The city of San Francisco on the coast north of Los Angeles is nearly as large as Los Angeles. 洛杉矶北面的沿海城市圣弗朗西斯科市(旧金山)几乎和洛杉矶一样大。 It might have been larger, but not so many years ago a ter
Chapter 16 The Est, Est West (continued) 第16章 之最最多的西部(续) Here is a riddle for you. What is it that has no legs and yet can jump as high as the Washington Monument? Ill tell you the answer in a minute. 有个谜语给你猜:什
The oldest fruit in the World is the apple. It is the fruit that grew in the Garden of Eden, 世界上最古老的水果是苹果。它是长在伊甸园里的水果, but people believe the apple that Eve gave Adam was a very poor one compared to t
In the parts of Alaska where fish can be caught for food, Indians live in small villages. 在阿拉斯加那些产鱼的地方,都有一些小村庄, 里面住着印第安人。 In the center of each village they put up a tall pole carved and pai
chapter 18 The War-Gods Country 第18章 战神的国家 Tommy Tinker was eating a slice of bread and butter. 汤米廷克正在吃一片涂了黄油的面包。 He was biting it very carefully round the edges and between bites he looked at it though
I told you there was a Peace Stone on the Canada line and that Canada and the United States agreed long ago never to fight each other. 我告诉过你在加拿大边界线上有一个和平石,加拿大和美国早在很多年以前就约定好永不
Up in the Sierra Madre Mountains, in a bowl-shaped valley, is the capital of Mexico. 在马德雷山脉上有一个碗形的山谷,里面坐落着墨西哥的首都, It is called Mexico City, so you dont have to learn a new name. 叫做墨西哥城
Chapter 13 The Covered Wagon 第12章 大篷车 Not so many years ago the Mississippi River was the far edge of the United States. 以前,但并非遥远的古代,密西西比河是美国的远方边界线。 Beyond the Mississippi it was wild, w
Argentina is so much like the United States in a great many ways that it is often called the United States of South America. 阿根廷在很多方面很像美国,所以常被叫做南美洲的美国。 Both countries are alike in thisthat they have
The Andes Mountains separate Argentina from a very long and narrow country on the Pacific shore named Chile. 安第斯山脉把阿根廷和位于太平洋沿岸的一个非常狭长的国家分隔开来,这个国家叫做智利。 Argentina is call
The Valley of Paradise is in Chileonly it isnt what you would think Paradise would be. 智利有个天堂之谷只是它不是你想象中的那个天堂。 It is the chief seaport of Chile, and it is not very lovely and not very healthful. In Spanis
Chapter 24 The Bridge Across the Ocean 第24章 越洋之旅 When you go to Europe you have to take two things with you besides your ticket and your luggage. 要去欧洲的话,除了车票和行李之外,你还得带两样东西。 I wonder if y
When you sail for London you have to set your watch ahead each night when you go to bed, 如果你乘船去伦敦,每天晚上睡觉前你必须把手表调快一点, so that when you reach London your watch will be five hours ahead of the time y
The captain knows from the way the compass points which way he must go to reach England. 船长通过罗盘指的方向知道要去英国应走哪个方向。 He doesnt follow the way the compass pointsthat would bring him to the Magnetic pole. 他并不
Chapter 25 The Land of the Angles 第25章 盎格鲁人的土地 England is an island. 英格兰是一个岛。 Angles once lived on the islandno, not Angelsbut people called Angles. 盎格鲁人曾经住在这个岛上不,不是天使,而是叫做
There is, however, another great building in London that does have a dome like our Capitol. 然而,在伦敦另有一栋大楼还真有和我们的国会大厦一样的圆屋顶。 But that building is a church and it is called St. Pauls. 但那个楼
The oldest building in London, built long before the Great Fire, is one which from its name sounds like only part of a building. 伦敦有座最古老的建筑物在伦敦大火发生之前很早就建起了,它的名字听起来像某个建筑物的
Chapter 26 The Land of the Angles (continued) 第26章 盎格鲁人的土地(续) I once asked an Englishman if he lived in London.Why does every American think that every Englishman lives in London? 我曾经问过一个英国人是不是住在伦
Chapter 27 The Englishmans Neighbors 第27章 英格兰人的邻居 Here is the longest name I know. It has fifty-eight letters. It is LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH. 下面是我所知道的最长的名字,共有58个字母
The Scots have a peculiar musical instrument called a bagpipe. 苏格兰人有一种很独特的乐器叫做风笛。 Its a bag made of a pigs skin and it has a pipe to blow it up as you would a balloon, 风笛的主要部分是一个用猪皮做成的
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