Teenage Pilot on Last Leg of World Record Flying Attempt

I finally did it! After many, many tries, I finally flew my toy plane all around the park. And I did it all by myself! 我讓我的玩具飛機在公園飛了一圈！ It can be very difficult to control a toy airplane, especially when there is wind! When the wind blowing too hard, I crash the toy plane a lot! 玩具飛機很難控制，風太大的時候常常墜機！ But you know what's even harder than flying a toy airplane around a big park? Flying a real airplane around the world! 你知道甚麼比這個還難嗎？飛一架真正的飛機環遊世界！ The youngest person to do this was a 17-year-old boy named Mack Rutherford. He flew a real airplane around the world all by himself. Mack才17歲，是獨自開飛機環遊世界最年輕的飛行員！ He started flying earlier this year in March. He took off from Bulgaria, which is a country in Europe. And he has flown to Africa, Asia, and North America. In total, he flew to fifty-two countries around the world! That's amazing！ 他三月份從歐洲的保加利亞起飛，中間經過非洲、亞洲，跟北美洲。他總共飛到五十二個國家。 After about five months traveling around the world, Mack finally landed the plane in August of this year. 經歷五個月的飛行後，Mack終於在八月中回到家了。 His adventure must have been very dangerous and exciting. Maybe one day I will fly real planes instead of toy planes, and try to fly across oceans to other countries. That will take a lot more practice though! ________________________________ Vocabulary 你有想過親自駕駛飛機環繞地球嗎？ 1. fly 駕飛機 I'd like to fly a plane someday. 我想要有一天駕駛飛機。 I prefer to stay here and watch them. 我比較想留在地上欣賞。 2. take off 起飛 But think about it. 但是你想想看。 You can take off from a big city and see all the lights. 你可以從大城市起飛，看到所有的燈光。 And then fly over the ocean for a long time? 然後在海洋上空飛很久？ That sounds boring to me! 那聽起來很無聊耶！ 3. world 世界 So you don't want to travel around the world? 所以你不想環遊世界？ I do. But not as a pilot. 我想啊，但是不是當飛行員。 4. land 降落 You can land in a place you like. 你可以降落在你喜歡的地方。 Yeah, like in Paris? 比如說巴黎嗎？ Absolutely! 絕對可以！ 我們來讀單字。 fly 駕飛機 take off 起飛 world 世界 land 降落 ________________________________ Quiz 1. How old was the boy who flew alone in this story? A: 7 years old B: 70 years old C: 17 years old 2. Where did he take off from? A: Bulgaria B: Bavaria C: Belgium 3. How many countries did he visit? A: 52 B: 152 C: 5 Answers 1. C 2. A 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn