与美国小学生一起学英文第1册 第25期:日历

 　　Calendar 日历

　　The calendar shows days, weeks, months and years. 日历上可以看到天数、周数、月数和年数。

　　There are 24 hours in a day. 一天有24小时。

　　And there are seven days in a week. 一周有七天。

　　Also, there are 365 days and 12 months in a year. 同样地，一年有12个月365天。

　　Did you know that the old version¹ of the Roman² calendar had 304 days and 10 months in a year? 你知道旧版的罗马日历一年有10个月304天吗？

　　The new year started with March. 三月份是新年伊始。

　　The Julius Caesar made the calendar start with the month of January. 是尤利乌斯·凯撒大帝使日历从一月份开始的。

1 version   

n.版本；型号；叙述，说法

参考例句：

• His version of the events is pure supposition.他对这件事的说法纯属猜测。
• What is your version of this matter?你对这件事情的看法 怎么样？

2 Roman   

adj.罗马的，罗马人的；罗马帝国的

参考例句：

• The Roman world is falling.罗马人的天下在土崩瓦解。
• There was a house in this field in Roman times.古罗马时期这块地里有一座房子。