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New concept English Lesson 20
Pioneer pilots
飞行员的先驱
Pioneer
p>
,先锋
;
先驱
;<
/p>
带头人
;
开发者
;
拓荒者
pilot
,飞行员
What was the name of the first plane to
fly across the English Channel?
飞越英吉利海峡的第一架飞机叫什么名字?
In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a
prize of $$1,000 to the first man who would fly
across the English Channel.
1908
年
Northcliffe
勋爵拿出
1000
英镑做为奖金,奖给第一个飞越英吉利海峡的人
Lord
,勋爵(英国贵族的称号);(英国用于某些高级
官员的职位前)阁下,大人,大臣
fly
across
,飞越
Over a
year passed before the first attempt was made.
直到进行第一次尝试,已经过去一年多了
before
,直到
=till
On July 19th, 1909, in the early
morning, Hubert Latham took off from the French
coast in his plane the 'Antoinette IV.'
1909
年
7
月
< br>19
日清晨,
Hubert
Latham
驾驶他的
'Antoinette
IV'
号飞机,从法国海岸起飞
in
the early morning
,一大早
take off
,起飞
take
to
,开始,喜欢,沉溺于,走向,照料,求助于,适应
take for
,认为,以为
take
up
,拿起,开始从事,继续,吸收,责备,拘留,占据,认购
take
on
,披上,呈现,具有,雇佣,承担,盛气凌人,接纳,流行
He had travelled only seven miles
across the Channel when his engine failed and he
was forced to land on the sea.
他在英吉利海峡
上飞行了仅
7
英里,引擎就坏了,他被迫在海上降落
be forced
to
,被迫
land
,降落;着陆
在英语中,表示距离,长度灯概念的名词短语可做状语,跟在不及物动词之后,这是一种特殊的用法<
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The 'Antoinette' floated on
the water until Latham was picked up by a ship.
p>
'Antoinette'
号在海上飘着,直到
Latham
被一艘船救起
pick up
,捡起
Two days later, Louis Bleriot arrived
near Calais with a plane called 'No. XI'.
两天以后,
Louis
Bleriot
开着一架名为
'No. XI'
的飞机,到达
Calais
附近
Bleriot had been making planes since
1905 and this was his latest model.
Bl
eriot
从
1905
年开始一直在制
造飞机,这是他最新的型号
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