新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 75 SOS
1 . It was the middle of winter.此時正值隆冬季節，
2 . Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal.第二天一大早，她聽到頭頂上有飛機飛過，但不知道怎樣才能發個信號。
3 . Then she had an idea.後來她有了一個主意。
4 . 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.這位婦女盡可能地靠近孩子，甚至自己也想鑽進箱子裡去，只是箱子太小了。
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.天黑下來的時候，她把提箱當作小床，把兩個孩子放了進去，又把所有能找到的衣服都蓋在了孩子們身上。
6 . The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt.機上僅有的乘客，一位年輕的婦女和她的兩個女嬰卻平安無事。
7 . The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away.這位婦女知道，即使最近的村莊也有數英里遠。
8 . She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow.她在雪地上踩出了「SOS」這3個字母。
9 . When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed.不久前，一架輕型客機偏離了航線，在山區墜毀，飛行員喪生。
10 . It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.不久，一架直升飛機飛抵飛機失事現場，來搭救這幾個倖存者。
11 . During the night, it got terribly cold.夜裡，天冷得厲害。
12 . Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town.幸運得很，一位飛行員看到這個信號，用無線電給最近的城鎮發了報。
13 . Snow lay thick on the ground.地上積著厚厚的雪。