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听力文本
The First Flight Around The World
2 US planes, The Chicago and The New Orleans, complete the first flight around the world.
In 1924, two planes completed the first flight around the world, covering 26,343 miles in 175 days.
Four bi-planes left Seattle in the USA and flew north to Alaska, where one of them crashed.
The remaining three then flew across to Japan, down to South-East Asia, across India and then through Europe.
Another crashed on the way to Iceland, but the last two, The Chicago andThe New Orleans, completed the journey back to Seattle.
The planes travelled at an average speed of 70mph and had to have their engines replaced many times during the trip.
Despite the crashes, all eight pilots survived.
参考译文
首次环球飞行
芝加哥和新奥尔良两架美国飞机完成第首次环球飞行。
1924年,用时175天飞行26343英里后，两架飞机完成了首次环球飞行。
4架两栖飞机从美国西雅图起飞向北前往阿拉斯加的途中其中一架在此坠毁。
剩下的3架飞机在飞越日本,东南亚,印度各地后穿越欧洲。
另一架飞机在冰岛发生坠机事件,但最后两架的芝加哥和新奥尔良完成了旅程最终返回西雅图。
这些飞机飞行的平均速度为每小时70英里,因此在飞行途中不得不多次更换引擎。
尽管发生坠机事件，但全部8名飞行员幸存了下来。
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词语解释
1.complete 完成
例句:Length of time to make the mode switch and to complete the process of switching.
进行模式切换的时间长度和完成切换过程的时间长度。
2.crash 碰撞
例句:His elder son was killed in a car crash a few years ago.
他的长子几年前死于车祸。
3.back to 回到
例句:Take the goods back to your retailer who will refund you the purchase price.
把商品退还给你的零售商，他们会按原价退款的。
4.survive 幸存
例句:And yet the point is not to survive on the side of the mountain.
但是，关键不在于在山腰上活下来。
课后问题
1.During most of the flight the planes were travelling
a) from east to west
b) from west to east
c) from south to north
2.Two of the planes failed to complete the flight because of crashes in
a) North America and Asia
b) North America and Europe
c) Asia and Europe
3.The final destination of their journey was
a) Iceland
b) Seattle
c) Chicago
参考答案
参考答案:A B B
