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飛機(jī)是歷史上最偉大的發(fā)明之一,有人將它與電視和電腦并列為20世紀(jì)對(duì)人類影響最大的三大發(fā)明。飛機(jī)的發(fā)明者就是有“飛機(jī)之父”之稱的美國(guó)人萊特兄弟。讓我們一起來(lái)讀讀他們小時(shí)候的故事吧!
Wilbur Wright was born in 1867. Orville Wright wasborn in 1871. They were brothers.
One day, they lay on the grass after playing.A hird flew by in the sky. "Look. how free thebird is in the skyl" said Orville. "If wecould fly like birds, howhappy we would bel"said Wilbur.
They caught a bird and tied astring to its foot. When the birdstopped, they looked at its wings.When the bird flew, they watched how its wingsworked.
After a short time. the two brothers made akite. The kite flew high in the sky. They werevery happy. "We will ruake a kite big enough totake us to the sky," they said.
On Christruas Day, Dad gavethem a flying toy as a gift. It had apaper body. Other parts were made ofcork and bamboo. The rubber bandscould ruake it fly. They made the littletoy fly in the room so much so that they broke it. "Someday, we will fly in the skylike the toy," they said to each other.
Orville sold kites at school to make money. Wilbur started reading about howbirds flew and machines worked.
When they grew up, they opened a bicycle shop. They could fix anythinganyone asked theru to fix. In the bicycle shop, the idea of the airplane was born.
In 1900, they made a large kite. It was their first glider. Wilbur flew on it for afew seconds. Three years later, they made a real airplane, the Flyer l. It was thefirst airplane in the world.
中文大意
威爾伯·萊特生于1867年,奧維爾·萊特生于1871年,兩人是兄弟。
一天,玩耍過(guò)后,他們躺在草地上休息。一只烏兒在空中飛過(guò)?!笨?,這只鳥在天空中多自由自在啊!”奧維爾說(shuō)?!叭绻覀兡芟聒B兒一樣飛翔,該多快樂(lè)??!”威爾伯說(shuō)。
他們抓住一只鳥,在它的腿上系了一根繩子。鳥兒停下時(shí),他們就觀察它翅膀的樣子,烏兒飛起時(shí),他們就觀察翅膀如何幫助它飛行。
不久后,兄弟倆做了一個(gè)風(fēng)箏。風(fēng)箏高高地飛在空中,他們開(kāi)心極了?!拔覀円鲆粋€(gè)大風(fēng)箏,讓它帶我們飛到空中?!彼麄冋f(shuō)。
在一個(gè)圣誕節(jié),爸爸送給他們一個(gè)禮物,是一個(gè)飛螺旋玩具。它的主體部分是紙做的,其他部分是軟木和竹子,上面的橡皮筋能讓它飛起來(lái)。他們讓這個(gè)小玩具不停地在屋子里飛來(lái)飛去,結(jié)果把它弄壞了。“總有一天,我們要像這個(gè)玩具一樣飛到空中?!彼麄儗?duì)彼此說(shuō)。
奧維爾在學(xué)校賣風(fēng)箏賺錢,威爾伯則開(kāi)始閱讀各種關(guān)于鳥兒如何飛行和機(jī)器如何工作的資料。
長(zhǎng)大后,他們開(kāi)了一家自行車店鋪。他們能修好大家讓他們修的所有東西。就是在這個(gè)自行車店鋪,制作飛機(jī)的念頭誕生了。
1900年,他們做了一個(gè)超級(jí)大“風(fēng)箏”,這就是他們的第一架滑翔機(jī)。威爾伯在上面飛了幾秒鐘。三年后,他們制造出了一架真正的飛機(jī)——“飛行者一號(hào)”,這是世界歷史上的第一架飛機(jī)。
Words
lie躺(過(guò)去式:lay)
break 弄壞(過(guò)去式:
lie系(過(guò)去式:tied) broke)
string繩子
sell賣(過(guò)去式:sold)
wlng翅膀
machine機(jī)器
cork軟木
fix修理
bamboo竹子
horn出現(xiàn),誕生
ruhber hand橡皮筋
glider滑翔機(jī)