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Deep in the jungles of Guatemala lie the ruins of a lost Maya civilization. The culture thought of as the classic Maya flourished across Central America between 250-900 AD. But archeologists are now discovering a Maya society that existed a full thou
CHAPTER 11 A Wild Storm When the Aldens had shut all the windows and looked out at the sea, they changed their minds about the rain. This was no little rain. This was a storm. The sky became very dark. There was thunder. The rain fell in sheets. The
CHAPTER 13 Just in Time! Aunt Jane was all right the next day. But she was surprised when Henry said he wanted to go up to the woodshed again. Why? she asked. Well, said Henry, if someone lives there, we might find something new any day. Take Sam wit
CHAPTER 9 Who Needs a Friend? The Alden family did not stay dumb for long. Tuesday Benny said, Lets see if we can find out where Captain Snow lives. Just step down to the store, said Henry, laughing. Everyone laughed. Wait just a minute until we fini
CHAPTER 13 A Final Surprise Grandfather sat forward in his chair. Another thing, he said. We ought to go home soon. Oh, why? asked Benny. Mr. Alden laughed. I have to work, for one thing. Jessie said, Oh, I suppose you do. Henry said, I must get read
CHAPTER 6 Well Done for Benny Lets have a picnic, said Violet after the Aldens had made as many guesses as they could about what went on in the summer kitchen. We have a picnic every meal, I should say, said Benny. We always eat outdoors on our own r
You know, one of the world's oldest mysteries may have just gotten closer to being solved. There's a new finding at the Stonehenge. And Fox News' Amy Kellogg has more from London. Amy, have you solved something special? Well, on a lighter note, Steve
CHAPTER 7 Clues from an Old Book Back at the farmhouse Henry told Aunt Jane the whole story. What a story that is! she said. But Im not afraid with Sim and Sam here. Who do you suppose is living in my woodshed? Its a good housekeeper, said Jessie. Ev
CHAPTER 5 An Old Flintlock Gun The Aldens found a fine motel. The man said he would take Watch if they tied him up. Watch did not like this at all, but he lay down by the beds. After breakfast on Sunday morning, Henry said, The men wont be working Su
CHAPTER 4 The Potato Pit You go on ahead, Sim, said Mr. Alden. Well follow if you are sure your wife wants to make sandwiches for us. Yes, Im sure, said Sim. We got lots of milk, too. We can fill up your Thermos bottles. Well drink more milk than tha
CHAPTER 3 Grandfather Takes Over Now why in the world did Mr. Morse call to us after I got started? asked Henry. Well, thats the way people are up here, said Grandfather. I remember now. You have to get used to it. They have all the time there is. Ne
CHAPTER 1 A Farm for Sale The telephone gave a long, loud ring. Supper was over. Benny Alden was going through the hall. He answered it. Telephone, Grandfather! shouted Benny. Its for you. Long distance. Mr. Alden came to the telephone and said, Hell
CHAPTER 4 The Lifeboat How do we get ready, Lars? asked Benny, as they stood on the deck. First, we start to pack the biggest lifeboat, said Lars. We love to do things like that! said Jessie. Her eyes were very bright. What do we pack? We must take a
Loch Ness(尼斯湖), a beautiful but forbidding(可怕的)lake in the Scottish Highlands. The first recorded sighting of a Loch Ness monster goes all the way back to the 6th century when an Irish monk was said to have chastised(责骂) the v
Early humans hunted animals and gathered wild plants. They moved in groups or tribes from place to place in search of food. Then, people learned to plant seeds and grow crops. They learned to use animals to help them work, and for food. They found th
Mystery of Time If you can read a clock, you can know the time of day. But no one knows what time itself is. We cannot see it. We cannot touch it. We cannot hear it. We know it only by the way we mark its passing. For all our success in measuring the
Humans have used many devices to measure time. The sundial was one of the earliest and simplest. A sundial measures the movement of the sun across the sky each day. It has a stick or other object that rises above a flat surface. The stick, blocking s
Some scientists say time is governed by the movement of matter in our universe. They say time flows forward because the universe is expanding. Some say it will stop expanding some day and will begin to move in the opposite direction, to grow smaller.
So, we have devices to mark the passing of time. But what time is it now. Clocks in different parts of the world do not show the same time at the same time. This is because time on Earth is set by the sun's position in the sky above. We all have a tw
模仿句子: Earlier this year, two dead bodies were found in identical wetsuits, one was on a beach in Norway, the other on a beach in the Netherlands. 翻译: 今年早些时候,身穿相同潜水衣的两具尸体分别在挪威和荷兰的海