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Lesson 43
Over the south pole
单词学习
pole
flight
explorer
lie
serious
point
seem
crash
sack
clear
aircraft
endless
plain
n.(地球的)极
n. 飞行
n. 探险家
v. 处于
adj. 严重的
n. 地点
v. 似乎
v. 坠毁
n. 袋子
v. 越过
n. 飞机
adj. 无尽的
n. 平原
★pole n.(地球的)极
the South Pole 南极
the North Pole 北极
Pole Star 北极星
★explorer n. 探险家, 探测者, 探测器
explore v.探险, 探测, 探究
exploration n.(科研相关)探险,探求,开发
adventure n.冒险(追求刺激)
venture n. 冒险(为了财富)
★lie v. 处于
① vi. 处于,位于(+地点)
现在这条山脉正位于我们的下面。
The mountains lie below us now.
小镇位于伦敦的东部
The town lies to the east of London.
② vi. 躺,(平)卧
躺在床上
stay in bed = lie in bed
当我坐在篝火旁的时候,我的狗躺在我的旁边。
While I sat by the fire, my dog lay beside me.
③ vt. 撒谎
tell a lie 撒谎
You lied. = You lied to me.你骗人! 你撒谎!
You,liar! 你, 骗子!
④ n.谎言
★seem v. 似乎,看起来
seem + as if 看起来似乎……
他看起来似乎以前从来没有在英国居住过。
He seems as if he had never lived in England before.
seem + adj.
他看起来很有钱。
He seems rich.
seem to be
He seems to be rich.
seem that… 看起来似乎……
It seems that he is rich.
★clear v. 越过
(凌空、不接触地)越过, 跳过,没有接触面的飞跃
飞跃山峰
clear the mountain
那匹马越过了栅栏
The horse cleared the fence.
over adv. 越过(距离)
go over飞跃
★plain n. 平原
plain girl 平凡的女孩
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 thr