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Mail Delivery: From Pigeons to Planes
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飛越吧!信件| 航空信件首次投遞成功 Mail Delivery: From Pigeons to Planes
1911 年二月十八日,進行了史上首次航空郵遞的飛行。
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        There was a time when the best way to send a letter was by pigeon. Of course, these letters couldn’t be very long because pigeons were only able to carry tiny pieces of paper. Sometimes, the pigeons successfully reached the destination , while at other times, they got lost or died on the way. Later, horses and hot air balloons were used, but each of these had its own disadvantages, too. Luckily, today we have airmail.

        On February 18, 1911, the first airmail flight in history was made. On that day, Frenchman Henri Pequet took off from Allahabad, India, in a small airplane. The flight was part of an industrial exhibition in the city. Anyone could send a letter to England on the flight for a fee. In the end, 6,500 pieces of mail were accepted. It amounted to 90 kilograms—quite a lot for the small plane. All the money obtained from the event was donated to the Oxford and Cambridge Boys’ Hostel.

 

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Words in Use
delivery
[dɪˋlɪvərɪ]
n. 遞送;演講方式
successfully
[səkˋsɛsfəlɪ]
adv. 成功地,順利地
destination
[͵dɛstəˋneʃən]
n. 目的地
disadvantage
[͵dɪsədˋvæntɪdʒ]
n. 缺點
industrial
[ɪnˋdʌstrɪəl]
a. 工業的
exhibition
[͵ɛksəˋbɪʃən]
n. 展覽會
fee
[fi]
n. 服務費,費用
obtain
[əbˋten]
vt. 獲得,把……弄到手
donate
[ˋdonet]
vt. & vi. 捐獻 (金錢、物資等) ; 捐贈 (器官、血液等)
normal
[ˋnɔrm!]
a. 正常的
recipient
[rɪˋsɪpɪənt]
n. 受領者
a. 接受的
efficient
[ɪˋfɪʃənt]
a. 有效率的
hostel
[ˋhɑst!]
n. . 便宜的旅社
aerial
[ˋɛrɪəl]
a. 空中的(通常置於名詞前)
Practical Phrases
by pigeon
 用鴿子寄送
amount to
 (加起來)總計達⋯⋯

On average, food wasted in the country amounts to three million tons a year.
平均而言,該國一年浪費了總計達三百萬噸的食物。

by land / sea / air
 以陸路/水路/航空寄送,寄陸運/海運/空運

It's a lot faster to send a package by air than by sea.
空運寄包裹比寄海運要快多了。

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