Lesson43 Over the South?Pole
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.
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In 1929, threes years after he his flight over the north pole, the American explorer R. E. Byrd, successfully fly across over the south pole. Thought, 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 be crash. It would could only get over the mountains if it fly over rose to 10,000 feet. Byrd suddenly at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy sacks. The plane was then able to could rise and crossed it cleared the mountains top by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he could successfully would be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles away. Because for there is were no more mountains in sight. The aircraft could was able to fly over the endless white plains without difficulty.
In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole, the American explorer, R. E. Byrd, successfully fly over the South Pole. Thought, at first, Byrd and his men were able to take took 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 through these over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet. Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy 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 mountains in sight. The aircraft was able to fly over the endless white plains without difficulty.
at once = immediately
they soon ran into serious trouble 陷入了巨大困境之中
it seemed certain 看起來肯定
clear v. 越過? ?the plane cleared the mountains by 400 feet.
