Lesson 43  Over the South Pole 讲义-2023-2024学年高中英语新概念第二册

新概念英语第二册第43课 Lesson43 Over the South Pole飞越南极 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. New words and expressions生词和短语 pole n.(地球的)极 flight n飞行 explorer n. 探险家 lie V. 处于 serious adj.严重的 point n. 地点 seem v.似乎 crash V.坠毁 sack n.袋子 clear V.越过 aircraft n.飞机 endless adj.无尽的 plain n. 平原 参考译文 美国探险家R.E.伯德在飞越北极3年之后，于1929年第一 次飞越了南极。虽然开始时伯德和他的助手们拍下了飞机下面连绵 群山的大量照片，但他们很快就陷入了困境。在有个地方，飞机似 乎肯定要坠毁了。只有在飞至10,000英尺的高度时，它才能飞过 这些山头。伯德马上命令他的助手们把两个沉重的食物袋扔掉，于 是飞机可以上升了，它在离山头400英尺的高度飞越了过去。伯德 这时知道他能够顺利飞抵300英里以外的南极了，因为前面再没有 山了。飞机可以毫无困难地飞过这片茫茫无际的白色原野！ 课文解释 1.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. 美国探险家RE·伯德在飞越北极3年之后，于1929年第1次飞 越了南极。 1)这句话虽然稍有点长，但其实是个主谓结构的简单句。句子 的主体部分是：the American explorer successfully flew over the South Pole for the first time. 另外，这句话中含有两个同位语。three years...the North Pole是1929的同位语，作为一种插入性的补充 说明；R.E.Byrd用作主语the American explorer的同位 语，向大家介绍了这位美国探险家的姓名。 2)短语the North Pole是个专有名词，指“北极”(“南极”就 是the South Pole)。 关于专有名词的构成形式，大家可同时参看Lesson37中的相 关课文解释的内容。 3)英语国家人的名字通常由两部分组成：名+姓，如：Linda Jones,但在办理公务、签署文件等正式场合往往会加上中 涧 名(middle name),如：Linda Jane Smith。为了方便，一 般 情况下会将中间名或把名和中间名用首字母来代 替，如：Linda.Smith或L.J.Smith。课文中的R.E.Byrd就 是后一种写法。 4)短语for the first time意思是“第一次"，time在这里表示 “次”、“回”。我们在表达“第几