VOA慢速英语:Wiley Post: The First Pilot to Fly Around the World Alone

短语讲解：

1. He set new records when he flew his own airplane around the world in nineteen thirty-three.

set new record 创造新纪录
例句：He set a new record in the10,000 meters
他创下了一项万米赛跑的新记录。

2. He had only seconds to bring the airplane up.

bring up 把…带到更高处
例句：When the doctor arrives, bring him up.
医生来时, 带他到楼上。

3. If he fell asleep he would die.

fall asleep 入睡，睡着
例句：He fall asleep over the book.
他看著书睡着了。

4. He did this with a group that performed flying tricks to earn money.

earn money 赚钱
例句：He works hard, but he does not earn much money.
他工作很努力，但钱赚得不多。

5. In nineteen twenty-eight, he got a job flying the plane that belonged to a rich oil producer from Oklahoma.

belong to 属于
例句：Victory belongs to the most persevering.
胜利属于最有毅力的人。

6. The race called for flying without stopping from Los Angeles in the western state of California, to the city of Chicago, in the middle western state of Illinois.

call for 要求，需要
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。

7. On June twenty-third, nineteen thirty-one, Post and Gatty took off from Roosevelt Field in New York.

take off 离开，起飞
例句：The plane crashes after take off.
飞机起飞后坠毁了。

8. This time he was headed for Russia.

head for 朝…进发
例句：He put on his coat and headed for the door.
他穿上大衣向门口走去。

9. At one point he came so close to running out of gas he considered using his parachute.

run out of 用完，耗光
例句：We have run out of petrol .
我们的汽油已用完了。