Lesson 75 SOS 笔记

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Lesson 75    SOS

【New words and expressions】

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

★survivor     n. 幸存者(指人)

survival     n. 幸存的东西

survive      v. 生存；存活下来

the person who survived

I learn how to live, but now I know how to survive.    （生存）

I survived after the fire.     （存活下来）

survive + sth.(灾难)     经过某种灾难还存在，还活着

I survived the fire.

The house survived the earthquake.

★scene      n. 现场

① n.（事件发生的）地点，现场

A helicopter soon arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors.

一架直升飞机很快飞抵出事现场，搭救幸存者。

These things were found at the scene of the murder.

② n. 风景，景色；景象

A beautiful scene always makes me delighted.

I have just seen a sad scene.

【Text】

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。

【课文讲解】

1、When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed.

off course    脱离轨道

  fly off course      飞行偏离航线

  During the storm, the ship went off course.

kill      v. 杀（仅表示死了，不一定是人为的杀死,有可能是火灾等）

Fire in Tokyo. Five people killed. Ten persons injured.（受伤）

murder    v. 谋杀（故意杀死）

2、It was the middle of winter.

middle of winter     隆冬

middle of summer     盛夏

3、Snow lay thick on the ground.

lay 是系动词,thick是形容词作表语，表示主语的状态或性质。

  The old man lies ill and neglected in bed.

4、The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away.

miles away     几英里之外（距离的表达方式）

5、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.

turn…into… = change sth. into …       把……变成……

6、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.

as…as sb. can/could = as…as possible     尽可能的……

  He got through as much food as he could and set out.

  Tell Jim to come to my office as soon as he can.

near to = close to

7、Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal.

hear sb. doing sth.    听见某人正在做某事

overhead      adv. 从头顶

wonder = want to know

8、Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow.

stamp out     踩出

out在这里为副词，表示“出现，显露”等

  The writer has brought out another book.

  He wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.

SOS = Save Our Souls     国际通用的呼救信号

in the snow     在雪地上

9、Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town.

by radio     通过广播

10、It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.

long before = long long ago     很久以前

It was not long before + 从句      不久就……（指过去）

  It was not long before he went abroad.

It was not long before I finished my homework.

It will not be long before…       不久就……（将来可能发生的事）

  It will not be long before he gets over his illness.

before long     不久以后（一般将来时,从现在算不久以后会怎么样）

Before long, he will go abroad.

shortly before      ……之前不久

shortly after       ……之后立即