Cora的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day 43 20181119

lesson 43 Over the South Pole

How was the plane able to clear the mountains?

    In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole, the American explorer1, R.E. Byrd, successfully2 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 sacks3. 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 aircraft4 was able to fly over the endless white plains without difficulty5.

aʊ wəz ðə pleɪn ˈeɪbl tə klɪə ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz? 

ɪn 1929, θriː jɪəz ˈɑːftə hɪz flaɪt ˈəʊvə ðə nɔːθ pəʊl, ði əˈmɛrɪkən ɪksˈplɔːrə1, ɑː.iː. bɜːd, səkˈsɛsfʊli2 fluː ˈəʊvə ðə saʊθ pəʊl fə ðəfɜːst taɪm. ðəʊ, ət fɜːst, bɜːd ənd ɪz mɛn wər ˈeɪbl tə teɪk ə greɪt ˈmɛni ˈfəʊtəgrɑːfs əv ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz ðət leɪ bɪˈləʊ, ðeɪ suːn ræn ˈɪntəˈsɪərɪəs ˈtrʌbl. ət wʌn pɔɪnt, ɪt siːmd ˈsɜːtn ðət ðeə pleɪn wəd kræʃ. ɪt kəd ˈəʊnli gɛt ˈəʊvə ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz ɪf ɪt rəʊz tʊ 10,000 fiːt. bɜːdət wʌns ˈɔːdəd ɪz mɛn tə θrəʊ aʊt tuː ˈhɛvi fuːd sæks3. ðə pleɪn wəz ðɛn ˈeɪbl tə raɪz ənd ɪt klɪəd ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz baɪ 400 fiːt. bɜːdnaʊ njuː ðət hi wəd bi ˈeɪbl tə riːʧ ðə saʊθ pəʊl wɪʧ wɒz 300 maɪlz əˈweɪ, fə ðə wə nəʊ mɔː ˈmaʊntɪnz ɪn saɪt. ði ˈeəkrɑːft4 wəzˈeɪbl tə flaɪ ˈəʊvə ði ˈɛndlɪs waɪt pleɪnz wɪˈðaʊt ˈdɪfɪkəlti5.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

pole n. （地球的）极 英 /pəʊl/

explorer  n. 探险家 英 /ek'splɔːrə(r)/

sack  n. 袋子 英 /sæk/

clear  v. 越过 vt. 通过；清除；使干净；跳过

aircraft  n. 飞机 英 /'eəkrɑːft/

plain  n. 平原 英 /pleɪn/

练习感情：实际练习日期 2018/11/19