美国学生世界地理教材 第168期:确切地点(4)
Ever since the temple was destroyed Jews have gone there to weep and to pray that their country, which the ancient Romans took from them, would be restored to them. It is called the Wailing Wall. 自从圣殿被摧毁之后，犹太人常来此哭泣并
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170期:伊甸园(2)
Nevertheless, people think this is where the Garden of Eden once was. 虽然如此，人们仍然认为这就是伊甸园曾经所在的地方。 They even point out an old apple-tree that once bore some apples and say, That's the original tree. 他们
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172期:产生《一千零一夜》的国家(1)
Have you ever been thirstyreally thirsty? Very few people in our country ever have. 你感到口渴过吗真的很渴的那种感觉？在我们国家很少有人感到口很渴。 Have you ever gone for more than one whole day without a drink of wat
美国学生世界地理教材 第173期:产生《一千零一夜》的国家(2)
Once upon a time there was a king in the old days long ago when kings could put to death whomsoever they wished. 在很久以前的古代，国王可以任意处死他不喜欢的人。 This king had a wife whom he was going to put to death the next
美国学生世界地理教材 第174期:产生《一千零一夜》的国家(3)
The Mohammedans have commandments as the Christians do. We have ten; 和基督教一样，伊斯兰教也有戒律。基督教有十条戒律， they have four or more. One of their commandments is to pray five times a day; 伊斯兰教至少有四条戒
美国学生世界地理教材 第175期:产生《一千零一夜》的国家(4)
I have told you of a White Sea and a Black Sea. Here is a Red Sea. It is a long, narrow sea bordering Arabia. 我介绍过白海和黑海，现在要讲红海了，它是与阿拉伯毗连的一个狭长的海。 I don't know why it's called Red, unl
美国学生世界地理教材 第176期:狮子和太阳(1)
HAVE you ever seen a Persian cat? 你见过波斯猫吗？ They are big, beautiful animals with soft thick hair. They come from Persia. 体型较大，非常漂亮，长着又柔又厚的毛，产自波斯。 Persia is one of those once-was or used-t
美国学生世界地理教材 第177期:狮子和太阳(2)
On my wife's dressing-table is a small thin bottle of perfume called attar of roses. 我妻子的梳妆台上有一小细瓶叫玫瑰油的香水。 In some parts of Persia they grow the most beautiful and fragrant roses and from their petals this pe
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
美国学生世界地理教材 第179期:狮子和太阳(4)
In Tehran is the most famous jeweled throne in the World. It is called the Peacock Throne. 德黑兰有世界上最著名的宝石御座，叫做孔雀宝座。 It is made of solid gold and the back is in the form of a peacock's tail studded with rub
美国学生世界地理教材 第180期:对面脚踩之地(1)
There is a shop downtown with a department in the basement, underneath the sidewalk. 在市中心人行道下面有个地下商店。 The sidewalk is made of thick glass, and as you look up you can see the feet of the crowds of people as they pass ov
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182期:对面脚踩之地(3)
Two Englishmen, after weeks of struggling up the sides of the giant mountain, 两名英国人，在这巨大的山体侧面，艰难爬行几周之后， got nearer than any other human being ever had beforewithin a few hundred feet of the top. 到达了
