美国学生世界地理教材 第95期:你讲法语吗?(4)

Before Christ was born people believed there were many gods who were like good and bad fairies, 在基督诞生之前，人们相信世界上有很多神，这些神有的像善良的仙子，有的像邪恶的精灵， and statues were made of them

美国学生世界地理教材 第136期:极昼之地(1)

IN Through the Looking-Glass the story of The Walrus and the Carpenter starts this way: 在《镜中奇缘》这部童话小说里，海象与木匠故事的开头是这样的： The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: And this wa

美国学生世界地理教材 第91期:英格兰人的邻居(3)

Most of the people of Northern Ireland are Presbyterians like the Scots or Episcopalians like the English, 北爱尔兰的大部分人像苏格兰人一样，是长老会教徒；或者像英格兰人一样，是圣公会教徒， for their ancestors

美国学生世界地理教材 第89期:英格兰人的邻居(1)

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

美国学生世界地理教材 第81期:越洋之旅(3)

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

美国学生世界地理教材 第74期:橡胶和咖啡之国(3)

Men go through the Selvas and wherever they find a rubber-tree they cut notches in the tree trunk and fasten a cup underneath to catch the trees sap, 人们在热带雨林中穿行，无论在哪里，只要发现橡胶树，他们就在树干上刻一

美国学生世界地理教材 第65期:海盗的海洋(2)

But many of those ships bearing treasure never reached Spain. Piratessea robberslay in wait to rob the land robbers. 但是很多装满金银财宝的轮船永远没有到达西班牙。海盗海上的强盗埋伏以待，抢劫那些陆地上的强盗

美国学生世界地理教材 第62期:近在咫尺 远在天涯(2)

Why did ships want to get from one ocean to the other, anyway? 轮船为什么非要从一边海洋到另一边海洋去呢？ Why shouldnt those on one side stay on that side, and those on the other side stay on the other side? 为什么两边的轮船

美国学生世界地理教材 第67期:海盗的海洋(4)

Almost all vegetables and fruits in the World have sugar in their juice; they are sweet. 世界上几乎所有的植物和水果的汁液里都含糖，是甜的。 Some have a great deal, some have very little. 有些含有大量的糖分，有些则含

美国学生世界地理教材 第163期:丰饶之国(3)

There is a town at the top of the Holy Land with a name like a boy'sDan. 圣地的顶端有一个小镇，镇的名字像一个男孩子的名字但； Down at the bottom of the Holy Land is another town called Beersheba; 圣地的底端还有一个城

美国学生世界地理教材 第157期:沙漠之舟(2)

The camel follows the leader, almost as in the game, 骆驼具有模仿领头人的习性， for wherever the leader goes he goesso when a number of camels are used to carry loads long distances they are tied head to tail in a line, 差不多就像我们

美国学生世界地理教材 第169期:伊甸园(1)

Of course, you have heard of the Garden of Eden, haven't you? 你肯定听说过伊甸园，对不对？ When-I-was-a-boy I thought that when I was old enough to travel I should like to go and see it for myself. 小时候，我就想，长大了，能去

美国学生世界地理教材 第171期:伊甸园(3)

Though Nineveh and Babylon are gonetheir names are not even on the mapthere are today two big cities on the Tigris that are very much alive, with people living in them. 尽管尼尼微和巴比伦已经不存在了连它们的名字在地图上也找不

美国学生世界地理教材 第220期:彩虹的尽头(2)

Now, however, many of the diamonds are cut in Kimberley and are all finished there before being shipped to other countries. 然而，现在多数钻石是在金伯利切割，并在那里加工完毕之后就被船送到其他国家。 Diamonds are m

美国学生世界地理教材 第212期:害怕黑暗(4)

Thirty years passed and though he went back home several times he always returned to Africa and at last he disappeared. 三十年过去了，尽管利文斯通回了几次家，他总是又返回非洲。最终他消失了。 He was given up for lost

美国学生世界地理教材 第192期:白象(5)

Singapore is almost on the Equatorit is almost half-way between the North and South Poles. 新加坡几乎位于赤道上，几乎就在南极和北极之间的中途。 Sailors call the Equator The Line. 水手们称赤道为中线。 When you cross

美国学生世界地理教材 第191期:白象(4)

One of the jobs that elephants are used for is hauling, lifting, and loading the heavy logs of teak. 大象常干的工作之一就是帮助装卸这些沉重的柚木木料。 I thought I should like to have an elephant myself, so I bought a nice on

美国学生世界地理教材 第190期:白象(3)

The Buddhists believe that when they die their souls go into the bodies of animals. 佛教徒相信自己死后灵魂会进入动物体内， The kings' souls they think go into the bodies of white elephants, so in Thailand the White Elephant is sacr

美国学生世界地理教材 第181期:对面脚踩之地(2)

India is the country that Columbus was trying to reach by going the other way around the World. 印度是哥伦布试图朝另一方向作环球旅行而期望能到达的国家。 When he bumped into America he thought he had reached India, so he ca

美国学生世界地理教材 第178期:狮子和太阳(3)

The fire-worshipers' chief god was called Mazda and that is where we get the name for our electric-light bulbs. 拜火教徒信仰的主神是玛兹达，这就是我们的电灯泡借用的名字。 According to their religion, everything that was l