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

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190期:白象(3)

The Buddhists believe that when they die their souls go into the bodies of animals. 佛教徒相信自己死后灵魂会进入动物体内， The kings' souls they think go into the bodies of white elephants, so in Thailand the White Elephant is sacr

美国学生世界地理教材 第184期:对面脚踩之地续(1)

India is divided into states like the United States and many of these states have separate rulers called rajahs. 像美国一样，印度也划分为不同的州，很多州有各自的统治者叫做邦主。 Many of the rajahs, however, are more in

美国学生世界地理教材 第185期:对面脚踩之地续(2)

An elephant will wind his trunk around a log and load it on a train or ship, much as a machine called a derrick would do. 大象会用它的鼻子缠绕着圆木，像转臂起重机一样，把圆木放到火车或者轮船上。 One of the things a

美国学生世界地理教材 第186期:对面脚踩之地续(3)

I had come half-way round the World to see this sight 我曾环绕地球半圈专程来看这景观。 and had traveled days in such terrific heat that a sunstroke was as much to be feared as a stroke of lightning. 在旅行的那几天里，天气非常

美国学生世界地理教材 第187期:对面脚踩之地续(4)

The Hindus do not bury those who die; they burn their bodies on bonfires. 印度教徒不埋葬死去的人，而是将尸体放在篝火上焚烧。 Those who die in Benares are burned on the steps that lead down to the river, 在贝拿勒斯，死去

美国学生世界地理教材 第191期:白象(4)

One of the jobs that elephants are used for is hauling, lifting, and loading the heavy logs of teak. 大象常干的工作之一就是帮助装卸这些沉重的柚木木料。 I thought I should like to have an elephant myself, so I bought a nice on

美国学生世界地理教材 第192期:白象(5)

Singapore is almost on the Equatorit is almost half-way between the North and South Poles. 新加坡几乎位于赤道上，几乎就在南极和北极之间的中途。 Sailors call the Equator The Line. 水手们称赤道为中线。 When you cross

美国学生世界地理教材 第193期:温度计冻住的地方(1)

Most thermometers have numbers down to forty degrees (40) below zero. There the numbers stop, 大部分温度计向下标出的度数最低是零下40度，在零下40度这儿数字就停止了， for when the mercury gets down to that point it free

美国学生世界地理教材 第194期:温度计冻住的地方(2)

Trappers hunt these animals just for their furs, to be made into coats to keep people warm. 捕兽者猎杀这些动物就是为了获取它们的皮毛，用来做保暖的大衣。 One small animal, called the ermine, has a snow-white coat and a ta

美国学生世界地理教材 第195期:温度计冻住的地方(3)

How far do you suppose it is to Siberia from our country? 你猜从美国到西伯利亚有多远？ how many miles away would you say? eight thousand?ten thousand miles? 你说有多少英里？8,000英里？10,000英里？ As a matter of fact, it i

美国学生世界地理教材 第196期:一条巨大的海蛇怪(1)

When the World was young and people believed in sea-serpents they used to say there was a huge sea-serpent a thousand miles long in the sea near China. 在人类历史的早期阶段，人们相信世界上有海蛇怪，他们常说在中国海域附近

美国学生世界地理教材 第197期:一条巨大的海蛇怪(2)

They are curious or inquisitive and they want to know and see why there is No Admittance. 他们很好奇，对别人的私事爱刨根问底。他们就想知道和弄明白为什么禁止入内。 So, over a hundred years ago, an American naval off

美国学生世界地理教材 第189期:白象(2)

In the capital of Burmaa city called Rangoonis one of the largest and most wonderful of these pagodas. 在缅甸的首都一个名叫仰光的城市，有全世界最大最美的佛塔之一， This pagoda is called the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. 这个塔叫大

美国学生世界地理教材 第212期:害怕黑暗(4)

Thirty years passed and though he went back home several times he always returned to Africa and at last he disappeared. 三十年过去了，尽管利文斯通回了几次家，他总是又返回非洲。最终他消失了。 He was given up for lost

美国学生世界地理教材 第213期:害怕黑暗(5)

There they signaled a passing ship and asked that his body be taken to England. 在海边，他们向一艘过往的船发出信号，请求将利文斯通的尸体带回英国。 In England he was buried in Westminster Abbey, where the famous and gr