阅读理解 A dream became true as two young pilots took off to fly around the world． Chris Wall and Dan Dominguez have been dreaming big since they were 17-year-old high school students in EL Paso, Tex．USA At that time they flew alone in a plane to Alaska and back． Now they were really dreaming big．They were planning to take off this September on an around-the-world flight．And all went well, the 21-year-old pilots at last broke a world record by becoming the youngest to fly by themselves around the Earth． As they circled the world in their small, twin-engine airplane, they would be taking plenty of kids along for the ride, because students could follow their flight by way of the Internet．The flight took three months and made about 32 stops． Their plane was highly versatile (多用途的)．Dan said, "It can take off from a muddy strip in Bali(巴厘岛), the deserts of Egypt, the jungles of Africa, yet it can still cross the ocean．” Dan, a commercial pilot and flight instructor, recently graduated from the University of Rochester New York State．Chris is a three -year student at Rice University in Houston, Tex． The purpose of their project, called World Flight 2005, was to make education more interactive and to encourage young people to follow their dreams no matter how challenging they are． Said Dan, “We want to share the spirit of flying and show students that anything is possible with a good education, persistence and determination．” At each stop, the two pilots talked with students about their trip．They also visited schools all over the United States to tell about their adventures． “We’ve wanted to fly since we could remember, ” they said “We started flying before were driving．” | 
