美国学生世界地理教材 第203期:风景明信片(4)

A picture of two Japanese carrying a big bucket on a pole which rests on their shoulders. 两个日本人用一根杆子抬着一个大水桶， In the tubI couldn't see them but I knewthere are live fish. 画中那只桶里虽然我看不见，但是我

美国学生世界地理教材 第204期:风景明信片(5)

Another letter contained a picture of three monkeys carved in wood in the greatest of all Japanese temples at Nikko. 另一封信里是一幅画，画的是三只用木头雕刻的猴子。这三只猴子在日光市最大的神社里。 One monkey h

美国学生世界地理教材 第205期:人造山(1)

All the continents begin with an A except one. 地球上所有大洲的英文名字，除一个洲之外，都是以A开头的。 Asia is the largest continent. Africa is the next largest. 亚洲是最大的洲。非洲是第二大洲。 But Africa w

美国学生世界地理教材 第206期:人造山(2)

A pickled man is called a mummy, and the mummies of many such rulers of Egypt are now in museums. 一个用防腐剂处理后的人叫做木乃伊。许多这样的木乃伊埃及曾经的统治者现在就存放在博物馆里。 One of the Seven Wo

美国学生世界地理教材 第207期:人造山(3)

Now, however, nine out of every ten people in Egypt are Mohammedans and, instead of building pyramids, they build beautiful mosques. Close by these big pyramids is the Sphinx, a huge stone figure with the body of a lion and the head of one of the Egy

美国学生世界地理教材 第208期:人造山(4)

This mud is very rich soil in which the Egyptians grow wheat and a very fine kind of cotton. 这种泥土成了非常肥沃的土壤，埃及人就在上面种植小麦和一种优质棉花。 In the olden times the Nile used to overflow the banks on

美国学生世界地理教材 第209期:害怕黑暗(1)

It takes about two months to cross the Sahara Desert by camel from top to bottom, 骑骆驼从撒哈拉沙漠北边到南边，大约需要两个月的时间。 and there is no other way to go than by camel or airplaneno railroads, no auto roads, no

美国学生世界地理教材 第210期:害怕黑暗(2)

All the colored people in the United States to-day are descended from these black slaves who were brought from Africa. 今天美国的所有黑人都是过去从非洲带来的这些黑人奴隶的后代。 Many people in our country thought these po

美国学生世界地理教材 第211期:害怕黑暗(3)

A hundred years ago people knew little or nothing about this part of Africa. 一个世纪以前，人们对非洲的这块地方所知甚少或一无所知。 It was an unhealthful and a dangerous country for the white man. 对白人来说，这是一个

美国学生世界地理教材 第201期:风景明信片(2)

Here are some of the other pictures which the Japanese boys sent me: 以下是日本男孩寄给我的其他一些图画： A street scene in Tokyo 东京街景 Tokyo is the capital and largest city of Japan and one of the largest cities. 东京是日本

美国学生世界地理教材 第202期:风景明信片(3)

Their stockings are like mittens with a place for the toe, 他们的袜子像连指手套，四脚趾相连与脚拇指分开。 and they would no more think of stepping on the mats with their shoes on than you would of getting into bed with your sho

美国学生世界地理教材 第200期:风景明信片(1)

When I came home from Japan I sent picture post-cards to all the Japanese school-boys who had given me their names. 我从日本回国后，就给那些想和我通信的日本男孩都寄了风景明信片。 I had chosen cards that I thought would

美国学生世界地理教材 第199期:一条巨大的海蛇怪(4)

The one for the boys is on the fifth day of the fifth month, that is May fifth. It is called Flag Day or Kite Day. 另一个是男孩子的节日，在第五个月的第五天，也就是5月5日，叫做国旗节或风筝节。 Big paper kites in th

美国学生世界地理教材 第198期:一条巨大的海蛇怪(3)

After the Japanese were beaten in the war they were not allowed to have a big army nor to build war machines like battle-ships, tanks, and guns. 日本人战败之后，被禁止拥有一支庞大的军队，也禁止建造诸如战舰、坦克和枪炮

美国学生世界地理教材 第168期:确切地点(4)

Ever since the temple was destroyed Jews have gone there to weep and to pray that their country, which the ancient Romans took from them, would be restored to them. It is called the Wailing Wall. 自从圣殿被摧毁之后，犹太人常来此哭泣并

美国学生世界地理教材 第172期:产生《一千零一夜》的国家(1)

Have you ever been thirstyreally thirsty? Very few people in our country ever have. 你感到口渴过吗真的很渴的那种感觉？在我们国家很少有人感到口很渴。 Have you ever gone for more than one whole day without a drink of wat

美国学生世界地理教材 第173期:产生《一千零一夜》的国家(2)

Once upon a time there was a king in the old days long ago when kings could put to death whomsoever they wished. 在很久以前的古代，国王可以任意处死他不喜欢的人。 This king had a wife whom he was going to put to death the next

美国学生世界地理教材 第174期:产生《一千零一夜》的国家(3)

The Mohammedans have commandments as the Christians do. We have ten; 和基督教一样，伊斯兰教也有戒律。基督教有十条戒律， they have four or more. One of their commandments is to pray five times a day; 伊斯兰教至少有四条戒

美国学生世界地理教材 第175期:产生《一千零一夜》的国家(4)

I have told you of a White Sea and a Black Sea. Here is a Red Sea. It is a long, narrow sea bordering Arabia. 我介绍过白海和黑海，现在要讲红海了，它是与阿拉伯毗连的一个狭长的海。 I don't know why it's called Red, unl

美国学生世界地理教材 第177期:狮子和太阳(2)

On my wife's dressing-table is a small thin bottle of perfume called attar of roses. 我妻子的梳妆台上有一小细瓶叫玫瑰油的香水。 In some parts of Persia they grow the most beautiful and fragrant roses and from their petals this pe