Airplane Brothers飞机兄弟

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故事导读：

飞机是历史上最伟大的发明之一，有人将它与电视和电脑并列为20世纪对人类影响最大的三大发明。飞机的发明者就是有“飞机之父”之称的美国人莱特兄弟。让我们一起来读读他们小时候的故事吧！

Wilbur Wright was born in 1867. Orville Wright wasborn in 1871. They were brothers.

One day， they lay on the grass after playing.A hird flew by in the sky. "Look. how free thebird is in the skyl" said Orville. "If wecould fly like birds， howhappy we would bel"said Wilbur.

They caught a bird and tied astring to its foot. When the birdstopped， they looked at its wings.When the bird flew， they watched how its wingsworked.

After a short time. the two brothers made akite. The kite flew high in the sky. They werevery happy. "We will ruake a kite big enough totake us to the sky，" they said.

On Christruas Day， Dad gavethem a flying toy as a gift. It had apaper body. Other parts were made ofcork and bamboo. The rubber bandscould ruake it fly. They made the littletoy fly in the room so much so that they broke it. "Someday， we will fly in the skylike the toy，" they said to each other.

Orville sold kites at school to make money. Wilbur started reading about howbirds flew and machines worked.

When they grew up， they opened a bicycle shop. They could fix anythinganyone asked theru to fix. In the bicycle shop， the idea of the airplane was born.

In 1900， they made a large kite. It was their first glider. Wilbur flew on it for afew seconds. Three years later， they made a real airplane， the Flyer l. It was thefirst airplane in the world.

中文大意

威爾伯·莱特生于1867年，奥维尔·莱特生于1871年，两人是兄弟。

一天，玩耍过后，他们躺在草地上休息。一只乌儿在空中飞过。”看，这只鸟在天空中多自由自在啊！”奥维尔说。“如果我们能像鸟儿一样飞翔，该多快乐啊！”威尔伯说。

他们抓住一只鸟，在它的腿上系了一根绳子。鸟儿停下时，他们就观察它翅膀的样子，乌儿飞起时，他们就观察翅膀如何帮助它飞行。

不久后，兄弟俩做了一个风筝。风筝高高地飞在空中，他们开心极了。“我们要做一个大风筝，让它带我们飞到空中。”他们说。

在一个圣诞节，爸爸送给他们一个礼物，是一个飞螺旋玩具。它的主体部分是纸做的，其他部分是软木和竹子，上面的橡皮筋能让它飞起来。他们让这个小玩具不停地在屋子里飞来飞去，结果把它弄坏了。“总有一天，我们要像这个玩具一样飞到空中。”他们对彼此说。

奥维尔在学校卖风筝赚钱，威尔伯则开始阅读各种关于鸟儿如何飞行和机器如何工作的资料。

长大后，他们开了一家自行车店铺。他们能修好大家让他们修的所有东西。就是在这个自行车店铺，制作飞机的念头诞生了。

1900年，他们做了一个超级大“风筝”，这就是他们的第一架滑翔机。威尔伯在上面飞了几秒钟。三年后，他们制造出了一架真正的飞机——“飞行者一号”，这是世界历史上的第一架飞机。

Words

lie躺（过去式：lay）

break 弄坏（过去式：

lie系（过去式：tied） broke）

string绳子

sell卖（过去式：sold）

wlng翅膀

machine机器

cork软木

fix修理

bamboo竹子

horn出现，诞生

ruhber hand橡皮筋

glider滑翔机