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.
7 Kansas Youth.
7"堪萨斯青年".
9 Time to Fly.
九时出飞.
11 Last Flight.
11 最后的飞行。
16 What Happened to Amelia?
16 艾米莉亚怎么了?
19 Glossary.
19 词汇表。
22 Introduction The tiny red airplane bounced among the clouds, 12,000 feet (3,658 m) above the water.
22 导言 微小的红色飞机在云层中反弹出,在水上12,000英尺(3,658米).
Below, icebergs jutted out of the cold waves.
下面,冰山从寒冷的波浪中喷出.
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, one of the most famous pilots in the United States.
飞机搭载了美国最出名的飞行员之一艾米莉亚·埃尔哈特.
She had been the first woman to ride in an airplane over the Atlantic, although a man flew the plane.
她是第一位乘坐飞机飞越大西洋的女人,尽管有一个男人驾驶了飞机。
Now, if she made it, she would be the first woman to fly an airplane over the Atlantic herself.
现在,如果她做到了,她将是第一个自己驾驶飞机飞越大西洋的女人.
And she would be the first person, male or female, to have crossed the Atlantic in an airplane twice.
她将是第一个在飞机上两次穿越大西洋的人,无论男女。
But first she had to succeed, and there was a reason why so few people had made it.
但首先她必须成功, 并有一个原因,为什么这么少的人做到了。
The trip was dangerous.
那次旅行很危险
Airplanes in the 1930s were small, and they didn’t have many of the instruments that today’s pilots rely on.
20世纪30年代的飞机规模很小,它们没有今天的飞行员所依赖的许多仪器.
A pilot had to go by her sense of sight and how the plane “felt,” keeping tight control of the airplane for hours at a time.
一名飞行员不得不按她的目光和飞机如何“感觉”,一次严密控制飞机数小时。
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.
The rain soon turned to ice.
雨快变成冰了
The plane’s controls froze, sending it into a tailspin.
飞机控制被冻结,
As the plane plummeted toward the water, Amelia struggled to get control.
当飞机向水面倒下时 艾米莉亚挣扎着控制自己
Finally, the warmer air below the clouds melted the ice.
最后,云层下更温暖的空气将冰融化.
Amelia was able to pull the plane out of its spin.
艾米莉亚能够把飞机从旋转中拉出.
Many hours later, Amelia set the plane down in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
数小时后,艾米莉亚在北爱尔兰的伦敦德里将飞机放下.
She had done it.
她已经做到了。
She had crossed the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane she flew herself.
她自己乘飞机穿越了大西洋
Before this flight, she had already been famous.
在这次飞行之前,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 her biggest failure.
但阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特最会因为她最大的失败被铭记.
While trying to fly her plane around the world, she disappeared.
在试图驾驶她的飞机环游世界时,她消失了.
Amelia Earhart poses with her plane in Northern Ireland after her Atlantic flight.
阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特在大西洋飞行后,带着她的飞机在北爱尔兰站出姿势.
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.
Winged Machines The world’s first airplane flight occurred in 1903, when Amelia was six years old.
翼式机器 世界首个飞机飞行发生在1903年,当时阿梅利亚已经6岁了.
Two brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, had built a winged machine out of wood.
威尔伯和奥维尔·赖特两个兄弟用木头建造了一台翼相机.
They launched it successfully into the air at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
他们在北卡罗莱纳州凯蒂·霍克成功将其发射入空中.
Although many people thought they were crazy, others thought the idea of flying was exciting.
尽管许多人认为他们疯了,但其他人认为飞行的想法是令人兴奋的.
It was dangerous, to be sure.
肯定很危险
Planes were fragile, slow, and low-flying.
飞机是脆弱的,缓慢的,低飞的。
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.
The first airlines had begun carrying passengers on short routes, mostly over land.
第一批航空公司开始在短道上载客,主要是在陆地上。
Engineers designed better airplanes, and pilots like Amelia had learned to fly them more safely, but accidents still happened.
工程师设计出更好的飞机,而像阿梅利亚这样的飞行员已经学会了更安全地驾驶飞机,但事故仍然发生.
The Wright brothers make their first flight.
莱特兄弟首飞.
The Douglas DC-3, one of the first passenger planes, went into service in 1936.
道格拉斯DC-3是首批客机之一,于1936年投入使用.
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 Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897.
她于1897年7月24日生于堪萨斯州阿奇森.
She spent most of her time at her grandparents’ home with her cousins and friends.
她大部分时间都在祖父母的家中与表亲和朋友在一起。
They climbed around the banks of the Missouri River.
他们爬上密苏里河岸边
Amelia led expeditions into caves, and she loved to ride horses.
阿梅莉亚带领远征队走入洞穴,她喜欢骑马.
She made up games for the children to play in her grandfather’s barn.
她为孩子们在外公的谷仓里玩游戏。
She and her sister, Muriel, were such active children that their mother made “bloomers” for them to wear.
她和她的姐姐Muriel是非常活跃的孩子,他们的母亲为她们准备了“取血器”。
Unlike dresses, bloomers allowed the girls to run and ride and climb just as the boys did.
和衣服不同 开花者允许女孩们像男孩们一样 跑跑跑跑走
At that time, most girls were not allowed to be so active, but Amelia was determined.
当时,大多数女孩都不允许如此活跃,但艾米莉亚还是下定决心了.
Amelia’s happy childhood came to an end when she was eleven.
Amelia11岁时,
Her parents took Amelia and Muriel to live in Iowa, but her father couldn’t find a job.
她的父母带着Amelia和Muriel住在爱荷华州,
The family moved several more times.
家人又搬来几次.
Amelia made very few new friends.
艾米莉亚交了很少新朋友
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
After that, Amelia didn’t finish college.
之后,艾米莉亚没有完成大学学业.
She knew 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, the young woman was flying in air shows herself.
不久后,这位年轻女子在空中飞行,展现出自己.
Time to Fly When she wasn’t flying, Amelia moved to Boston and found a job at Denison House.
是时候飞了 Amelia搬去波士顿,
It was a place where poor people, 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, and she was good at it.
她很喜欢她在那里的工作,而且她很擅长.
She was making a name for herself.
她在给自己取名
But then the opportunity of a lifetime presented itself.
但后来一生的机会呈现出来.
A publicist in New York named George Putnam was trying to find a woman to be the first to ride in an airplane over the Atlantic.
纽约一位名叫乔治·普特南的公关人士 试图找一个女人 成为第一个坐飞机飞越大西洋的人
It was a dangerous idea.
这是一个危险的主意。
Three women had died trying to cross the Atlantic the previous year.
去年有三名妇女试图穿越大西洋而死。
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 be tough as nails in order to withstand the danger and fatigue.
任何想尝试它的人必须坚韧得像指甲一样来承受危险和疲劳.
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’s work often involved helping children.
Amelia的工作往往涉及帮助儿童。
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 was just a passenger on that 1928 flight.
阿梅莉亚只是1928年航班上的乘客
She called herself “a sack of potatoes,” because she felt like she had no purpose.
她称自己为"一袋马铃薯",因为她觉得自己无用.
Still, her life would never be the same.
不过,她的生活永远不会是相同的。
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 very famous and very busy writing books and giving speeches about flying.
出道后她非常出名并忙于写作书籍并发表关于飞行的演讲.
She had no time to go back to work at Denison House.
她没有时间回到德尼森之家工作.
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.
Eventually, she married George Putnam.
最终,她与乔治·普特南结婚.
She also continued to fly.
她还继续飞行。
She tested new aircraft on cross-country flights, flew in contests, and set records for long-distance flights.
她在跨国飞行中测试了新飞机,在比赛中飞行,并设定了长途飞行的记录.
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.
She wanted a new challenge.
她想要一个新的挑战。
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, a man, had ever flown around the world, several years before.
只有一名飞行员,一名男子,曾在几年前飞过世界各地。
But he had not followed the equator, the longest and most difficult route.
但他并没有遵循赤道,是最长和最困难的路线.
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 Oakland, California, to Miami, Florida, in a new silver Lockheed Electra.
他们从加利福尼亚州的奥克兰(Oakland)去往佛罗里达州的迈阿密,乘坐一款新银色的洛克希德电车.
It was the first leg of her flight around the world.
那是她环游世界的第一段飞行
Last Flight Amelia and Fred first stopped the Electra in Miami, Florida.
最后一架阿梅莉亚和弗雷德先在佛罗里达州迈阿密阻止了"电"号.
The new plane had crossed the entire North American continent, passing its first test.
新飞机穿越了整个北美大陆,通过了第一次测试.
They started the route around the equator that George Putnam, Amelia’s husband, had carefully planned.
他们开始绕过赤道,这是阿梅利亚的丈夫乔治·普特南精心策划的.
Each stop was uneventful.
每站均匀。
They flew to South America, Africa, India, Asia, and Australia.
他们飞到南美洲,非洲,印度,亚洲,以及澳大利亚.
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.
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
ASIA AUSTRALIA India Lae Howland Island Hawaii On June 29, 1937, they stopped at Lae, New Guinea, an island in the Pacific just north of Australia.
亚洲 澳大利亚 印度莱-豪兰岛 1937年6月29日,他们在澳大利亚以北的太平洋上的一个岛屿新几内亚的莱岛停留.
There, Amelia and Fred enjoyed their usual routine.
在那里,阿梅莉亚和弗雷德享受了他们通常的例行公事.
They fueled the airplane and checked their maps.
他们为飞机加油 检查了地图
They sent telegrams back to the United States.
他们发了电报回美国.
When they took off from Lae, there was no hint of any trouble to come.
当他们从莱州起飞时,没有出现任何麻烦的提示.
As they neared Howland Island, the next stop, their radio messages became odd.
当他们靠近豪兰岛时,下一站,他们的无线电信息变得奇怪.
The tiny island was to be their last stop before Hawaii and then back to California.
这小岛是他们在夏威夷之前的最后一站 然后回到加利福尼亚州
The U.
吴人.
S.
师曰.
Coast Guard cutter Itasca waited offshore to receive the Electra’s radio signals and help it find the island.
海岸警卫队切断器Itasca在岸外等待收到Electra的无线电信号,
Those radio signals were patchy and strange.
这些无线电信号很不整齐 很奇怪
It seemed that Amelia could not hear the Itasca’s messages.
Amelia似乎听不到Itasca的消息。
She spoke of a storm, yet the weather over the island was clear.
她谈到一场风暴,然而岛上的天气是晴朗的.
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
What Happened to Amelia?
艾米莉亚怎么了?
This question still haunts people today.
这个问题今天仍然困扰着人们。
The Itasca, along with the U.
伊塔斯克号 和U号一起
S.
师曰.
Navy, began searching for Amelia’s plane immediately.
海军,立即开始寻找艾米莉亚的飞机.
The Navy thought she may have gone down in a storm to the northwest of Howland Island.
海军认为她可能是在一场风暴中倒向了霍兰岛的西北.
The search continued for weeks.
搜索工作持续了几个星期。
No sign of the plane, Amelia, or Fred was found.
没有飞机的踪迹 艾米莉亚和弗雷德
After a year of searching, Amelia’s husband, George Putnam, concluded that she had perished at sea.
Amelia的丈夫George Putnam在寻找一年之后,
But is that the full story?
但这是完整的故事吗?
Many people have tried to explain what happened to Amelia.
许多人试图解释艾米莉亚的遭遇.
Some think Amelia and Fred survived an emergency landing and were picked up by a Japanese ship.
有人认为阿米莉亚和弗雷德在紧急起降后幸存了下来,被一艘日本船只接走.
They were kept as prisoners on a Japanese island and later died of disease.
他们被囚禁在日本岛上,后来病逝.
Others think that Amelia landed the plane, but at a different island.
其他人认为艾米莉亚降落了飞机,但是在另一个岛上.
There, she and Fred were able to live on native foods but eventually died of either disease or old age.
在那里,她和弗雷德能够依靠本土食物生活,但最终死于疾病或老年.
The USS Lexington was one of eight ships the U.
列克星敦号是美国8艘舰只之一
S.
师曰.
Navy sent to search for Amelia.
海军派去寻找艾米莉亚
Some people believe that this piece of an airplane, found on an island near where Amelia disappeared, belonged to Amelia’s airplane.
有些人认为,在艾米莉亚失踪的岛屿上发现的这架飞机属于艾米莉亚的飞机。
Many think these theories are just made up.
许多人认为这些理论只是编造出来的.
They believe the most likely answer is that the plane landed in the water.
他们认为最有可能的答案是飞机降落在了水上.
It would have quickly broken apart in the fierce waves, over 10 feet (3 m) high.
它会在猛烈的波浪中迅速分解出,超过10英尺(3米)高.
Perhaps before Amelia and Fred could have inflated their life raft, they drowned.
也许在艾米莉亚和弗雷德 可能给自己的活筏充气之前 他们淹死了
Whatever her fate, there is no doubt that Amelia Earhart is one of the greatest Americans of the 20th century.
无论她的命运如何,毫无疑问,艾米莉亚·埃尔哈特是20世纪最伟大的美国人之一.
She died doing what she loved most.
她死在她最爱的事上
She showed everyone that women didn’t have to live with limits.
她向所有人表明,妇女不必生活在限制之中。
She showed people that anyone could fly.
她向人们展示任何人都会飞.
She changed the world.
她改变了世界。
She was a legend.
她是一个传说。