美国小学英语教材5:第75课 邓肯的鸟房客(4)

Five white eggs had been laid when a flock of English sparrows arrived. 当一群英国麻雀到来时，燕子已经下了五个白蛋。 One tree swallow was in the nest and the other on guard outside. 一只树燕子在窝里，另一只在外面站

美国小学英语教材5:第74课 邓肯的鸟房客(3)

During the next few days Duncan noticed that the swallows were very busy. 在接下来的几天里，邓肯注意到燕子们非常忙碌。 Much of their time was spent in looking over their new home, 他们的大部分时间都花在看他们的新家

美国小学英语教材5:第73课 邓肯的鸟房客(2)

His father gladly agreed to help him and suggested that they build a house 父亲很高兴地答应帮助他，并建议他们建造一座房子， suitable for both bluebirds and tree swallows, and for purple martins, too, if they wished to come, 既适

美国小学英语教材5:第72课 邓肯的鸟房客(1)

DUNCAN'S BIRD TENANTS 邓肯的鸟房客 Ernest Harold Baynes 作者：欧内斯特哈罗德贝恩斯 Mr. Rutledge told you that birds and animals will come to live with us if we give them a home. 拉特里奇先生告诉你，如果我们给鸟儿和动

美国小学英语教材5:第57课 长牙象彭博·库巴(3)

The little elephant, squealing for all he was worth, pulled and pulled, until it seemed that his trunk would come off, 小象拼命地尖叫着，不停地拉呀拉呀，直到它的鼻子好像要掉下来似的。 but the crocodile was the stronger

美国小学英语教材5:第56课 长牙象彭博·库巴(2)

It was good luck for him that he did not get into trouble, because at first he did not learn except from his own experience. 幸运的是，他没有陷入困境，因为一开始他除了从自己的经验中学习之外，什么也没学到。 Elep

美国小学英语教材5:第59课 长牙象彭博·库巴(5)

LEADING HIS OWN HERD 领导象群 It was not only Kubwa's strength that made him win, for often he tackled elephants who were really stronger than himself. 库巴的力量不仅使他获胜，因为他经常对付比他强壮的大象。 But he was q

美国小学英语教材5:第58课 长牙象彭博·库巴(4)

Just at this moment the herd came tearing down the trail. 就在这时，象群来了，撕扯着象鼻。 The angry cow, the mother of the injured baby, was in the lead. 愤怒的母象，受伤小象的母亲，在领头。 She was so grateful to s

美国小学英语教材5:第55课 长牙象彭博·库巴(1)

PEMBE KUBWA, THE BIG TUSKER 长牙象彭博库巴 Mary Hastings Bradley 作者：玛丽黑斯廷斯布兰得利 Mrs.Bradley, whose home is in Chicago, has made a number of trips to Africa to study the wild animals and the tribes of people who live th

美国小学英语教材5:第64课 小小美国伐木工(2)

These trees he fells toward each other, so that, if possible, their tops meet. 他让这些树彼此靠近，这样，如果可能的话，树的顶部就会相接。 When this is done, he has the backbone for his dam. 当这一切完成后，他就有

美国小学英语教材5:第65课 小小美国伐木工(3)

When the dam is finished, the water spreads back, and there is a beautiful woodland lake. 水坝建好后，水就会回流，形成一个美丽的森林湖泊。 Many of the trees which were in the valley will now be standing in the water. 从前山谷

美国小学英语教材5:第66课 小小美国伐木工(4)

These trees he cuts into logs about three feet long and floats them down to the dam, where he piles them up. 他把这些树砍成大约三英尺长的圆木，让圆木漂到水坝下面，堆积起来。 Then when the great freeze comes, most of th

美国小学英语教材5:第67课 荒原:野生动物保护区(1)

WASTE LAND: A WILD-LIFE PRESERVE 荒原：野生动物保护区 Archibald Rutledge 作者：阿奇博尔德拉特利奇 Once upon a time there were thousands of beautifulbirds called passenger pigeons. Now they are gone.Herds of graceful antelope use

美国小学英语教材5:第68课 荒原:野生动物保护区(2)

There is a valley in southern Pennsylvania which shows that whatever man gives up wild life takes. 宾夕法尼亚州南部的一个山谷表明，无论人们放弃什么野生动物，都要付出代价。 In this valley, some eighteen miles long a

美国小学英语教材5:第69课 荒原:野生动物保护区(3)

All that wild life seems to want is a bare chance. 野生动物想要的一切不过是一个微茫的机会。 They cannot occupy and increase in the face of rifles, traps, and shotguns; neither could man. 面对步枪、陷阱和猎枪，他们不能

美国小学英语教材5:第70课 荒原:野生动物保护区(4)

Three things have done it, the owner of the place said. 这种景象由三种因素造成,土地所有者表示。 These fields, you see, were worthless to me for planting purposes. 你看，如果是为了种植，这些土地是没有价值的。 B

美国小学英语教材5:第61课 长牙象彭博·库巴(7)

OLD KUBWA's wicked TRICKS 老库巴的坏把戏 The first real fear he had ever known was this terrible fear that some elephant would be able to defeat him. 他所意识到的第一个真正的恐惧是害怕大象会打败他。 He made up his mind

美国小学英语教材5:第63课 小小美国伐木工(1)

THE LITTLE AMERICAN WOODCUTTER 小小美国伐木工 Clarence Hawkes 作者：克拉伦斯霍克斯 Clarence Hawkes, the author of this story, has been blind for many years, yet boys and girls in all parts of our country have seen nature through his

美国小学英语教材5:第62课 长牙象彭博·库巴(8)

There was very little about the natives way of doing things that Kubwa did not know. 库巴几乎了解所有土著人的想法。 He had taken a liking to their food, especially to their bananas, and he used to make a business of raiding the village

美国小学英语教材5:第60课 长牙象彭博·库巴(6)

Year by year, too, more little elephants were added to the herd. 一年又一年，更多的小象加入了象群。 Now, some fathers have a way of slipping off into the forests when the youngsters are trotting around, letting the mothers have all t