北师大高中英语必修二Unit5词汇短语与课文助记教学(9)

1911年12月14日，阿蒙森到达极点，在那里插上了挪威国旗。然后他准备返回。1912年1月25日，阿蒙森和他的团队提前10天安全抵达了他们出发的基地。
Scott finally arrived at the Pole with four team members on 17 January, 1912.
1912年1月17日，斯科特和四名队员终于到达了极点。
They were shocked when they saw the Norwegian flag. Scott wrote in his diary:
当看到挪威国旗时，他们非常震惊。斯科特在日记中写道：
“Well, we have now lost the goal of our ambition and must face 800 miles of hard pushing—and goodbye to most of our dreams.”
“好吧，我们现在已经失去了我们奋斗的目标，而且必须要面对800 英里的艰苦行进——并且要跟我们大多数人的梦想说再见。”
The return journey was one of the worst in the history of exploration. The men were soon very tired and were running out of food. The weather conditions were terrible. Scott started to realise their hopeless situation:
他们的回程是探险史上最糟糕的旅程之一。队员们很快就精疲力竭，食物也快吃完了。天气非常糟糕。斯科特开始意识到他们的处境令人绝望：
“We are very cheerful, but what each man feels in his heart I can only guess. Putting on our shoes in the morning is getting slower and slower.”
“我们很高兴，但每个人内心里的感受我只能猜到。大家早上鞋子穿得越来越慢。”
However, on their way back they found time to lock for rocks. They carried twenty kilos of rocks all the way with them. Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past, the continent cf Antarctica was covered by plants.