美国小学英语教材5:第3课 与海军上将伯德同游小亚美利加(1)

 　　With Admiral Byrd in Little America 与海军上将伯德同游小亚美利加

　　Coram Foster¹ 作者：克拉姆.福斯特

　　At the bottom of the world, in the South Polar Regions², Admiral Byrd and his men lived for fourteen months 在世界的底端，也就是南极地区，海军上将伯德和他的队员居住了14个月之久。

　　where no man had ever been able to stay more than a month or two. 此前还从来没有人能在那里待上一到两个月。

　　During a part of this time it was impossible for them to leave or for anyone to get to them. 在其中的一段时间里，他们无法离开，别人也无法到他们那里去。

　　Yet they listened to music and messages from all over the world, 然而他们可以听到来自世界各地的音乐和信息。

　　and almost every day they sent out to the world the story of what they were doing. 而且，他们几乎每天都在向全世界讲述他们正在做的事情。

　　At the Bottom of the World 在世界的底端

　　When the Byrd expedition sailed from New York City to Antarctica, it carried a library of a thousand volumes. 伯德探险队从纽约扬帆起航前往南极时，携带了由上千本书组成的一个图书馆。

　　This library was for the most part a collection of adventure stories which Admiral Byrd had selected to give pleasure to his men through the long darkness of the antarctic³ night. 其中大部分书籍都是伯德上将特意为自己的队员挑选的历险故事，大家可以借此打发南极的漫漫长夜。

1 foster   

vt.收养，培养，促进；adj.收养的，收养孩子的

参考例句：

• Nowadays young couple sometimes foster.现今年轻夫妇有时领养别人的孩子。
• The captain did his best to foster a sense of unity among the new recruits.队长尽力培养新成员之间的团结精神。

2 regions   

n.地区( region的名词复数 )；[数学]区域；（艺术、科学等的）领域；行政区

参考例句：

• A flying doctor service operates in remote regions. 在偏远地区有飞行医生服务。
• More powers are gradually being devolved to the regions. 正逐步向地方下放更多的权力。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 Antarctic   

adj.南极(区)的；n.(the A-)南极洲，南极圈

参考例句：

• The Antarctic is a mountainous area.南极洲是一个多山的地区。
• It is well known that penguins live in the Antarctic.企鹅生活在南极洲是众所周知的。