新概念英语第二册-Lesson-43OvertheSouthPole概要.ppt

clear V．经过或越过 例: The horse cleared the fence easily. The plane cleared the mountains at last. clear up 天空放晴 The sky cleared up just after the rain． 雨过天晴了。 adj．清楚的，明白的，明显的 Are you clear? 你听明白了吗？ I can hear you loud and clear． aircraft n.飞机 plane/airplane/aeroplane bomber 轰炸机 fighter 战斗机 aircraft 飞行器，飞机，飞艇，飞船 helicopter 直升飞机 shuttle 航天飞机 endless adj. 无尽的,没完没了的 the endless road 无尽的路 the endless plain 一望无际的大平原 the endless wait 没完没了的等待 The lecture seemed endless．那场演讲好像没完没了 end n．末端，尽头，极限 the end of a road 一条路的尽头 come to an end 终止，结束 in the end/at the end in the end=at last=finally最后，最终，独立使用，放在句首，用逗号与主句隔开。 In the end, the task was finished in a perfect way. at the end of ...在...的最后 At the end of the film, the two get married happily. ending n． 结尾，结局（尤指故事，电影，或戏剧） We all perfer films with happy endings. plain n．平原，旷野 the plains of central Canada 加拿大中部的大平原 a vast plain 大平原 a grassy plain 草原 review lie v. 处于 seem v. 似乎 crash v. 坠毁 clear v. 越过 pole n. （地球的）极 flight n. 飞行 explorer n. 探险家 point n. 地点 sack n. 袋子 aircraft n. 飞机 plain n. 平原 endless adj. 无尽的 serious adj. 严重的 Text 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 whi