美国学生世界地理教材 第138期:极昼之地(3)
Both Oslo and Stockholm are on the water, but they are not touched by the Gulf Stream, 奥斯陆和斯德哥尔摩都是海滨城市，但是湾流不经过这两座城市， so the water in their harbors is frozen over nearly all winter and ships ca
美国学生世界地理教材 第139期:极昼之地(4)
Long years ago the men of Scandinavia were fierce fighters, who drank a strong liquor called mead and used the skulls of their enemies for cups. 很久以前，斯堪的纳维亚人是非常残暴的好斗者，他们喝一种叫蜂蜜酒的烈性酒，
美国学生世界地理教材 第140期:熊的故事(1)
when I was a boy the story I liked best was one about wolves in Russia. 我小时候最喜欢的故事，是关于俄罗斯狼群的。 Some Russians in a sleigh were driving across the snow, when they were attacked by a pack of hungry wolves. 一些俄
美国学生世界地理教材 第141期:熊的故事(2)
You may wonder why people live in such faroff places, why they don't move to other places that are more comfortable. 你也许很好奇，为什么人们要居住在如此偏远的地方？为什么不搬到环境更舒适一点的地方呢？ But pe
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143期:装面包的篮子—粮仓(1)
IN the north of Russia the ground is white with snow. 俄罗斯北部，土地白雪皑皑。 In the south of Russia the ground is blackalmost as black as coalbecause the soil is so rich, probably the richest in the World. 俄罗斯南部，土地是黑
美国学生世界地理教材 第144期:装面包的篮子—粮仓(2)
At the city of Baku on the side of the Caspian Sea there are so many oil-wells and so much oil that it seems to get into everything. 在里海边的巴库城有很多很多油田，出产大量的石油，似乎什么东西都沾上了石油。 You s
美国学生世界地理教材 第145期:铁幕国家(1)
There are thousands of cities and towns in the World that neither you nor I have ever heard of, yet millions of people call these cities and towns home. 世界上有成千上万座城镇你我都没有听说过，但有千百万的人称它们为家乡
美国学生世界地理教材 第146期:铁幕国家(2)
Fairy-tales and poems and music have been written about the Danube too. 也有童话故事、诗歌和音乐描写多瑙河， One of the most famous waltzes ever written is called The Blue Danube. 迄今为止最有名的华尔兹舞曲之一就是蓝
美国学生世界地理教材 第147期:铁幕国家(3)
Bulgaria is an Iron Curtain country next to the Black Sea. 保加利亚是黑海边的一个国家， It has forests and mountains as well as farm land. 它有很多森林、山脉和农田。 In the forests live bears, wild-cats, and wild boars. 森林
美国学生世界地理教材 第148期:众神之国(1)
THE first book I ever read was Aesop's Fables. 我读过的最早一本书是《伊索寓言》。 Aesop was a slave who lived in a little country called Greece. 伊索曾经是一个奴隶，生活在一个叫希腊的小国。 Aesop the slave wrote
美国学生世界地理教材 第149期:众神之国(2)
They believed that there was a god of love and that there was a god of war and that there was a god of almost everything in the World. 希腊人相信有掌管爱情的神，有主管战争的神，还有主宰世界万物的神。 Greece is in two c
美国学生世界地理教材 第150期:众神之国(3)
Some one has said the reason the Greeks long ago made such beautiful statues and buildings was because they had such beautiful marble to work with; 有人曾说，希腊人很久以前就能创造出如此美丽的雕像和建筑物是因为有如此美
美国学生世界地理教材 第151期:众神之国(4)
Long before the time of Christ, athletic meets used to be held in Greece once every four years. 在耶稣诞生前很久，希腊每四年举行一次体育大会， These were called Olympic Games, and champions in running and jumping and other spor
美国学生世界地理教材 第152期:新月之国(1)
EVERY place is east of some other place. 每一个地方都在另一个地方的东边。 America is east of China. Europe is east of America. 美国在中国的东边，欧洲在美国的东边。 But the only place called THE East, with a capital T
