Lesson 75

When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed.
不久前，当一架轻型客机偏离航线时，它在山中坠毁，飞行员遇难。
The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt.
仅有的乘客，即一位年轻女性和她的两个年幼的女儿，都没有受伤。
It was the middle of winter.
那是隆冬时节。
Snow lay thick on the ground.
雪厚厚地堆积在地面上。
The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away.
这个女人知道最近的村庄在几英里之外。
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.
天黑时，她把一个手提箱变成了一张床，把孩子们放进去，并用她能找到的所有衣服盖在他们身上。
During the night, it got terribly cold.
在夜间，天气变得极其寒冷。
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.
这个女人尽可能地靠近孩子们，甚至她自己也试图钻进箱子里，但箱子太小了。
Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal.
第二天清晨，她听到飞机从头顶飞过，并想知道她如何能发出一个信号。
Then she had an idea.
然后她有了一个主意。
She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow.
她在雪地里踩出了“SOS”字母。
Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town.
幸运地，一名飞行员看到了信号，并通过无线电向最近的城镇发出了信息。
It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.
没过多久，一架直升机就到达现场，营救了飞机失事中的幸存者。