Lesson 75 SOS

When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.

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【Pronunciation】

1. SOS : 最后一个字母重读。重音放后面是一个重音普遍规律-USA UK UN#

在莫尔斯电码中，“SOS”是“···— — —···”。它简短、准确、连续而有节奏，易拍易发易读易懂。还有一个最重要的原因，SOS这三个字母无论是从上面看还是倒过来看都是SOS。

许多人都误认为“SOS”是三个英文词的缩写，众说纷纭：

-“Save Our Souls”（拯救我们的灵魂）

-“Save Our Ship”（救救我们的船）

-“Send Our Succour”（速来援助）

-“Saving Of Soul”（救命）

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2. children : 分为child和dren两个部分发音。

【Words & Expression】

1. off course 脱离轨道

crash / smash / collide in 撞车于某地

2. in deep water = get into serious trouble 陷入困境

3. 同龄人：peer ，cohort of my age

4. unhurt 安然无恙 = safe and sound

= intact（一般不指人，多指物）

Eg. The driver is safe and sound，and the car is intac.

5. make sb. relieved

6. before long / long before

- before long =shortly, soon (时间)不久之后, 在短时间内

- long before = long time ago

7. 世界末日 doom's day

8. 天灾人祸

natural disaster and catastrophe caused by human being

9. reach sb. 联系某人≈ speak to sb. 特别是通过电话联系到某人，近义词：contact

reach out to 帮助别人 或 寻求帮助

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10. live life to the/its full/fullest

【usage】

1. no matter what/how/whether/n.

= regardless of  = despite = inspite of

2. happen/occur/take place

发生，无被动语态。

逻辑原因：没有任何事情是“被发生”的，事件可被策划，但不能被发生

【Good Sentence】

Snow lay thick on the ground.

= The ground was covered by thick snow.