23 Lost The Mystery of Amelia Earhart

CHAPTER 1 Who Was Amelia Earhart? AT FIRST, THERE WERE VERY FEW PLANES AND VERY FEW PEOPLE TO FLY THEM. Airplanes and flying were very new things in the early 1900s. There weren't many pilots (people who fly planes), and there were even fewer women pilots! Then one day, Amelia Earhart came along: a woman and a pilot! In December 1920, Amelia goes for her first ride in a plane. After that ride she knows that she wants to fly planes, so she takes lessons. In 1932, she flies across the Atlantic Ocean— alone! The whole world knows about Amelia Earhart now. A newspaper calls Amelia "Queen of the Air." She is famous. Everywhere she goes, people come to see her. They take pictures. By 1937, Amelia Earhart is a very good pilot, and she's ready to fly around the world. She wants to be the first woman to do this. Amelia knows she can't do it alone, so she chooses Fred Noonan to go with her. Fred's a navigator. The navigator's main job is reading the map and choosing the best way to go. Fred and Amelia need a good plane to fly around the world in. They choose a Lockheed Electra. On June 1, 1937, Amelia and Fred take off from Florida, USA. The journey is 29,000 miles (47,000 kilometers)... but can they do it? The world is watching!

第一章谁是阿米莉亚·埃尔哈特？ 起初，飞机很少，驾驶飞机的人也很少。 在20世纪初，飞机和飞行都是非常新鲜的事物。 飞行员（驾驶飞机的人）不多，女飞行员就更少了！然后有一天，阿米莉亚·埃尔哈特出现了：一个女人，一个飞行员！1920年12月，阿米莉亚第一次坐飞机。 在那次飞行之后，她知道她想驾驶飞机，所以她参加了课程。 1932年，她独自飞越大西洋！现在全世界都知道阿米莉亚·埃尔哈特了。 一家报纸称阿米莉亚为“空中女王”。 她很有名。无论她走到哪里，人们都来看她。 他们拍照。到1937年，阿米莉亚·埃尔哈特已经是一名非常优秀的飞行员，她准备环游世界。 她想成为第一个这样做的女人。 阿米莉亚知道她一个人做不到，所以她选择了弗雷德·努南和她一起去。 弗雷德是个领航员。导航员的主要工作是阅读地图并选择最佳路线。 弗雷德和阿米莉亚需要一架好飞机来环游世界。 他们选择了洛克希德·伊莱克特拉。 1937年6月1日，阿米莉亚和弗雷德从美国佛罗里达起飞。 旅程长达29,000英里（47,000公里）…… 但他们能做到吗？全世界都在看！

CHAPTER 2 The Disappearance SOMEWHERE OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN, JULY 2, 1937... Fred is trying to find Howland Island. There's a ship called the Itasca near the island. It's waiting to help them. Fred uses the sun and a map to look for Howland. But the island is very small. Maybe it's there below them, but Fred and Amelia can't find it. They fly around, looking for Howland. Amelia is talking to the ship, but then the radio stops working. Why? People in Lae thought they saw smoke coming from the radio antenna before Amelia took off. Did the radio break? What can they do? Some people think they were in the wrong place, 640 kilometers away, near Nikumaroro Island. Did they go there because it was the only other place they could land their plane? When the tide is high, the water around Nikumaroro is deep. There's nowhere to land a plane. So maybe when the Electra had no more gas, it fell into the ocean and Amelia and Fred died. But when the tide is low, you can see a coral reef on Nikumaroro Island. You can land a plane there! So maybe the Electra landed on the island. If Amelia and Fred got to Nikumaroro, they probably died quickly. It's very hot there, and there's no clean water to drink. But maybe they found food and water and lived on Nikumaroro for some time.

第二章在太平洋某处失踪，1937年7月2日…… 弗雷德正在寻找豪兰岛。 岛附近有一艘叫伊塔斯卡号的船。 它在等着帮助他们。 弗雷德利用太阳和地图寻找霍兰。 但是这个岛很小。 也许就在他们下面，但弗雷德和阿米莉亚找不到。 它们飞来飞去，寻找豪兰。 阿米莉亚正在和飞船通话，但随后无线电停止了工作。 为什么?莱城的人们认为他们在阿米莉亚起飞前看到了无线电天线冒出的烟。 收音机坏了吗？他们能做什么？ 有些人认为他们走错了地方，640公里外的Nikumaroro岛附近。 他们去那里是因为那是他们飞机唯一可以降落的地方吗？ 涨潮时，尼库马罗罗周围的水很深。 没有地方可以让飞机降落。 所以也许当伊莱克特拉号没有更多的气体时，它掉进了海里，阿米莉亚和弗雷德就死了。 但当退潮时，你可以在尼库马罗罗岛上看到珊瑚礁。 你可以在那里降落飞机！也许伊莱克特拉号在岛上着陆了。 如果阿米莉亚和弗雷德找到了尼库马罗罗，他们可能会死得很快。 那里很热，而且没有干净的水喝。 但也许他们找到了食物和水，并在尼库马罗罗岛上生活了一段时间。

CHAPTER 3 Looking for Amelia IF FRED AND AMELIA LANDED ON NIKUMARORO, HOW DID THEY LIVE? In late 1938, some British people begin to live on Nikumaroro. Gerald Gallagher is one of them. He finds some important evidence. He thinks the Electra landed on the island, but in 1941, he dies. Fifty years later, in 1991, Ric Gillespie thinks Gallagher was right. He and his team start looking for Amelia on Nikumaroro. They also find some important evidence. Fire and Bones 1940 Gallagher finds old fires and the bones of a woman about 1.67-1.79 meters tall. That's how tall Amelia was! 1997 Gillespie's team sees old fires. Someone cooked food! And big shells. They're upside down so they catch rainwater. 2010 The team finds fish and bird bones. Someone ate here! Then they find an old finger bone. Is it Amelia's? Bottles 1940 Gallagher finds a bottle near the woman's bones. It's empty. Maybe Fred and Amelia used it for rainwater. 2010 The team finds pieces of glass and many bottles. The bottoms of some bottles are black from fire. Did Amelia and Fred boil water to make it safe to drink?

第三章寻找阿米莉亚如果弗雷德和阿米莉亚登陆了尼库马罗罗，他们是如何生活的？ 1938年底，一些英国人开始在尼库马罗罗岛上生活。 杰拉德·加拉格尔就是其中之一。 他发现了一些重要的证据。 他以为伊莱克特拉号在岛上登陆，但在1941年，他死了。 五十年后的1991年，里克·吉莱斯皮认为加拉格尔是对的。 他和他的团队开始在尼库马罗罗寻找阿米莉亚。 他们还发现了一些重要的证据。 火与骨头1940年，加拉格尔发现了古老的火和一个身高约1.67-1.79米的女人的骨头。 阿米莉亚就是这么高！1997年，吉莱斯皮的团队看到了旧火。 有人做饭了！还有大贝壳。 它们是倒立的，这样可以收集雨水。 2010年，团队发现了鱼和鸟的骨头。 有人在这里吃过！然后他们发现了一根古老的指骨。 是阿米莉亚的吗？1940年，加拉格尔在女人的尸骨旁发现了一个瓶子。 它是空的。也许弗雷德和阿米莉亚用它来蓄雨水。 2010年，团队发现了玻璃碎片和许多瓶子。 有些瓶子的底部被火烧黑了。 阿米莉亚和弗雷德把水烧开是为了安全饮用吗？

Makeup and a knife 2010 There's a bottle of 1930s makeup. Maybe it's Dr. Berry's Freckle Cream! Amelia had freckles, but she didn't like them. She didn't want people to see them, so she put makeup on her freckles. The bottle is important. It's in five pieces. The team finds four pieces in one place, but the fifth piece is a few meters away. It's near some turtle bones. There are also parts of a knife. It's like the knife Amelia had. Did Amelia and Fred eat turtles? Did they use the glass and the knife to cut food? Shoes 1940 Gallagher finds an American-made woman's shoe under a tree. 1991 A coconut crab runs by. Near the crab, there's part of a black shoe. It's an American-made woman's shoe from the 1930s! The team finds a piece of a man's shoe, too. Are these Fred and Amelia's shoes? People took pictures of Amelia in Indonesia a few days before her last flight. In the photos, she's wearing black shoes like the ones they found on the island.

化妆和刀2010年有一瓶20世纪30年代的化妆品。 也许是贝瑞医生的祛斑霜！阿米莉亚有雀斑，但她不喜欢它们。 她不想让别人看到，所以她把雀斑涂上了化妆品。 瓶子很重要。它分为五部分。 科考队在一个地方发现了四块碎片，但第五块碎片在几米远的地方。 它在一些龟骨附近。 还有刀的部分。 就像阿米莉亚的那把刀。 阿米莉亚和弗雷德吃乌龟吗？ 他们用玻璃杯和刀子切食物吗？ 1940年，Gallagher在一棵树下发现了一只美国制造的女鞋。 1991年，一只椰子蟹跑过。 在螃蟹附近，有一只黑鞋的一部分。 这是20世纪30年代美国制造的女鞋！科考队还发现了一块男人的鞋子。 这是弗雷德和阿米莉亚的鞋吗？ 在阿米莉亚最后一次飞行的前几天，人们在印度尼西亚给她拍了照片。 照片里，她穿着黑色的鞋子就像他们在岛上发现的那双。

Radio messages July 2, 1937, 7:42 a.m. Amelia and Fred are in the Electra. They're going to Howland Island... they think. The people on the Itasca are talking to Amelia on the radio. Amelia says there's a problem. The plane needs gas. "We must be on you, but cannot see you— but gas is running low," says Amelia. "We are flying at 1,000 feet." 1,000 feet? That's only 300 meters! Something bad is happening. The plane is too low. At 9:00 a.m., the people on the ship can't hear Amelia anymore. There's no noise from the radio. July 2 -July 18, 1937 People in the United States, Canada, Hawaii, and Australia say they hear radio messages from Amelia's plane. So Amelia must be somewhere. She can't be dead if she's sending messages! One of the people, Mabel Larremore, from Texas, USA, says Amelia and Fred are on a small island. They're both hurt. The plane is partly on land, partly in the water. There are 120 more radio messages from Amelia. But then the messages stop. Where is she? Where is the Electra? Ships look for them but don't find anything. By July 19, everyone thinks Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan are dead.

1937年7月2日上午7:42 阿米莉亚和弗雷德在伊莱克特拉号上。 他们要去霍兰岛…… 他们认为。伊塔斯卡号上的人正在用无线电跟阿米莉亚说话。 阿米莉亚说有问题。 飞机需要加油。阿米莉亚说：“我们一定在你上面，但是看不到你——但是汽油快用完了。” “我们在1000英尺的高空飞行。” 1000英尺?那只有300米！不好的事情发生了。 飞机太低了。早上9点，飞船上的人听不到阿米莉亚的声音了。 收音机没有噪音。 1937年7月2日至7月18日美国、加拿大、夏威夷和澳大利亚的人们说他们听到了来自阿米莉亚飞机的无线电信息。 阿米莉亚肯定在某个地方。 如果她还在发信息，她就不可能死了！其中一位来自美国德克萨斯州的梅布尔·拉雷莫尔说，阿米莉亚和弗雷德在一个小岛上。 他们都受伤了。飞机部分在陆地上，部分在水里。 还有120条来自阿米莉亚的无线电信息。 但随后信息就停止了。 她在哪里？伊莱克特拉号在哪里？ 船只寻找它们，但一无所获。 到7月19日，所有人都认为阿米莉亚·埃尔哈特和弗雷德·努南死了。

CHAPTER 4 The Questions BUT THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS TO ANSWER. Where's the plane? Ric Gillespie thinks Amelia's plane landed on Nikumaroro, but where is it? A ship, the Norwich City, sank there in 1929. You could see it under the sea for 70 years. So why can't we see Amelia's plane? There are pieces of something on and near the island. But are they pieces of an airplane? And are they pieces of Amelia's airplane? Gillespie thinks so. But people lived on Nikumaroro before Gillespie started to look for Amelia there. Maybe the pieces Gillespie found are from something they used. Where are Amelia and Fred's bodies? Gallagher found bones about the right size for a woman like Amelia. Gillespie talked to people who lived on Nikumaroro many years ago. They also say that a woman's bones were there. But where are those bones now? Nobody knows. Gillespie found a finger bone. Scientists looked at the bone, but they can't say it's Amelia's. Some people say it's from a turtle! And what about Fred's body and bones? What happened to them? Gillespie thinks that after Amelia and Fred died, coconut crabs ate the bodies. Coconut crabs are big, and they eat dead animals, so it's possible.

第四章问题但是有一些问题需要回答。 飞机在哪里？里克·吉莱斯皮认为阿米莉亚的飞机降落在尼库马罗罗，但它在哪里？ 一艘名为诺维奇城号（Norwich City）的船于1929年在那里沉没。 你可以在海底看到它长达70年。 为什么我们不能看到阿米莉亚的飞机？ 岛上和附近有一些东西的碎片。 但它们是飞机的部件吗？ 那是阿米莉亚飞机的残骸吗？ 吉莱斯皮是这么认为的。但在吉莱斯皮开始寻找阿米莉亚之前，尼库马罗罗岛上就已经有人居住了。 也许吉莱斯皮找到的碎片是他们用过的东西。 阿米莉亚和弗雷德的尸体在哪里？ 加拉格尔发现的骨头大小与阿米莉亚这样的女人差不多。 吉莱斯皮和许多年前住在尼库马罗罗的人交谈过。 他们还说那里有一个女人的骨头。 但那些骨头现在在哪里？ 没有人知道。吉莱斯皮发现了一根指骨。 科学家们看了骨头，但他们不能说这是阿米莉亚的。 有人说它来自乌龟！那弗雷德的尸体和骨头呢？ 他们怎么了？吉莱斯皮认为阿米莉亚和弗雷德死后，椰子蟹吃了他们的尸体。 椰子蟹很大，它们吃死动物，所以有可能。