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文本和翻译
Lesson 75 SOS 呼救信号
When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.
参考译文
不久前，一架轻型客机偏离了航线，在山区坠毁，飞行员丧生。机上仅有的乘客，一位年轻的妇女和她的两个女婴却平安无事。此时正值隆冬季节，地上积着厚厚的雪。这位妇女知道，即使最近的村庄也有数英里远。天黑下来的时候，她把提箱当作小床，把两个孩子放了进去，又把所有能找到的衣服都盖在了孩子们身上。夜里，天冷得厉害。这位妇女尽可能地靠近孩子，甚至自己也想钻进箱子里去，只是箱子太小了。第二天一大早，她听到头顶上有飞机飞过，但不知道怎样才能发个信号。后来她有了一个主意。她在雪地上踩出了SOS这3个字母。幸运得很，一位飞行员看到这个信号，用无线电给最近的城镇发了报。不久，一架直升飞机飞抵飞机失事现场，来搭救这几个幸存者。
词汇和短语
thick adj. 厚的
signal n. 信号
stamp v. 跺，踩
helicopter n. 直升飞机
scene n. 现场
survivor n. 幸存者
1.It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.
not long before不久，很快
It was not long before the detective found the criminal.
不久侦探就找到了罪犯。
It was not long before the news was widely circulated.
这个消息不久就哄传开了。
2.When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed.
sometime,sometimes,some time,some times用法区别
sometime
（1）副词：某个时候。可指过去或将来的某个时候。如：
① Would you come to the cinema with me, sometime? 赏脸找个时间和我看场电影吗？(将来)
② We’ll take our holiday sometime in August. 我们会在八月找个时间度假。（将来）
③ I bought this sometime last summer. 这是我在上个夏天买的。（过去）
④ This mansion was built sometime around 1980. 这栋大厦是1980年左右建的。（过去）
（2）形容词：前，过去的。意思类似former。
① This is our sometime general manager.这是我们的前任总经理。
② Our sometime classmate, Rose, is now a pop star. 我们以前的同学罗斯，现在是明星了。
sometimes 副词：有时候。顺便提一下，at times也是有时的意思。
① Every man is a fool sometimes, and none at all times. 每个人有时都会犯傻，但没有谁会一直都傻。
② I sometimes have letters from him. 有时我会收到他的来信。
some time 某段时间。常与for连用。
① We plan to stay in Hainan for some time. 我们打算在海南呆上一段时间。
② I will keep the computer for some time, so you can use it.这部电脑我会留着一段时间，你可以用。some times 几次。several
times也可以表示几次，但比some times较确定。time作可数名词时可作次数解；表示时间时是不可数名词。
① I am sure that we have met some times before.我肯定我们之前见过几次了。
② The newly bought microwave oven failed to work some times.新买的微波炉坏了几次了。
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