46 The Flying Machine

The Flying Machine by Jeri Cipriano Table of Contents Chapter 1 Who Were the Wright Brothers? page 2 Chapter 2 When Was the First Flight? page 10 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

《飞行机器》作者:杰瑞·西普里亚诺目录第一章莱特兄弟是谁? 第一次飞行是什么时候? 第10页词汇表/索引第15页理解检查第16页

Chapter 1 Who Were the Wright Brothers? Orville and Wilbur Wright were brothers. As children, they liked to find out how things worked. As grownups, they worked in a bike shop. They made, sold, and rented bikes. Orville and Wilbur were also inventors. Their dream was to build a flying machine. Wilbur Wright is working in the bike shop. You can see some of the tools he and Orville used to build bikes. Wilbur Wright was born April 16, 1867. Orville Wright was born August 19, 1871.

第一章莱特兄弟是谁? 奥维尔·赖特和威尔伯·赖特是兄弟。 小时候，他们喜欢了解事物是如何运作的。 成年后，他们在一家自行车店工作。 他们制造、销售和出租自行车。 奥维尔和威尔伯也是发明家。 他们的梦想是制造一架飞行器。 威尔伯·赖特在自行车店工作。 你可以看到他和奥维尔用来制造自行车的一些工具。 威尔伯·赖特出生于1867年4月16日。 奥维尔·赖特出生于1871年8月19日。

The Wright brothers tested their first glider. In 1900, the Wright brothers built a glider. A glider is a flying machine that flies on the wind. It does not have an engine. The Wright brothers' glider had two wings. Each wing was covered with cloth. The glider was 16 feet from one wing tip to the other. Orville and Wilbur held onto ropes and flew their glider like a kite. After testing the glider, one brother got on and glided through the air. This was the first glider the Wright brothers made that could carry a person. Wilbur tested this glider design in 1901.

莱特兄弟测试了他们的第一架滑翔机。 1900年，莱特兄弟制造了一架滑翔机。 滑翔机是一种靠风飞行的飞行器。 它没有引擎。 莱特兄弟的滑翔机有两个机翼。 每只翅膀上都盖着布。 这架滑翔机从一个翼尖到另一个翼尖的距离为16英尺。 奥维尔和威尔伯抓住绳子，像风筝一样放飞滑翔机。 在测试完滑翔机后，一个兄弟上了飞机，在空中滑翔。 这是莱特兄弟制造的第一架可以载人的滑翔机。 威尔伯在1901年测试了这种滑翔机的设计。

The Wright brothers learned many things to help them build gliders. They made and tested many gliders. With each new discovery, they made a better design. This helped them to make a better glider. In 1902, Wilbur flew a glider he could steer to the right. Orville and Wilbur watched birds to see how they fly. The brothers saw that birds could fly up or down. They saw that birds could turn or circle. The Wright brothers wanted their glider to be able to do those things, too. The Wright brothers studied how birds use their wings and tails to fly in different directions.

莱特兄弟学到了很多东西来帮助他们建造滑翔机。 他们制造并测试了许多滑翔机。 每有一个新发现，他们就做出更好的设计。 这有助于他们制造更好的滑翔机。 1902年，威尔伯驾驶滑翔机向右飞行。 奥维尔和威尔伯观察鸟类，看它们如何飞翔。 兄弟俩看到鸟可以飞上飞下。 他们看到鸟可以转弯或盘旋。 莱特兄弟希望他们的滑翔机也能做到这些。 莱特兄弟研究了鸟类如何利用翅膀和尾巴向不同的方向飞行。

Orville and Wilbur began working on a new kind of flying machine. This airplane had propellers to make it go forward. A propeller is a blade that goes round and round. The brothers also built a gas engine for their airplane. They made the engine light so the plane could be lifted into the air. The plane with the pilot weighed about 750 pounds. On December 14, 1903, Wilbur tried to fly the engine-powered machine, but it did not work.

奥维尔和威尔伯开始研究一种新型的飞行器。 这架飞机有螺旋桨使它前进。 螺旋桨是一个旋转的叶片。 兄弟俩还为他们的飞机制造了一个燃气发动机。 他们把发动机轻了，这样飞机就能升到空中。 飞行员乘坐的飞机重约750磅。 1903年12月14日，威尔伯试着驾驶这架发动机驱动的机器，但没有成功。