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1、“BiographyofAmeliaEarhart1”When10-year-oldAmeliaMaryEarhartsawherfirstplaneatastatefair,shewasnotimpressed."Itwasathingofrustywireandwoodandlookednotatallinteresting,"shesaid.Itwasn'tuntilEarhartattendedastunt-flyingexhibition,almostadecadelater,thatshebecameseriouslyinterestedinavi
2、ation.ApilotspottedEarhartandherfriend,whowerewatchingfromanisolatedclearing,anddoveatthem."Iamsurehesaidtohimself,'Watchmemakethemscamper,'"shesaid.Earhart,whofeltamixtureoffearandpleasure,stoodherground.Astheplaneswoopedby,somethinginsideherawakened."Ididnotunderstanditatthetime,"
3、shesaid,"butIbelievethatlittleredairplanesaidsomethingtomeasitswishedby."OnDecember28,1920,pilotFrankHawksgaveheraridethatwouldforeverchangeherlife."BythetimeIhadgottwoorthreehundredfeetofftheground,"shesaid,"IknewIhadtofly."AlthoughEarhart'sconvictionswerestrong,challengingprejudic
4、ialandfinancialobstaclesawaitedher.Buttheformertomboywasnostrangertodisapprovalordoubt.Defyingconventionalfemininebehavior,theyoungEarhartclimbedtrees,"belly-slammed"hersledtostartitdownhillandhuntedratswitha.22rifle.Shealsokeptascrapbookofnewspaperclippingsaboutsuccessfulwomeninpre
5、dominantlymale-orientedfields,includingfilmdirectionandproduction,law,advertising,management,andmechanicalengineering.AftergraduatingfromHydeParkHighSchoolin1915,EarhartattendedOgontz,agirl'sfinishingschoolinthesuburbsofPhiladelphia.Sheleftinthemiddleofhersecondyeartoworkasanurse'sa
6、ideinamilitaryhospitalinCanadaduringWWI,attendedcollege,andlaterbecameasocialworkeratDenisonHouse,asettlementhouseinBoston.EarharttookherfirstflyinglessononJanuary3,1921,andinsixmonthsmanagedtosaveenoughmoneytobuyherfirstplane.Thesecond-handKinnerAirsterwasatwo-seaterbiplanepaintedb
7、rightyellow.Earhartnamedtheplane"Canary,"andusedittosetherfirstwomen'srecordbyrisingtoanaltitudeof14,000feet.OneafternooninApril1928,aphonecallcameforEarhartatwork."I'mtoobusytoanswerjustnow,"shesaid.Afterhearingthatitwasimportant,Earhartrelentedthoughatfirstshethoughtitwasaprank.It
8、wasn'tuntilthecalle
