Pioneer pilots

NCE3 Lesson 20 • Orville Wright （ 1871.8.19—1948.1.30 ） and • Wilbur Wright （ 1867.4.16—1912.5.12 ）

• 螺旋桨飞机 Propeller driven aircraft （ First plane)

Jet aircraft

• 波音Boeing 空客Airbus • 麦道McDonnell Douglas • 达索Dassault 米高扬Mikoyan • 苏霍伊Sukhoi • 巴西航空工业公司Embraer • 庞巴迪bombardier

•Where is Chinese plane? C919 Super sonic airplanes(concord)

Helicopter(1939,USA) How long does it take to travel around the world? • 世界上第一次环球旅行是16世纪完 成的。当时，葡萄牙人麦哲伦率领 一支船队从西班牙出发，足足用了 3 年时间，才穿越大西洋、太平洋 ，环绕地球一周，回到西班牙。 • 19 世纪末，一个法国人乘火车环球旅行一 周，也花费了 43 天的时间。 • 飞机发明以后，人们在 1949 年又进行了一 次环球旅行。一架 B—50 型轰炸机，经过 4 次漂亮的空中加油，仅仅用了 94 个小时， 便绕地球一周，飞行 37700 公里。 • 超音速飞机问世以后，人们飞得更高更快 。 1979 年，英国人普斯贝特只用 14 个小 时零 6 分钟，就飞行 36900 公里，环绕地 球一周。在不到一天的时间里，就可以飞 到地球的各个角落。 • Fly over the English Channel Answer the questions after you read the story. • 1. How much did Lord Northcliffe offer as a prize in 1908? • (1000pounds) • 2. What was the prize for ？ • （ The first man who would fly across the English Channel.) • 3. How long did it take for anyone to attempt this? • (Over a year.) • 4. Who made this attempt on July 19th, 1909? • (Hubert Latham.) • 5. What was Jubert Latham’s plane called? • (Antoinette Four. Or Antoinette the Fourth) • 6. Why was he forced to land on the sea? • (Because his engine failed.) • 7. How many miles across the Channel had he travelled? • (Seven.) • 8. How was Latham rescued? • (By a ship.) • 9. Who arrived near Calais two days later? • (Louis Bleriot.) • 10. Since when had Bleriot been making planes? • (Since 1905.) • 11. What had Bleriot done a week before? • (He had completed a successful overland flight of 26 miles.) • 12. Who else arrived in Calais on the same day? • (Latham.) • 13. What was he flying? • (A new ‘Antoinette’.) • 14. Why wasn’t there an exciting race on July 25th? • (Latham failed to get up early enough.) • 15. What time did Bleriot make a short test flight? • (At 4:15 a.m.) • 16. When did he start the flight across the Channel? • (Half an hour later.) Words and expressions

In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of $1,000 to the first man who would fly across the English Channel. English Nobility Lord----lordship( 贵族权力、贵族身份） ---- lordly( 高傲的，贵族般地） duke 公爵 Marquis 侯爵 Earl 伯爵 Viscount 子爵 lord Baron 男爵 •Duchess •Marchioness •Countess •viscountess •Baroness • The first man who would fly across…=the first man to fly across… • 序数词和动词不定式 to 搭配连用可以代替 其后的定语从句 • Eg. The first person to greet him was a local policeman. • Eg. She was the only one to survive the plane crash.=She was the only one that survive the plane crash. • Over a year passed before the first attempt was made. • attempt n. vt. 努力，尝试，企图 • （ attempt 的语气比 try 强） • in one’s attempt • Eg. She failed in her attempt to swim across the English channel. • make an attempt on • Eg. He made an attempt on the mountain. • make an attempt to do • Eg. She made an attempt to run away. • make no attempt • Eg. She made no attempt to run away. • On July 19th, 1909, in the early morning, Hubert Latham took off from the French coast in his plane the “Antoinette IV”. • IV=? • 4 • V=? X=? • He had travelled only seven miles across the Channel when his engine failed and he was forced to land on the sea. • when=at that moment • fail=break down • fail= 失败 • She failed the exam. • be forced to do sth. • --The 12-year-old boy was forced to do the hard work. • The “Antoinnete” floated on the water until Latham was picked up by a ship. • pick up = save= rescue • Two days later, Louis Bleriot arrived near Calais with a plane called ‘No. XI’. • with a plane(with 具有、带有） • Eg . a suitcase with a handle • Bleriot had been making planes since 1905 and this was his latest model. • late—later--latest • A week before, he had completed a successful overland flight during which he covered twenty-six miles. • = A week before, he had completed a successful overland flight and during the flight he covered twenty-six miles • during which=during the flight • overland: 陆上的 • over ( 当前缀） • an overnight trip ( 一整夜的旅行 ) • overpopulated • overseas • over+ 动词（表示超过） • overeat • oversleep • overwork • overchage • Latham, however, did not give up easily. He, too, arrived near Calais on the same day with a new ‘Antionette’. • give up: 放弃 • It looked as if there would be an exciting race across the Channel. • It looks as if 似乎，看起来 ( 见课本解释） • Eg. It looked as if there would be a heavy storm. • Both planes were going to take off on July 25th, but Latham failed to get up early enough. • After making a short test flight at 4.15 a.m., Bleriot set off half an hour later • make a short test flight: 做短距离试飞 • His great flight lasted thirty-seven minutes. • When he landed near Dover ， the first person to greet him was a local policeman. • =When he landed near Dover, the first person who greeted him was a local policeman. • Latham made another attempt a week later and got within half a mile of Dover, but he was unlucky again. • make another attempt: 做了另一次试飞 • His engine failed and he landed on the sea for the second time. Topics for discussion

• 1. Tell us about any ‘first successful attempt’ you know about (Everest, the South Pole, etc.) • 2. ‘The development of planes has been very rapid.’ Tell us what you know. • 3. ‘Air travel, today and in the future.’ Tell us what you think. Tell us what happened after Bleriot and Latham arrived in Calais • 1. Two days later Bleriot arrived—Calais’No.XI’ • 2. Bleriot– making planes since 1905—his latest model • 3. Week before—successful overland flight— 26 miles • 4. Latham didn’t give up—arrived same day— new ‘Antoinette’ • 5. Exciting race across the Channel? • 6. Both planes—take off July 25th—Latham failed—get up early enough • 7. Bleriot—test flight 4.15—set off 4.45—37 minutes—landed Dover—policeman • 8. Latham—another attempt a week later— half a mile from Dover– engine failed Summary Writing • 1. Bleriot and Latham arrived Calais—July 21st, 1090 • Bleriot and Latham arrived in Calais on July 21st, 1909. • 2. Looked as if—race • 3. Take place—July 25th • 4. Latham– not take part—failed to get up early enough • Though it looked as if there would be a race on July 25, Latham didn’t take part, because he didn’t get up early enough. • 5. Bleriot—short test flight first • 6. Thirty-seven minutes—across Channel • After making a short test flight, Bleriot crossed the Channel in thirty-seven minutes. • 7. Policeman greeted him—arrive Dover • A policeman greeted him when he arrived in Dover. • 8. Latham—half a mile– Dover—following week • 9. Landed on sea—second time—engine failed • Latham got within half a mile of Dover the following week, having to land on the sea a second time because his engine failed. Special difficulties

• A • 1. What are you looking at? • 2. We have received fifty applications in all. • 3. I happened to meet your friend Tom this morning. • 4. It happened that we were both travelling on the same train. • 5. I suppose you’ve travelled by plane lots of times. • 6. He is supposed to arrive here by 9. • 7. I wish you had told me you were going to be late. • 8. I’d rather he pretended he didn’t know anything about it. • 9. If I can save up enough money, I’m going to buy a car. • 10. You had better leave now if you want to catch the next train. • 11. I find him to be highly intelligent. • B • 1. John explained the position to me. • 2. I described the film to my aunt. • We can say • ‘Give me the book’ or’ Give the book to me’ , but we don’t say • ‘Explain me the situation.’ • We have to say • ‘ Explain the situation to me.’ Other words that follow this pattern: •Announce, confide, declare, describe introduce, propose, report, say and suggest • C • 1. Not only has he made this mistake before, but he will make it again. • 2. Only then did I realize what was happening. • When we begin sentences with negative adverbs (e.g. never, rarely, seldom, only then) we must use an auxiliary verb ( be, do , have, can, must ,etc.) + subject • Eg. Never have I seen so many people. • Never will I trust him again. • D • 1 . Impolite • 2. disagree • 3. illegible • 4. inaccurate • 5. unlocked • 6. irregular Extra exercise

• 1. I often wish (that) I could fly a helicopter. • 2. We’d (would) rather you bought the tickets for us. • 3. We were supposed to take off at six in the morning. • 4. If he hadn’t landed safely on the sea, he would haven been drowned. • 5. Not only was he a remarkable racing driver (but) he was also a first class pilot. • 6. The Wright Brothers managed to beat Bleriot by six years. • 7. As I was leaving the shop I happened to meet an old school friend. • Collection of air crashes Homework

• Composition (Group homework) Word dictation

• 1. offer 2. across • 3. lord 4. attempt • 5. engine 6. float • 7. complete 8. successful • 9. overland 10. unlucky