A Legend in Flight
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Winged Machines.
4翼机车.
6 Kansas Youth.
6 堪萨斯青年。
7 Time to Fly.
7时间飞翔。
8 Last Flight.
8 最后一班飞机。
12 What Happened to Amelia?
12 艾米莉亚怎么了?
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 Amelia in 1937 Introduction The airplane bounced among the clouds.
16 Amelia in 1937 导言 飞机在云中反弹
Giant black storm clouds lay ahead.
巨型黑暴风云在前面
The year was 1932.
这一年是1932年.
The airplane carried Amelia Earhart.
飞机搭载了艾米莉亚·埃尔哈特.
She had been the first woman to ride in an airplane over the Atlantic Ocean.
她是第一位乘坐飞机飞越大西洋的女人。
Now, if she made it, she would be the first woman to fly an airplane over the Atlantic.
现在, 如果她成功了, 她将是第一个飞越大西洋的女人。
And she would be the first person to have crossed the Atlantic in an airplane twice.
她会是第一个乘飞机两次穿越大西洋的人.
But first she had to succeed, and the trip was dangerous.
但首先她必须成功,这次出行很危险.
Airplanes in the 1930s were small, and they didn’t have the instruments that today’s pilots do.
20世纪30年代的飞机规模很小,没有今天的飞行员们使用的仪器。
A pilot had to go by her sense of sight, keeping tight control of the airplane.
一个飞行员不得不通过她的视觉感,保持对飞机的严密控制.
Reporters surround Amelia after her Atlantic flight.
记者们在阿米莉亚的大西洋飞行后包围了她.
The black clouds ahead were too large to fly around, so Amelia pointed the little plane right into them.
前面的黑云太大,无法飞来飞去,于是艾米莉亚把小飞机指向了它们.
Ice froze the plane’s controls, sending it into a tailspin.
冰块冻结了飞机的控制,将其送入尾箱。
Amelia struggled to get control.
艾米莉亚为控制自己而挣扎
Finally, the ice melted and Amelia was able to pull the plane out of its spin.
最后,冰融化了,阿梅莉亚得以将飞机从自旋中拉出.
Many hours later, Amelia set the plane down in Northern Ireland.
数小时后,艾米莉亚在北爱尔兰将飞机放下.
She had crossed the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane she flew herself.
她自己乘飞机穿越了大西洋
She had already been famous.
她已经出名了
Now, she would be a legend.
现在,她会是一个传奇。
But Amelia Earhart would be most remembered for something else.
但艾米莉亚·埃尔哈特会因为别的事而被铭记
While trying to fly around the world, she disappeared.
在试图环游世界时,她消失了.
Winged Machines The world’s first airplane flight happened in 1903.
翼式机器 世界首个飞机飞行发生在1903年.
Two brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, successfully flew their winged machine in North Carolina.
威尔伯和奥维尔·赖特两个兄弟在北卡罗莱纳州成功驾驶了他们的翼相机.
Many people thought the idea of flying was exciting.
许多人认为飞行的想法是令人兴奋的.
It was also dangerous.
这也很危险
Planes were fragile and slow.
飞机脆弱而缓慢。
They did not fly well in bad weather, and many pilots died in crashes.
他们在恶劣天气中飞行不善,许多飞行员在坠机中丧生.
By 1937, airplanes had improved a lot.
到1937年,飞机有了很大的改进.
Engineers designed better airplanes, but accidents still happened.
工程师设计了更好的飞机,但事故仍然发生.
The Wright brothers make their first flight.
莱特兄弟首飞.
Kansas Youth Anyone who knew Amelia as a child could hardly have been surprised by her later accomplishments.
堪萨斯青年 谁知道阿梅莉亚还是个孩子,几乎不会对她后来的成就感到惊讶.
She was born in Kansas in 1897.
她于1897年生于堪萨斯.
She spent most of her time with her family and friends.
她大部分时间都与家人和朋友在一起.
They climbed around the banks of the Missouri River.
他们爬上密苏里河岸边
Amelia made up games for the children to play.
Amelia为孩子们准备了游戏
She and her sister were such active children that their mother made “bloomers” for them to wear.
她和她的姐姐都是非常活跃的孩子,他们的母亲为她们准备了“发泡器”。
Unlike dresses, bloomers allowed the girls to be as active as the boys.
与服装不同,开花者允许女孩们和男孩一样活跃.
When Amelia was twenty-one, her family moved to California.
阿梅莉亚21岁时,她的家人搬到了加利福尼亚.
One day she attended an air show.
一天她参加了一场空中表演.
The airplanes dazzled her, flying in loops and doing stunts.
飞机迷惑了她 飞来飞去 做特技
She knew then that she wanted to fly.
她知道她想飞
With her parents’ help, Amelia took piloting lessons and saved enough money to buy an airplane.
Amelia在父母的帮助下,
Before long, she was flying in air shows herself.
不久,她在空中飞行,展现出自己.
Amelia and her sister, Muriel Time to Fly Amelia later moved to Boston and found a job at Denison House.
阿梅莉亚和妹妹穆里尔·蒂姆(英语:Muriel Time to Fly Amelia)后来搬到了波士顿,在德尼森豪斯找到了一份工作.
It was a place where people who were poor, especially children, could receive help.
这是一个穷人特别是儿童可以得到帮助的地方。
She loved her work there, but then the chance of a lifetime presented itself.
她很喜欢她在那里的作品,但后来一生的机会呈现出自己.
George Putnam, a publicist, searched for a woman to be the first to ride in an airplane over the Atlantic.
公关员乔治·普特南(George Putnam)搜出一女子为第一人乘飞机飞越大西洋.
It was a dangerous idea.
这是一个危险的主意。
Three women had died trying to cross the Atlantic the year before.
前年有三名妇女试图穿越大西洋而死。
Amelia’s work often involved helping children.
Amelia的工作往往涉及帮助儿童。
Only men had ever crossed the Atlantic in an airplane.
只有男人在飞机上穿越过大西洋
Anyone who would try it had to withstand danger and fatigue.
任何想尝试它的人必须承受危险和疲劳。
George thought Amelia Earhart was perfect, and she was eager to go.
乔治认为艾米莉亚·埃尔哈特是完美的,她急于去.
Amelia Earhart: Flier and.
艾米莉亚·埃尔哈特: Flier and.
In her lifetime, Amelia worked at many jobs.
在她一生中,艾米莉亚在很多工作岗位上工作.
At that time, it was unusual for women to have jobs at all!
这时候,女人有工作是很不寻常的!
She also helped start the “Ninety-Nines,” a group of women pilots that still exists today.
她还帮助创办了“九指九指”,这是今天仍然存在的一批妇女飞行员。
Amelia in her nurse’s uniform in 1918 Amelia was just a passenger on that 1928 flight, but her life would never be the same.
1918年穿着护士制服的阿梅莉亚只是1928年航班上的乘客,但她的生活将永远不变.
The first woman to cross the Atlantic made headlines around the world.
第一位穿越大西洋的女性在世界各地做头条新闻.
After the flight, she was famous and busy writing books and giving speeches about flying.
出道后她出名并忙于写作书籍并发表关于飞行的演讲.
She also designed clothing and luggage for active women like herself and even helped launch two airlines.
她还为自己这样的活跃女性设计了服装和行李,甚至帮助开通了两家航空公司.
Later, she married George Putnam.
后来,她与乔治·普特南结婚.
She also continued to fly.
她还继续飞行。
By the time she was thirty-nine years old, Amelia had made every major flight there was, except for one.
在她三十九岁时,艾米莉亚已经做了除了一架飞机之外的每一架大型飞行.
The greatest challenge left was to fly around the world.
剩下的最大挑战就是飞到世界各地
Only one pilot had ever flown around the world.
只有一名飞行员曾飞过世界各地。
But he didn’t follow the equator, the longest and most difficult route.
但他并没有遵循赤道,
This was the route Amelia would fly.
这是艾米莉亚会飞的路线
Would she make it?
她能来吗?
By this time, no one doubted Amelia Earhart’s flying skill.
这时没有人怀疑艾米莉亚·埃尔哈特的飞行技巧.
On May 21, 1937, she took off with her navigator, Fred Noonan.
1937年5月21日,她与航海家弗雷德·努南出道.
They went from California to Florida in a Lockheed Electra.
他们乘坐洛克希德电车从加利福尼亚去佛罗里达州.
Amelia poses on her Lockheed before taking off on her around-the- world flight.
艾米莉亚在乘坐环球航班前 给洛克希德戴上了面具
SOUTH AMERICA AFRICACompleted Flight Route Area Where Plane Disappeared Unfinished Flight Route Miami Map of Amelia’s 1937 around-the-world flight route ASIA Last Flight Amelia and Fred first stopped the Electra in Florida.
南部非洲 已完成飞行路线区域 飞机消失的地方 艾米莉亚1937年环球飞行路线"AIA Last Flight Amelia"和"Fred"的未完成的"迈阿密飞行路线地图"首先阻止了佛罗里达的"电".
The new plane had crossed the entire North American continent.
新飞机穿越了整个北美大陆.
Next, they flew to South America, Africa, India, Asia, and Australia.
接下来,它们飞往了南美,非洲,印度,亚洲和澳大利亚.
It appeared that Amelia Earhart would once again pull off a historic flight without a hitch.
艾米莉亚·埃尔哈特似乎会再次搭乘历史性的航班,没有搭便车.
On June 29, 1937, they stopped in New Guinea, just north of Australia.
1937年6月29日,他们在澳大利亚以北的新几内亚停运.
There, they fueled the airplane and checked their maps.
他们给飞机加油 检查地图
When they took off again, there was no hint of any trouble to come.
当他们再次起飞时,没有出现任何麻烦的迹象.
As they flew close to Howland Island, their radio messages became odd.
当他们飞到豪兰岛附近时,他们的无线电信息变得很奇怪.
The U.
吴人.
S.
师曰.
Coast Guard cutter Itasca waited offshore to receive their signals and help them find the island.
海岸警卫队伊塔斯卡在岸外等待接收他们的信号并帮助他们找到该岛.
Those radio signals were irregular and strange.
这些无线电信号不规则,很奇怪。
Amelia spoke of a storm, yet the weather over the island was clear.
艾米莉亚谈到一场风暴,然而岛上的天气却很晴朗.
More than twenty hours into the flight, Amelia’s voice said, “We’re running north and south.”
Amelia的声音说, " 我们正在南北方向跑来跑去。 “
She was never heard from again.
她从此不再有消息
ASIA AUSTRALIA India Lae Howland Island Hawaii Fred Noonan and Amelia on one of their last stops in Indonesia What Happened to Amelia?
亚洲 澳大利亚 印度莱·豪兰岛 夏威夷 弗雷德·诺南和阿米莉亚 在印度尼西亚的最后一站
This question is still a mystery today.
这个问题今天仍然是个谜.
The Itasca and the U.
伊塔斯克人和乌人