美国学生世界地理教材 第153期:新月之国(2)
One dark night many years ago an army was approaching Constantinople, 很多年前，一个漆黑的夜晚，一支敌军正在接近君士坦丁堡。 but it was so dark the people in the city did not see it and did not know they were about to be at
美国学生世界地理教材 第154期:新月之国(3)
The Turks also built, close to each mosque, one or more candle-shaped towers, called minarets. 土耳其人还在每座清真寺旁建造至少一座形似蜡烛的塔楼，叫做宣礼塔。 About midway of a minaret is a balcony, and five times a d
美国学生世界地理教材 第155期:新月之国(4)
An inlet from the Bosporus cuts into Istanbul in the shape of a horn. 有一个牛角形状的小水湾，从博斯普鲁斯海切入到伊斯坦布尔， It is called the Golden Horn, and across the entrance a great chain used to be stretched to kee
美国学生世界地理教材 第156期:沙漠之舟(1)
There are a few camels in Istanbul, but camels don't belong in Europe. 伊斯坦布尔有一些骆驼，但欧洲不产骆驼。 They have to be carried across the Bosporus from Asia, for a camel is said to be the only animal that cannot swim and can
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158期:昔日辉煌的小亚细亚(1)
We call a small boy a minor until he grows up. 在一个小男孩长大成人之前，我们都称之为小。 The corner of Asia on the other side of the Bosporus is only a small part of Asia, so we call it Asia Minor. 在博斯普鲁斯海峡的另一
美国学生世界地理教材 第159期:昔日辉煌的小亚细亚(2)
The Temple built to the Goddess Diana was one of these wonders. 为女神狄安娜建造的神庙就是这七大奇观之一。 This Temple was at Ephesus in Asia Minor, and silversmiths made little copies of this wonderful temple to sell as souvenir
美国学生世界地理教材 第160期:昔日辉煌的小亚细亚(3)
Asia Minor now belongs to Turkeyin fact, it is about all there is left of Turkey except Istanbul, 现在，小亚细亚地区属于土耳其事实上，除了伊斯坦布尔，土耳其国土差不多就是以前的小亚细亚。 although before Wor
美国学生世界地理教材 第161期:丰饶之国(1)
In Sunday school I used to hear of Bethlehem and Jerusalem and other places in the Bible, 我小时候在主日学校常听到伯利恒、耶路撒冷以及其他一些在《圣经》里出现的地名。 but I had no idea then that there were any su
美国学生世界地理教材 第162期:丰饶之国(2)
Often a traveler buys something in a Damascus bazaar only to find on it later the tell-tale words Made in Birmingham. 游客常常在大马士革街市上买一件纪念品，后来却发现上面有伯明翰制造的标志。 A white picture painted
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164期:丰饶之国(4)
Many people fill a bottle with some of the muddy water and take it home to use as holy water, 很多人还用瓶子装上一些约旦河浑浊的河水，带回家，当做圣水使用， or in order to baptize their children with water from the same
美国学生世界地理教材 第165期:确切地点(1)
There are three most famous places in Palestine. 在巴勒斯坦，有三个最有名的地方。 The first is the place where Christ was born, the second is the place where Christ lived, and the third is the place where Christ died. 第一个是耶稣
美国学生世界地理教材 第166期:确切地点(2)
The last most important place in Palestine is the city where Christ diedJerusalem. Christians call it their Holy City. 巴勒斯坦最后一个最重要的地方是耶稣去世的城市耶路撒冷，基督徒称它为自己的圣城， But, strangel
美国学生世界地理教材 第167期:确切地点(3)
Men say they have found in Jerusalem the tomb of Adam, the first man. 据说人们在耶路撒冷找到了亚当世界上第一个男人的墓， They have also found the tomb of ChristHis sepulcherand right near Christ's tomb they have found in the
