The land at the top of the World is often called The Land of the Midnight Sun, because the sun shines at midnight. 世界之巅常常被称作午夜太阳之地,因为午夜时分太阳依然在天空; It might just as well be called The Land of

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HAVE you a good imagination? 你的想象力丰富吗? I mean, when there are clouds in the sky, can you see giants or galloping horses or rabbits with long ears or other things? 我是指,当天上有云朵时,你能看出是巨人?飞奔的骏

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They are not live horses, yet they have traveled far. 它们不是活马,但却走过了很远的路。 They were made about the time of Christ, out of bronze, and they have been carried away by one ruler 这四匹马大约是在耶稣在世时用青

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The Venetians made their living in the first place out of two commonplace things right at handfish and salt. 威尼斯人最初用身边两样很普通的东西谋生鱼和盐,从此开始发迹。 That was the start of their fortune. There was als

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Lesson 35 第35章 The Gates of Paradise and the Dome of Heaven 天堂之门和天国的穹顶 Down the length of Italy like the back of a sea monster is a ridge of mountains called the Apennines. 有一条山脉的山脊从北向南纵贯整个意大利

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It is like a jam of people all trying at once to get through a door: they get so wedged in that none can go through. 就像一大群人都要同时过一个门:他们就挤在一起了,谁也动不了,结果一个人也过不去。 But the dome

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Im sick, said Mr. B. Mr. G. knows so much about building a dome, let him go on with it. 我病了,布先生说,吉先生很擅长建造圆顶,让他继续建下去吧。 So the people went back to Mr. G. and told him to go ahead. 于是人们回到

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Many of these beautiful works of art are kept in buildings that used to be palaces. 这些美丽的艺术品,其中很多都存放在原本是宫殿的建筑物里。 The palaces in Florence look more like prisons than palaces. 佛罗伦萨的宫殿看

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Lesson 36 第36章 The Dead and Alive City 死亡而又活着的城市 Two thousand years ago you could start out on any road anywhere, and if you kept on going far enough 两千年前,如果你从地球上的任意一个地方的任意一条路出发

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St. Peters is so large that thirty services can be carried on at one time without one interfering with another. 圣彼得教堂大得可以一次同时举行三十个宗教礼拜仪式而不会彼此干扰。 Inside the church everything is huge, to

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There are no windows at all in the Pantheon, but there is a large hole in the top of the saucer called an eye 万神庙里没有一扇窗户,但是在茶碟的顶部有一个巨大的孔,这个孔朝向天,被称之为眼睛。 which looks towa

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Lesson 34 The Boot Top 第34课 靴子顶端 You've heard of the old woman who lived in a shoe, who had so many children she didnt know what to do. 你听说过这样一首童谣吧,有位妇人住在鞋子里,孩子太多了,不知怎么办。

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Some people, called Veneti, were troubled by a wild tribe from the north. 一个叫做威尼西亚的民族,受到北方一个野蛮部落的不断侵扰, So they moved to these islands to get away from these annoying tribes. 于是来到这些小岛

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It took me part of two days to climb over. 我自己翻越过去断断续续走了两天的时间。 Near the top of the Simplon Pass is a house called a hospice where I once spent the night. 在辛普朗山口顶部附近有一个房子,叫做旅客

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Most countries have an army and a navy as we have police and a watch-dog to keep out burglars. 大多数国家都有陆军或海军,就像我们会有警察和监察人员一样,防止窃贼闯入。 But Switzerland is one of the few countries in

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Another river with the same name as the Rh?ne, all except one letter, is the Rhine. 还有一条河流的名字和罗讷河(Rhone)很像,除了一个字母不一样之外其余都一样,叫做莱茵河(Rhine)。 It, too, starts from under

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Lesson 33 The Land in the Sky 第33课 天空之国 The lowest country in Europe is Holland. 欧洲地势最低的国家是荷兰。 The highest country in Europe is the land of the Swiss people, called Switzerland. 欧洲地势最高的国家是瑞士

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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

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When you land in France you see French flags flying; 到了法国,你就看到法国国旗在各处飘扬; they are red, white, and blue, the same colors as our own flag, but their flags have only three stripes and the stripes are up and down, 法国

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There is another famous church in Paris built to that other Mary in the Bible known as Mary Magdalene. 巴黎还有一个著名的教堂是为《圣经》里另外一个玛莉亚而建的,这个玛莉亚叫做抹大拉的玛莉亚。 This church to

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