The Wright Brothers
萊特兄弟
The Wright brothers, namely, Orville Wright (1871—1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867—1912) invented the first safe, successful airplane. But their first flight, on December 17, 1903, was not great news. Nothing appeared in the newspaper on that day. A few days later, short items began to appear in newspapers across the country, but no one seemed very interested or impressed.
萊特兄弟名為奧維爾·萊特(1871一1948)和威爾伯·萊特(1867-1912)成功友明瞭第一架安全可靠的飛機。但是他們在1903年12 月17日的首次飛行並不是那麼理想。在那天的報紙上沒有出現與此有關的任何新聞。幾天後，流通全國的報紙上開始出現一些簡單的報道，但是沒有任何一個看起來是那麼有趣或者能夠令人印象深刻。
Orville Wright took the "Flyer I" up in the air and flew it for 12 seconds. Wilbur Wright took turns with his brother flying their airplane. The next two flights lasted twice as long as the first one. On the fourth flight that day, the airplane stayed in the air for 59 seconds. After it landed, a sudden gust of wind tipped the plane over. "Flyer I" was badly damaged. The first successful airplane was never flown again.
奧維爾·某特駕駛“飛行器1號”在高空中飛行了12秒。威爾伯·萊特和他弟弟輪流駕駛飛機。接下來的兩次飛行持續的時間大概是第一次飛行的兩倍。那天的第四次飛行，飛機在空中停留了59秒。在它著陸後，一陣突如其來的風吹翻了飛機。“飛行器1號”嚴重受損。這架第一個成功飛行的飛機從此再也沒有飛起來過。
Louis Bleriot flew across the English Channel in 1909 He flew from France to England in a Bleriot XI monoplane which had only one set of wings. His flight was historic. He proved that people from different countries could now visit each other fairly early.
路易斯·佈雷里奧在1909年飛越了英吉利海峽。他乘坐一架佈雷里奧五號羊翼機從法國飛往英國。他的飛行具有歷史性的意義。他證明了在不同國家的人們可以彼此更早一些見面。
The first woman pilot was Baroness de la Roche. She made her flight in 1908. Two years later, she received a pilot's license.
第一位女飛行員是貝羅尼絲·德拉羅什。她在1908年進行了第一次飛行。兩年後，她拿到了飛行員資格證。
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