Lesson 43 Over the south pole
First listen and answer the question
How was the plane able to clear the mountains?
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 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 10000 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 400feet,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.
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ɪn 1929, θriː jɪəz ˈɑːftə hɪz flaɪt ˈəʊvə ðə nɔːθ pəʊl, ði əˈmɛrɪkən ɪksˈplɔːrə, ɑː. iː. bɜːd, səkˈsɛsfʊli fluː ˈəʊvə ðə saʊθ pəʊl fɔː ðə fɜːsttaɪm. ðəʊ, æt fɜːst, bɜːd ænd hɪz mɛn wɜːr ˈeɪbl tuː teɪk ə greɪt ˈmɛni ˈfəʊtəgrɑːfs ɒv ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz ðæt leɪ bɪˈləʊ, ðeɪ suːn rænˈɪntuː ˈsɪərɪəs ˈtrʌbl. æt wʌn pɔɪnt, ɪt siːmd ˈsɜːtn ðæt ðeə pleɪn wʊd kræʃ. ɪt kʊd ˈəʊnli gɛt ˈəʊvə ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz ɪf ɪt rəʊztuː 10,000 fiːt. bɜːd æt wʌns ˈɔːdəd hɪz mɛn tuː θrəʊ aʊt tuː ˈhɛvi fuːd sæks. ðə pleɪn wɒz ðɛn ˈeɪbl tuː raɪz ænd ɪt klɪəd ðəˈmaʊntɪnz baɪ 400 fiːt. bɜːd naʊ njuː ðæt hiː wʊd biː ˈeɪbl tuː riːʧ ðə saʊθ pəʊl wɪʧ wɒz 300 maɪlz əˈweɪ, fɔː ðeə wɜː nəʊ mɔːˈmaʊntɪnz ɪn saɪt. ði ˈeəkrɑːft wɒz ˈeɪbl tuː flaɪ ˈəʊvə ði ˈɛndlɪs waɪt pleɪnz wɪˈðaʊt ˈdɪfɪkəlti.
训练任务：L0+L4
训练感想：这个任务推迟了，没有其他感想，就是感觉心慌，推到后面，压力更大
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