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 Amelia in 1937 Introduction The tiny red airplane bounced among the clouds 12,000 feet (3,658 m) above the water of the North Atlantic.
22 Amelia in 1937 导言 这架小型的红色飞机在北大西洋水域上方12,000英尺(3,658米)的云层中反弹.
Giant black storm clouds lay between the plane and the shores of Ireland, and far below, icebergs jutted out of the cold waves.
巨大的黑色风暴云在飞机和爱尔兰海岸之间, 远在下面,冰山从寒冷的波浪中喷出.
The date was May 21, 1932.
日期为1932年5月21日.
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.
In 1928, she had been the first woman to ride in an airplane over the Atlantic, although a man named Wilmer Stultz flew the plane.
1928年,她曾是第一位乘坐飞机飞越大西洋的女性,尽管一位叫威尔默·斯图尔茨(Wilmer Stultz)的男子驾驶了这架飞机.
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 perilous because airplanes in the 1930s were small, most were not pressurized, and they didn’t have many of the instruments that today’s pilots rely on.
此次旅行是危险的,因为20世纪30年代的飞机很小,大部分没有加压,而且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 Lockheed Vega right into them.
前面的黑云太大,无法飞来飞去,于是艾米莉亚把洛克希德维加指向了它们.
When the rain turned to ice, the Vega’s controls froze, sending it into a tailspin.
当降雨变成冰块时,维加号的控制被冻结,将它送入尾箱.
As the plane plummeted toward the frigid water, Amelia struggled to get control.
当飞机向冷水倾斜时 艾米莉亚挣扎着控制自己
Fi na l ly, the warmer air below the clouds melted the ice, and Amelia was able to pull the plane out of its spin.
Fi na lly,云层下更温暖的空气融化了冰块,艾米莉亚得以将飞机从自旋中拉出.
Amelia had to fight other problems including fatigue, a leaky fuel tank, and a cracked manifold that occasionally spewed flames.
艾米莉亚不得不解决其他问题,包括疲劳、漏油罐和偶尔会喷出火焰的裂缝。
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.
Many hours later, Amelia set the plane down in a pasture in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
数小时后,阿梅莉亚将飞机放入了北爱尔兰伦敦德里的牧场.
She had done it; she had crossed the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane she flew herself.
她做到了;她自己乘飞机穿越了大西洋。
Before this landmark flight, she had already been famous as an aviator and an adventurer, and now she would be a legend.
在此次地标飞行之前,她已经以航空家和冒险家出名,现在她将成为传奇.
But Amelia Earhart would be most remembered for what many people think of as her biggest failure.
但阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特会因为许多人认为是她最大的失败而被人们最铭记.
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.
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 when Amelia was six years old.
翼式机器 世界首个飞机飞行发生在艾米莉亚6岁时.
Two brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, constructed a winged machine out of spruce and ash.
两个兄弟,威尔伯和奥维尔·赖特,用发芽和灰烬建造了一台机翼.
They launched it successfully into the air at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903.
他们于1903年12月17日在北卡罗莱纳州的凯蒂·霍克(英语:Kitty Hawk)成功将其发射入空中.
The Wright brothers make their first flight.
莱特兄弟首飞.
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 because they were made from wood and canvas.
平面因由木头和帆布制成而脆弱,缓慢并低飞.
They did not fly well in inclement weather, and many pilots died in crashes.
他们在恶劣的天气中飞行不善,许多飞行员在坠机中丧生.
By 1937, airplanes had improved a lot due to advances in fabrication techniques and materials.
到1937年,由于制造技术和材料的进步,飞机有了很大的改进.
The first airlines had begun carrying passengers on short routes, mostly over land and usually only during the day.
最早的航空公司开始在短道上载客,多为陆路,一般只在白天.
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 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 a determined child born in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897.
她是1897年7月24日生于堪萨斯州阿奇森的坚定的孩子.
She spent the school year at her maternal grandparents’ home with her cousins and friends.
她与表妹和朋友在外祖父母家中度过了学年。
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, go sledding, and climb trees.
艾米莉亚带领探险队走入了洞穴,她喜欢骑马,去滑雪,并爬上树木.
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, ride, and climb just as the boys did.
与服装不同,花生们允许女孩们像男孩们一样跑跑跑跑和攀登。
At that time, society frowned on girls being so active, but Amelia was determined.
当时,社会对女孩如此活跃感到恐惧,但阿梅莉亚决心如此.
Amelia and her sister, Muriel Amelia’s happy childhood came to an end when she was eleven.
阿梅莉亚和她妹妹穆里尔·阿梅莉亚的快乐童年于她11岁时结束.
When her grandmother died, her parents took Amelia and Muriel to live in Iowa.
她的外祖母去世后,她的父母带着艾米莉亚和穆里尔去艾奥瓦居住.
Her father couldn’t find a job, causing the family to move several more times in the next few years.
她的父亲找不到工作,
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 because she knew she wanted to fly.
之后,艾米莉亚没有完成大学学业,因为她知道自己想飞.
Working a variety of jobs and with her parents’ help, Amelia took piloting lessons and saved enough money to purchase an airplane.
Amelia在父母的帮助下从事各种工作,
After receiving her flying license, the young woman was flying in air shows as an acclaimed female pilot.
获得飞行执照后,这名年轻女子作为受人好评的女飞行员在空中出场飞行.
Time to Fly When she wasn’t flying, Amelia moved to Boston and taught English to Syrian and Chinese immigrants at Denison House.
是时候飞了 Amelia在不飞的时候, 搬到了波士顿,
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 being a teacher and social worker there, and she was good at it.
她喜欢在那里当教师和社会工作者,她很擅长.
She was making a name for herself, but then the opportunity of a lifetime presented itself.
她当时在为自己取名,但后来一生的机会呈现出自己.
A publicist in New York named George Putnam was searching for 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 正在寻找第一个坐飞机飞越大西洋的女人
It was a dangerous undertaking: three women had died trying to fly across the Atlantic the previous year.
这是一项危险的事业:去年有三名妇女试图飞越大西洋而死亡。
Amelia’s work often involved helping children.
Amelia的工作往往涉及帮助儿童。
Amelia in her nurse’s uniform in 1918 Only men had ever crossed the Atlantic in an airplane.
艾米莉亚穿着1918年的护士制服 只有男人曾乘坐飞机穿越大西洋
Anyone who tried it had to be tough as nails in order to withstand the danger, extreme weather conditions, and fatigue.
任何尝试过它的人必须坚韧得像指甲一样来承受危险,极端的天气条件,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。
As a mere passenger on that 1928 flight, Amelia referred to herself as “a sack of potatoes,” because she felt like she had no purpose.
作为1928年航班的乘客,阿梅莉亚自称是"一袋土豆",因为她觉得自己没有目的.
The first woman to cross the Atlantic made headlines around the world and received a ticker-tape parade.
第一位穿越大西洋的女性在世界各地做头条新闻,并收到了一盘滴滴的游行.
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.
To raise money for her flying endeavors, she also designed clothing and luggage for active women like herself.
为了为她的飞行努力筹集资金,她还为像自己这样的活跃女性设计了衣服和行李.
She even helped launch two airlines: Transcontinental Air Transport, which would become Transworld Airlines (TWA), and Northeast Airlines.
她甚至帮助开通了两家航空公司:将变为跨世界航空公司的跨大陆航空和东北航空公司。
Eventually, she married George Putnam, and she continued to fly.
最终她与乔治·普特南(英语:George Putnam)结婚,她继续飞行.
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.
After only fifteen minutes of instruction, Amelia was the first woman to pilot an autogyro, an aircraft with a powered propeller for forward motion and an unpowered rotor on top that provides lift.
在仅仅15分钟的指令之后,艾米莉亚是第一位驾驶自动陀螺仪的女性,一架拥有动力的螺旋桨用于前行运动的飞机和顶部的无动力转子提供升降.
She eventually made two cross- country tours in the new vehicle.
她最终在新车上出道了两次出道.
Amelia in Southampton, England, after the 1928 Atlantic flight Amelia during one of her many public speeches By the time she was thirty-nine years old, Amelia had earned fame and recognition doing things that most people thought only men could do.
1928年大西洋航班Amelia在英国南安普顿的 Amelia 在她多次公开演讲中 到了她三十九岁时,艾米莉亚已经赢得了名声和认可,做了大多数人认为只有男人才能做的事情.
She wanted a new challenge.
她想要一个新的挑战。
She had made every major flight there was, except for one.
她已经做了每一次主要的飞行 那里除了一个。
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 named Wiley Post, had ever flown around the world in an airplane.
只有一位飞行员,一个叫威利邮站的人 曾乘坐飞机环游世界
He stayed in the Northern Hemisphere and had not followed the equator, the longest and most difficult route.
他留在了北半球,没有跟随赤道,这是最长和最困难的路线.
This was the route Amelia would fly, but would she make it?
这是艾米莉亚会飞的路线 但她会成功吗?
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.
Her first attempt was a western route to Hawaii in March 1937.
她的第一次尝试是在1937年3月的一条去夏威夷的西行道.
A crash at takeoff severely damaged her plane, convincing her to try a different tactic and fly an eastbound route around the world.
起飞时的坠机严重地损坏了她的飞机,说服她尝试不同的战术并飞向世界各地的东行道.
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 and included brief landings in Burbank, California; Tucson, Arizona; and New Orleans, Louisiana.
这是她环游世界的第一段飞行,包括了在加利福尼亚州伯班克;亚利桑那州图克森;路易斯安那州新奥尔良等地的短暂着陆.
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
Last Flight The new plane had crossed the entire North American continent, passing its first test.
上次飞行 新飞机穿越了整个北美大陆,通过了第一次测试.
After a tune-up in Miami, Florida, for the long flights ahead, Amelia and Fred started the route around the equator that George Putnam had carefully planned.
在佛罗里达州迈阿密为前方的长途飞行进行曲调后,阿梅莉亚和弗雷德开始了乔治·普特南精心规划的环绕赤道的航线.
Flying close to the equator meant long portions of the journey were over water, and they would have to land on several small Pacific islands.
离赤道很近的飞行意味着长途跋涉在水上,它们必须降落在几个太平洋小岛上。
They flew to South America, Africa, India, Asia, and Australia, making stops in Senegal, Khartoum, and Karachi along the way.
他们飞到南美洲,非洲,印度,亚洲和澳大利亚,沿途在塞内加尔,喀土穆和卡拉奇停留.
Some long distance instruments needed repair during a monsoon delay in Bandung, Indonesia; otherwise, the flights were uneventful.
一些长途仪器在印度尼西亚万隆的季风延误期间需要修理;否则,飞行情况很平稳.
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 arrived at Lae, New Guinea, an island in the Pacific just north of Australia.
1937年6月29日,他们抵达了位于澳大利亚以北太平洋的一个岛屿新几内亚的莱.
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, performed maintenance, and checked their maps.
他们为飞机加油,进行维修,检查地图。
They sent telegrams back to the United States.
他们发了电报回美国.
When they took off from Lae on July 2, there was no hint of trouble.
当他们于7月2日从莱起飞时,没有出现任何麻烦.
ASIA AUSTRALIA India Lae Howland Island Hawaii Fred Noonan and Amelia on one of their last stops in Indonesia As they neared Howland Island, the next stop, their radio messages became odd.
亚洲 澳大利亚 印度莱·豪兰岛 夏威夷弗雷德·努南和阿梅莉亚在印尼的最后一站 当他们接近豪兰岛时 下一站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 was stationed offshore to receive the Electra’s radio signals.
海岸警卫队切断器伊塔斯卡驻外接收电讯信号.
The Itasca and two other U.
伊塔斯卡和另外两个U.
S.
师曰.
ships were ordered to turn on all their lights to light the flight path and help the plane find the island.
舰只被命令打开所有灯光来点出飞行路径,帮助飞机找到岛.
The radio signals were patchy and often interrupted with static.
无线电信号不整齐并经常被静态干扰.
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 from Lae, Amelia’s voice said, “We’re running north and south.”
Amelia的声音说, " 我们正在南北方向飞行。 “
After that short message at 8:45 a.
8点45分的短讯之后
m.
（字母m）
on July 3, 1937, Amelia was never heard from again.
1937年7月3日,艾米莉亚再也没有回音.
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 immediately joined the U.
伊塔斯卡号立即加入了U.
S.
师曰.
Navy in searching for Amelia’s plane.
海军搜寻阿米莉亚的飞机
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 and is to date the most extensive air and sea search in U.
搜索持续了数周,迄今是U地区最广泛的空中和海上搜索.
S.
师曰.
Naval history.
海军历史.
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?
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
Many people have tried to explain what happened to Amelia.
许多人试图解释艾米莉亚的遭遇.
Theories including equipment problems, poor navigation or piloting skills, and imprisonment abound.
理论包括设备问题、导航或飞行员技能差以及监禁。
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 and Fred landed the plane at a different island.
其他人则认为艾米莉亚和弗雷德将飞机降落在了另一个岛上.
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.
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.
No evidence has been found to support either of these ideas, and the most likely answer is that Amelia ditched the plane in the water.
没有发现任何证据支持这两个想法,最有可能的答案是阿梅莉亚将飞机丢入水中.
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 and showed everyone that women didn’t have to live with limits.
她死在她最爱的地方,
She showed people that anyone could fly, and she was a legend who changed the world.
她向人们展示了任何人都能飞行,而她是一个改变了世界的传说.