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Men have been travelling across and around the equator on wheels, on their feet or in ships for thousands of years; but only a few men, with great difficulty and in very recent time, have ever crossed the ice to the North Pole.

In practice, this is an advantage to the aeroplane, which is already at a good height when it reaches the polar region and so does not to clim

b, while at the same time cold air keeps the clouds down low.

In his eagerness to make money from trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had.

Yet there are three days which are usually marked by some kind of special ceremony: the day we are born; the day we get married and the day we die.

Death is a time of sorrow and is marked by a special ceremony and mourning.

答案：

几千年以来，我们现已经过坐车、坐船或许步行穿过了赤道及其邻近区域，可是迩来只需少量人含辛茹苦地跳过寒冰到北极。

实习中，这对飞机有利，因为当它抵达北极时不必爬高就现已处于一个极好的高度了，一起，冷空气也使云层降低。

因为急于使用材木挣钱，他砍了许多的树，成果才发现没有了树木，他就失掉了他早年具有的最佳的兄弟。

可是有三个日子咱们常常给予特别的留念：生日、成婚日和去世日。

去世是哀痛的时刻，我们用特别的典礼来吊唁。