Lesson 75
    第75課
    SOS
    SOS
    First listen and then answer the question.
    聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
    How did the woman get help?
    這位婦女如何獲救？
    When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago,
    不久前，一架輕型客機(jī)偏離了航線，
    it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed.
    在山區(qū)墜毀，飛行員喪生。
    The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt.
    機(jī)上僅有的乘客，一位年輕的婦女和她的兩個(gè)女嬰?yún)s平安無事。
    It was the middle of winter.
    此時(shí)正值隆冬季節(jié)，
    Snow lay thick on the ground.
    地上積著厚厚的雪。
    The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away.
    這位婦女知道，即使近的村莊也有數(shù)英里遠(yuǎn)。
    When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it,
    天黑下來的時(shí)候，她把提箱當(dāng)作小床，把兩個(gè)孩子放了進(jìn)去，
    covering them with all the clothes she could find.
    又把所有能找到的衣服都蓋在了孩子們身上。
    During the night, it got terribly cold.
    夜里，天冷得厲害。
    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，甚至自己也想鉆進(jìn)箱子里去，只是箱子太小了。
    Early next morning,
    第二天一大早，
    she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal.
    她聽到頭頂上有飛機(jī)飛過，但不知道怎樣才能發(fā)個(gè)信號(hào)。
    Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow.
    后來她有了一個(gè)主意。她在雪地上踩出了“SOS”這3個(gè)字母。
    Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town.
    幸運(yùn)得很，一位飛行員看到這個(gè)信號(hào)，用無線電給近的城鎮(zhèn)發(fā)了報(bào)。
    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(jī)飛抵飛機(jī)失事現(xiàn)場(chǎng)，來搭救這幾個(gè)幸存者。