美国学生世界地理教材 第16期:没有尽头的队列(1)
Chapter 4 The Endless Parade 第4章 没有尽头的队列 Did you ever see a paradea very long one? 你看过阅兵队伍吗?非常长的那种? I once saw a parade of soldiers that took all day to pass by. 我曾经看过一次阅兵队伍,队伍
美国学生世界地理教材 第17期:没有尽头的队列(2)
There are only six continents where people live, but on each of these continents there are several countries. 世界上有人居住的大陆只有六个,但是每一个大陆上都有好 多个国家。 A country doesn't mean the country. 国家并不
美国学生世界地理教材 第18期:没有尽头的队列(3)
The country of a king is called a kingdom.If one man rules over several countries, he is called an emperor and the countries an empire. 一个国王的国家叫做王国。如果一个人统治好几个国家,他就叫做帝王,这些国家就叫做
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22期:建于沼泽中的城市(1)
Chapter 6 A City Built in a Swamp 第6章 建于沼泽中的城市 A cap which you wear on your head means head. 有些含有cap (帽子)的英语单词表示头的意思。 A captain also means head he's the head of a company of soldiers.A capital m
美国学生世界地理教材 第23期:建于沼泽中的城市(2)
When I wa a boy I thought the Capital was the most beautiful building in the World. 小时候,我以为国会大厦就是世界上最美的建筑。 Since then I have seen nearly all of the most beautiful buildings in the World, 后来我见到了世
美国学生世界地理教材 第24期:建于沼泽中的城市(3)
Several States have so few people that they send only one Representative. 有几个州人数太少,只能选送一名众议员。 The Senate and the House of Representatives together are called Congress, and when Congress is holding a meeting a fla
美国学生世界地理教材 第25期:建于沼泽中的城市(4)
This other building is called the Treasury. 那是财政部。 There is a picture of it on the 10 dollar bill. 10美元上就有它的图案。 In the Treasury is kept money of the United States. 美国的钱都由财政部保管。 We write United S
美国学生世界地理教材 第26期:建于沼泽中的城市(5)
It's like a giant finger, five hundred and fifty-five feet high. 它就像一根巨大的手指,有555英尺高, It seemed a mile high, 看起来足有1英里高, but it is really only about a tenth of a mile highnot even as high as a low mount
美国学生世界地理教材 第27期:玛丽的领地弗吉尼亚的领土和佩恩的森林(1)
Chapter 7 Mary's Land, VirRinia's State, and Penn's Woods 第7章 玛丽的领地、弗吉尼亚的领土和佩恩的森林 Did you ever trade a top for some marbles or an apple for an orange? 你曾经用陀螺交换购买一些弹珠,或者用一个
美国学生世界地理教材 第28期:玛丽的领地弗吉尼亚的领土和佩恩的森林(2)
Near the Mother of Waters are two cities.One is named Annapolis. 在河之母附近有两座城市。一个叫安纳波利斯, The other is named Baltimore. 另一个叫巴尔的摩。 Annapolis means Anna's City, and it too was named after a queen
美国学生世界地理教材 第29期:玛丽的领地弗吉尼亚的领土和佩恩的森林(4)
A name that is in the Bible is the name of a city, Philadelphia. 有座城市的名字是取自于《圣经》非拉铁非(简称费城), It means the City of Brotherly Love. 意思是兄弟之爱的城市。 This name was chosen to give to thi
美国学生世界地理教材 第30期:帝国州(1)
Chapter 8 The Empire State 第8章 帝国州 Several countries together are called an Empire. So New York State is often called the Empire State, 几个国家合在一起叫做帝国,纽约州常被叫做帝国州, because it has as many people,