伯德飞越南极：生死一线的探险壮举

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Lesson 43 Over the South Pole In 1929, 第43课 飞越南极 1929年

three years after his flight over the North Pole, 在他飞越北极三年后

the American explorer R.E. Bird successfully flew over the South Pole for the first time. 美国探险家R.E. Bird首次成功飞越南极

Though at first Bird and his men were able 虽然一开始Bird和他的队员们

to take the great many photographs of the mountains that lay below, 拍了很多下面山脉的照片

they soon ran into serious trouble. 但很快就遇到了大麻烦

At one point it seemed certain that their plane would crash. 有一阵子他们的飞机眼看就要坠毁了

It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet. 只有飞到一万英尺高才能越过那些山

Bird at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy food sacks. Bird立刻命令队员扔掉两个沉重的食物袋

The plane was then able to rise and it cleared the mountains by 400 feet. 飞机这才能够上升，以400英尺的差距越过了山脉

Bird now knew that he would be able to reach the South Pole, Bird现在知道他能到达南极点了

which was 300 miles away, 还有300英里远

for there were no more mountains in sight. 因为视线里已经没有更多山脉了

The aircraft was able to fly over the endless white plains without difficulty. 飞机毫无困难地飞过了无尽的白色平原