouble通常不可数。

* **At one point**：一度；在某一时刻；把注意力移到过程中的某个关键时刻。

* **in sight**：在视野之内；视野里没有人可说no one in sight。

* **without difficulty**：毫不费力地；without已含否定，别把它译成有困难。

#### 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.

简单句，主谓结构. 本句修饰成分较多，在一开始的时间状语中，over the North Pole 作定语修饰flight，这里额外标记了定语符号，并非从句. Byrd 的发音跟bird 一致.

#### 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.

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，句首是though 引导的让步状语从句，主谓宾结构，该状语从句中，含有一个that 引导的定语从句，主谓结构，修饰 mountains；that 在从句中作 lay 的主语。

\[关键句型] 复习be able to 的表达.

#### At one point, it seemed certain that their plane would crash.

复合句，it 是形式主语，真正的主语是that 引导的从句，主谓结构.

#### It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet.

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，动词词组get over 作谓语，从句是if 引导的条件状语从句，主谓结构.

#### Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy food sacks.

简单句，主谓宾 + 宾补结构.

#### The plane was then able to rise and it cleared the mountains by 400 feet.

并列句，and 连接前后两句，前句为主谓结构；后句为主谓宾结构.

#### 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.

并列复合句，for 作并列连词，连接前后两句，前句为复合句，主句为主谓宾结构，后面是which 引导的定语从句修饰the South Pole，主系表结构；后句是there be 句型.

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

简单句，主谓结构. 状语里面endless white 修饰原野plains，这里额外标记了出来.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《飞越南极》：首次飞越南极 → 途中面临坠机危险 → 必须飞到足够高 → 扔掉食物，升高飞机 → 前方再无高山阻挡。再借一个结构讲自己的事：找出本课被打破的预期，再用同样关系说自己的一个经历。

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