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Amelia Earhart
阿米莉亚·埃尔哈特
American pilot Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897.
美国飞行员阿米莉亚·埃尔哈特出生于1897年7月24日。
She became interested in flying after her first airplane ride at age 23.
在23岁第一次乘坐飞机后，她对飞行产生了兴趣。
She began to take flying lessons in 1921, and earned her pilot's license in 1923.
她于1921年开始学习飞行课程，并于1923年获得了飞行员执照。
In 1928, Earhart was a passenger on a historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1928年，埃尔哈特乘坐一架飞机飞越了大西洋，但没有在这次历史性的飞行中得到驾驶机会。
The flight took over 20 hours, and after the plane landed, Earhart quickly became famous.
飞行持续20多个小时，飞机降落后，埃尔哈特很快就成名了。
Determined to prove that she was a capable pilot herself, Earhart made another trip across the Atlantic – this time as the pilot of the plane.
埃尔哈特决心证明自己是一名有能力的飞行员，于是她又一次横渡大西洋——这一次是作为飞机的飞行员。
She completed this flight in 14 hours, which was a new record.
她用了14个小时完成了飞行，这是一项新的记录。
After her solo flight across the Atlantic, Earhart made several other historic flights, including the first solo flight from Hawaii to California.
在独自飞越大西洋后，埃尔哈特进行了其他几次历史性的飞行，包括首次一人从夏威夷飞行到加利福尼亚州。
In 1937, Earhart decided that she wanted to fly around the world.
1937年，埃尔哈特决定要环游世界。
She departed from Miami, Florida, and travelled nearly 40,000 kilometres before her plane mysteriously disappeared.
她从佛罗里达州的迈阿密出发，飞行了近4万公里后，飞机神秘失踪。
Earhart was never found.
一直没有人发现埃尔哈特的踪迹。
The most common explanation is that she crashed in the Pacific Ocean after her plane ran out of fuel.
最常见的解释是，她的飞机燃料耗尽后坠入了太平洋。
