美国学生世界地理教材 第13期:世界的内部(1)

Chapter 3 The Inside of the World 第3章 世界的内部 When I was a very little boy I was very inquisitive. 小时候就是个非常好奇的孩子， At least that's what my nurse called me. 至少我的保姆是这样说的。 One day when I was

美国学生世界地理教材 第14期:世界的内部(2)

Could you dig down as deep as the Washington Monument goes up? 你能在地下挖出华盛顿纪念碑那么高的深度吗？ I thought perhaps I could, but I was a little doubtful for the Washington Monument seemed terribly high. 我想也许我能，

美国学生世界地理教材 第1期:前言(1)

This book is for the child who: thinks heaven is in the sky and hell is under the ground; 这本书是写给这样的孩子：他认为天堂在天上，地狱在地下； has never heard of London or Paris and thinks a Dane is a kind of dog. 他从未

美国学生世界地理教材 第4期:前言(4)

In the little town where I was born, there lived an old, old man 在我出生的小镇上，住着一位很老的老人， whose chief claim to distinction was the fact that he had never in his whole life been ten miles away from home. 他在镇上很有

美国学生世界地理教材 第10期:世界是圆的 我围着它绕了一圈(2)

If a man could start out when the sun rose in the morning and keep up with it all day long, 如果一个人能在早晨太阳升起的时候出发，一整天都跟着太阳走， go over the side of the world when the sun set and keep up with it on

美国学生世界地理教材 第142期:熊的故事(3)

The revolutionists took the palaces and homes of the wealthy and turned them into hospitals and public buildings. 革命者占领了富人的宫殿和房子，将它们建成医院和公共建筑， They took the land of the rich and lent it out to f

美国学生世界地理教材 第46期:大篷车(1)

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

美国学生世界地理教材 第60期:战神的国家(3)

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

美国学生世界地理教材 第59期:战神的国家(2)

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

美国学生世界地理教材 第58期:战神的国家(1)

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

美国学生世界地理教材 第51期:仙境(3)

Still farther north, a hop, skip, and a jump from the Colorado Canyon, in the corner of the State of Wyoming, 拉多大峡谷再往北不远处是怀俄明州，在怀俄明州的西北角有块地方， is a place that looks on the map like a little

美国学生世界地理教材 第50期:仙境(2)

A giant hop and skip north from the Grand Canyon would bring one to the State of Utah, 离大峡谷的北面不远处就是犹他州， where there is a great lake, but this Great Lake is different from the five Great Lakes. 那里有一个很大的湖

美国学生世界地理教材 第48期:大篷车(3)

People who thought their farms had been spoiled by oil found that the oil was worth a fortune, 那些以为农田被油毁掉的人发现这种油有巨大的价值， worth much more than what they could make out of chickens and pigs, or corn and wh

美国学生世界地理教材 第47期:大篷车(2)

Since that time roads and railroads have been made all the way across the country; 从那时起公路和铁路开始修建起来，横贯整个国家； great cities have been built where once was only wilderness;and the wild Indians have been tamed.

美国学生世界地理教材 第21期:十三俱乐部(3)

Now thirteen is generally considered an unlucky number, but these 13 States were not afraid of bad luck. 现在13通常被认为是个不吉利的数字，但是这13个州并不害怕什么坏运气。 In fact, as the new country had to have a flag,

美国学生世界地理教材 第20期:十三俱乐部(2)

As the initials of the United States are U.S., someone said they stand for Uncle Sam, so the old fellow dressed in a flag we call Uncle Sam. 美国的首字母是U.S,于是有人说它代表山姆大叔（Uncle Sam,首字母同U.S.),我们因此就把那

美国学生世界地理教材 第19期:十三俱乐部(1)

Chapter 5 The 13 Club 第5章 十三俱乐部 A man may pay millions of dollars to have a hospital, a library, 一个人也许要花上几百万美元才能让一家医院、一个图书馆 or a museum named after him, and another who has paid nothin

美国学生世界地理教材 第43期:青春泉(1)

Chapter 12 The Fountain of Youth 第12章 青春泉 Birds go south in the winter to get warm. Some people in the cold Northern States do the same. 冬天鸟类飞到南方过冬取暖。美国北部冬天极冷，一些人也去南方过冬。 The fa

美国学生世界地理教材 第37期:扬基人的定居地(3)

In New Hampshire there are mountains called the White Mountains, and one of these White Mountains, named after our First President, is Mount Washington. 在新罕布什尔州有一些山叫做怀特山脉，其中有一座山是以美国第一任总统

美国学生世界地理教材 第36期:扬基人的定居地(2)

And clocks and watchesthey make millions of them too, though one clock or one watch should last a person a life time 他们还生产各种钟表，数量成千万，尽管一个钟或一块表一个人可用一辈子。 little watches for the wrist a