新概念英语第二册75

75 SOS呼救信号 When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. 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. During the night, it got terribly cold. 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. Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash. 当客机偏离了航线，前一段时间的光，在山区坠毁，飞行员丧生。仅有的乘客，一位年轻的妇女和她的两个女婴儿，没有受伤。这是冬天的中间。地上积着厚厚的雪。那女人知道最近的村庄也在数英里之外。天黑下来的时候，她把一只手提箱当作床，把孩子放在里面，把所有能找到的衣服。夜里，天冷得厉害。那妇女尽可能地靠近孩子，甚至自己也想钻进箱子里，但是它太小了。第二天一大早，她听到头顶上有飞机飞过，她想知道怎样才能发出信号。后来她有了一个主意。她在雪地上踩出了“SOS”。幸运的是，一位飞行员看到这个信号并通过无线电发送到最近的城镇。不久，一架直升飞机飞抵飞机失事现场，来搭救幸存者。