高中英语人教版2003年高一下05

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[00:00.00]和谐英语学习网 Unit 17
[00:01.61]17单元
[00:03.21]Great women
[00:04.68]著名的妇女
[00:06.14]Reading
[00:07.43]阅读
[00:08.72]ALONE IN ANTARCTICA
[00:10.55]孤身闯南极
[00:12.38]At 50,I was the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole.
[00:15.65]我在50岁的时候成了独自一人去北极旅行的第一位妇女.
[00:18.91]But what should I do to celebrate my sixtieth birthday?
[00:21.71]可是,我应该做些什么来庆祝自己60岁的生日呢?
[00:24.50]What else,but a journey at the opposite end of the world,Antarctica.
[00:27.98]没有别的庆祝方式,只有去地球的另一端南极洲.
[00:31.45]I began my almost400-mile journey on November 1st,1997.
[00:34.83]1997年11月1日,我开始了将近200英里的旅行.
[00:38.22]I walked and skied alone.My dog team were not with me to pull my sled.
[00:42.04]我一个人步行,一个人滑雪.我的狗群没有跟我在一起为我拉雪撬.
[00:45.87]Another journey of challenge and danger was about to begin.
[00:48.85]另一个具有挑战性而且危险的旅程要开始了.
[00:51.83]The first days the weather was very good.
[00:54.35]起初的那几天天气很好.
[00:56.87]The wind was icy but not very strong
[00:59.55]虽然冷风刺骨,但风力不大,
[01:02.22]and there was bright sunshine 24 hours a day.
[01:05.10]而且一天24小时阳光明媚,
[01:07.97]But changes were just around the corner.
[01:10.33]但是变化悄然而至.
[01:12.70]On the third day I was struggling through stormy weather
[01:15.94]第三天,我与暴风雪天气奋战了一天,
[01:19.18]and during the next week the wind grew stronger
[01:22.16]接下来的一周里,暴风雪更猛烈了,
[01:25.13]and I found myself spending a whole day in my tent.
[01:28.06]我只好在帐篷里呆了一整天.
[01:30.98]I had travelled only two hours one day
[01:33.51]一天我刚行进了两个小时,
[01:36.03]when the winds increased so much
[01:38.25]狂风就骤然加大
[01:40.47]that I had to put my tent up before the winds became too strong.
[01:43.89]我只好支起帐篷,以防风太大无法支持下去.
[01:47.31]Within a few minutes the winds increased to a howling storm
[01:50.69]几分钟内,风便狂吼起来
[01:54.08]that threatened to blow me and my tent away,but none of that happened.
[01:57.76]像是要把我的帐篷一并掀翻.但什么也没有发生
[02:01.44]On November twelfth the storm died down.
[02:04.23]12月12日,风暴渐渐退去
[02:07.01]It was my birthday and I wanted to make that day special.
[02:10.13]那是我的生日,我想让它过得特别一些.
[02:13.25]I thawed a frozen cake over my fire,placed a candle on the top,
[02:17.13]我在火炉上把一块冰冻的蛋糕融解,在顶上插了一根蜡烛,
[02:21.01]lit it,and sang"happy birthday to me" at the top of my voice.
[02:24.89]点燃它,扯起嗓子唱起了"祝我生日快乐".
[02:28.77]A few days later,I was moving forward over a slope that seemed safe
[02:32.65]几天以后,我滑过一个看似安全的斜面坡
[02:36.53]when suddenly,without warning,my world dropped out from under my skis.
[02:40.40]结果毫无警告,我雪橇下的大地突然不见了.
[02:44.28]I had fallen into a hole and was hanging on the ropes tied to the sled.
[02:48.01]我掉到一个大坑里,挂在了系在雪撬上的绳子上.
[02:51.73]A piece of ice fell down and I never heard it land.
[02:54.85]一个冰块掉下去,我一直也没有听到它落地的声音.
[02:57.97]The bottom was a few hundred feet below.
[03:00.45]坑底离地面有几百英尺深.
[03:02.94]I used to practise self-rescue many times in the mountains where I live
[03:06.25]在我居住的山上,我曾无数次地练过自救,这时我
[03:09.57]and carefully began climbing out.
[03:11.79]小心翼翼地往上爬.
[03:14.01]It took a long time but I finally got out.
[03:17.13]花了我很长的时间,我终于爬了出来.
[03:20.25]I was thankful for all the training I had had.
[03:22.89]我真感谢我接受过的所有训练.
[03:25.53]I was in good health and all of my equipment was working well.
[03:28.91]我身体良好,而且我的所有的设备运转正常.
[03:32.30]I was so optimistic that I decided that the next day,
[03:35.68]我如此乐观,以至我决定第二天,
[03:39.06]the 22nd day of the expedition,I would increase my workday to 12 hours.
[03:43.63]也就是这次远征的第22天,我要把每天的工作量增加到12小时.
[03:48.21]The next morning I had a bad accident with the sled and hurt my leg.
[03:51.44]第二天早晨我在雪撬上出了一次严重事故,摔伤了自己的腿.
[03:54.68]I couldn't stand on my left leg and my head was woozy from hitting the ground.