SAT写作素材29：Fossett makes history
<p> <span word="SAT">SAT</span>考试写作素材分享:<span word="Fossett">Fossett</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="history">history</span></p><p> <span word="Flying">Flying</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="horizon">horizon</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="horizon">horizon</span>, <span word="Steve">Steve</span> <span word="Fossett">Fossett</span> <span word="completed">completed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="nonstop">nonstop</span>, <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="round">round</span>-<span word="the">the</span>-<span word="world">world</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="refueling">refueling</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span>, <span word="landing">landing</span> <span word="gracefully">gracefully</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Kansas">Kansas</span> <span word="at">at</span> 2:49 <span word="pm">pm</span> <span word="ET">ET</span>.</p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="cheering">cheering</span> <span word="crowd">crowd</span> <span word="gathered">gathered</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="usher">usher</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="GlobalFlyer">GlobalFlyer</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> 60-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="pilot">pilot</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="record">record</span> <span word="books">books</span>, <span word="something">something</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="routine">routine</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Fossett">Fossett</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="aviator">aviator</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="holds">holds</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="record">record</span>-<span word="breaking">breaking</span> <span word="circumnavigations">circumnavigations</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="globe">globe</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="balloon">balloon</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sailboat">sailboat</span>.</p><p> <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="Ive">Ive</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="Fossett">Fossett</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="stepped">stepped</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plane">plane</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="legs">legs</span> <span word="wobbly">wobbly</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cockpit">cockpit</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="ambition">ambition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mine">mine</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="tense">tense</span> <span word="journey">journey</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="oceans">oceans</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dozens">dozens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Salina">Salina</span>, <span word="Kansas">Kansas</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="evening">evening</span>. <span word="The">The</span> 25,000-<span word="mile">mile</span> <span word="voyage">voyage</span> <span word="took">took</span> 67 <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="financed">financed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Fossetts">Fossetts</span> <span word="longtime">longtime</span> <span word="friend">friend</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="investor">investor</span>, <span word="Richard">Richard</span> <span word="Branson">Branson</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="heads">heads</span> <span word="Virgin">Virgin</span> <span word="Atlantic">Atlantic</span> <span word="Airways">Airways</span>.</p><p> <span word="As">As</span> <span word="GlobalFlyer">GlobalFlyer</span> <span word="approached">approached</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="airport">airport</span>, <span word="Fossett">Fossett</span> <span word="deployed">deployed</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="parachutes">parachutes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="slow">slow</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="craft">craft</span> <span word="down">down</span>.</p><p> <span word="After">After</span> <span word="touching">touching</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="smoothly">smoothly</span>, <span word="Fossett">Fossett</span> <span word="taxied">taxied</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plane">plane</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hangar">hangar</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Branson">Branson</span> <span word="waved">waved</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="black">black</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="white">white</span> <span word="checkered">checkered</span> <span word="flag">flag</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="jet">jet</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="stop">stop</span>. <span word="Fossetts">Fossetts</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="opened">opened</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bottle">bottle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="champagne">champagne</span> <span word="onto">onto</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="runway">runway</span>.</p><p> <span word="GlobalFlyer">GlobalFlyer</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Scaled">Scaled</span> <span word="Composites">Composites</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="firm">firm</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worlds">worlds</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="civilian">civilian</span> <span word="manned">manned</span> <span word="spacecraft">spacecraft</span>, <span word="SpaceShipOne">SpaceShipOne</span>, <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p>
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