SOS 呼救信号
save our souls 国际通用的呼救信号
passenger n. 旅客；乘客
When a light passenger plane 当一架轻型客机
fly off 偏离
flew off course 偏离了航线
some time ago 不久前
it crashed in the mountains 在山区坠毁
pilot n. 飞行员；领航员
and its pilot was killed 飞行员死了
The only passengers 机上仅有的乘客
a young woman 一位年轻的妇女
and her two baby daughters 她的两个女婴
armchairs n. [家具] 扶手椅（复数-第二个词后加S）
babysitters 保姆 -复数-第二个词后加S
flyovers 立交桥，高架公路-复数-第二个词后加S
hand signals 手势-复数-第二个词后加S
passers-by n. 过路人-复数-第一个词后加S
mothers-in-law 岳母-复数-第一个词后加S
commanders-in-chief 总司令-复数-第一个词后加S
men friends 男性的朋友-复数-两个词后加S
women doctors 女医生们-复数-两个词后加S
gentlemen farmers 乡绅-复数-两个词后加S
were unhurt 平安无事
It was the middle of winter 当时，正值隆冬季节
torrential adj. 猛烈的
we landed at the town in the middle of a torrential storm 我们在大风暴袭击这个小镇的时候到达那里
the middle of the day 中午
the middle of december 十二月中旬
the middle of the 1960s 60年代中期
thick adj. 厚的
Snow lay thick on the ground 厚雪铺盖着大地
The woman knew that 这位妇女知道
the nearest village 即使最近的村庄
was miles away 也有数英里远
When it grew dark 当夜幕降临
suitcase n. [轻] 手提箱；衣箱
she turned a suitcase into a bed 她把提箱当作小床
and put the children inside it 把孩子们放进去
covering them with all the clothes 所有衣服盖住他们
doing ….. 现在分词短语表示伴随性动作
she hurried into the classroom,holding a laptop under her arm. 她腋下夹着一台笔记本电脑，匆匆走进教室
cheer vt. 欢呼
they jumped and cheered ,tears running down their faces 他们欢呼雀跃，泪流满面
she could find 用她能找到的
During the night 在夜间
it got terribly cold 天气冷得厉害
The woman kept as near as she could to the children 那个女人尽量靠近孩子们
as near as she could 能靠多近就靠多近
the meal was as awful as the conversation 这顿饭和谈话一样糟糕
i am as good a cook as she is. 我和她一样出色的好厨师
as quiet as a mouse 安静得像老鼠一样
sheet 床单
as white as a sheet 白得像床单一样
and even tried to get into the case herself 甚至她自己也试图进入这个箱子
but it was too small 但是它太小了
Early next morning 第二天一大早
she heard planes passing overhead 她听到飞机从头顶飞过
signal n. 信号
and wondered how she could send a signal 但不知道怎样才能发个信号
Then she had an idea 之后她想到了一个办法
stamp v. 跺，踩
She stamped out the letters ‘SOS’ in the snow 她在雪地上踩出了“SOS”这3个字母
Fortunately adv. 幸运地
a pilot saw the signal 飞行员看到了信号
and sent a message by radio to the nearest town 并通过无线电向最近的城镇发了一条信息
It was not long before 没过多久
helicopter n. 直升飞机
scene n. 现场
a helicopter arrived on the scene 一架直升飞机飞抵飞机失事现场
survivor n. 幸存者
to rescue the survivors of the plane crash 为了抢救飞机失事的幸存者
lay thick 系动词+形容词做表语
grow dark 系动词+形容词做表语
get terribly cold 系动词+形容词做表语
the nearest village 最近的村庄
the nearest town 最近的城镇
he is the tallest boy in his class . 他是他们班最高的男孩
china has the largest population in the world 中国是世界上人口最多的国家
he plays ping-pong the best in his department. 他在系里乒乓球打得最好
she swims the fastest in this group 她是这个组游泳游得最快的
