The team had marked out a 400m landing strip on the ice last weekend, but the Twin Otter supply plane was forced to turn back on Sunday and could not take off on Monday or Tuesday due to bad weather.

上周末，探险队已经在冰面上划分出一条400米长的飞机跑道，但由于恶劣的气候，计划周日抵达的双獭式补给飞机被迫返航，而且周一和周二都无法在北极着陆。

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"(I) get my heart out there in the court to play because this may be the first time or the last time that a kid or a family ever comes to watch us play or perform," he said Tuesday.

他周二时说道：“在比赛场上我都是全心意地在打着，因为那可能是一个孩子或者一个家庭第一次或者是最后一场来看我们表演了。”

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At last Obama was offered the chance to give the keynote, or most important, speech on Tuesday night.

最终奥巴马获得了做主题演讲的机会，在星期二晚上做最重要的演讲。

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