Lesson 75


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SOS


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First listen and then answer the question.


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How did the woman get help?


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When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed.


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The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt.


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It was the middle of winter.


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Snow lay thick on the ground.


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The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away.


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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.


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During the night, it got terribly cold.


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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.


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Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal.


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Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow.


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Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town.


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It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.


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thick  [θik]  adj. 厚的

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signal  [ˈsiɡnəl]  n. 信号

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stamp  [stæmp]  v. 跺，踩

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helicopter  [ˈhelikɔptə]  n. 直升飞机

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scene  [si:n]  n. 现场

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survivor  [səˈvaivə]  n. 幸存者

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