1 Chapter 0 Who Was Amelia Earhart

Who Was Amelia Earhart?

谁是阿米莉亚·埃尔哈特?

Who Was Amelia Earhart? Amelia Earhart was a pioneer. This doesn't mean she traveled west in a covered wagon or lived in a log cabin. It means she had a special spirit. She liked to be the first to do new things.

谁是阿米莉亚·埃尔哈特?阿米莉亚·埃尔哈特是一位先驱。 这并不意味着她坐着有篷马车向西旅行或住在小木屋里。 说明她有一种特殊的精神。 她喜欢第一个尝试新事物。

In the 1920s, Amelia became a pilot. This was in a time when the airplane was still a new invention. Not many people knew how to fly one. It was even more unusual for a woman to fly planes. But Amelia set many flying records to prove that she was the best.

20世纪20年代，阿米莉亚成为了一名飞行员。 那时候飞机还是一项新发明。 没有多少人知道如何驾驶飞机。 女性驾驶飞机就更不寻常了。 但阿米莉亚创造了许多飞行记录来证明她是最好的。

Amelia helped start the airline business in the United States. She also was a writer, a speaker, and a fashion designer. But it all started from her love of flying. Amelia was a pioneer in another way, too. She thought that women deserved to have the same rights as men. This was at a time when women were fighting for the right to vote. Many people still thought women were not strong enough or smart enough to have jobs outside the house. But Amelia's actions proved that bravery and brains were not for males only.

阿米莉亚帮助开创了美国的航空业。 她也是一位作家、演说家和时装设计师。 但这一切都源于她对飞行的热爱。 阿米莉亚在另一方面也是先驱。 她认为妇女应该享有与男子同样的权利。 那是在妇女为争取选举权而斗争的时期。 许多人仍然认为女性不够强壮或不够聪明，无法在家庭之外找到工作。 但阿米莉亚的行为证明，勇敢和聪明并不只是男性的专利。

Unfortunately, Amelia did not live to see old age. Just before her fortieth birthday, she tried to set a new record. She wanted to be the first woman to fly all the way around the world. But Amelia and her plane went down somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. She was never seen again. Most people remember Amelia Earhart for the last event of her life. But this is a story about everything that came first.

不幸的是，阿米莉亚没能活到老年。 就在她四十岁生日之前，她试图创造一项新纪录。 她想成为第一个环游世界的女人。 但阿米莉亚和她的飞机在太平洋某处坠毁了。 再也没有人见过她。大多数人记得阿米莉亚·埃尔哈特生命中的最后一件事。 但这是一个关于一切都是先来的故事。