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...
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...
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...
Until after World War II these two parts called Pakistan were both a part of India and all India belonged to England. 直到二战后，这两个叫巴基斯坦的地方都是印度的一部分，而整个印度隶属于英国。 The people of India,...
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...
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...
There is a shop downtown with a department in the basement, underneath the sidewalk. 在市中心人行道下面有个地下商店。 The sidewalk is made of thick glass, and as you look up you can see the feet of the crowds of people as they pass ov...
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...
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...
On my wife's dressing-table is a small thin bottle of perfume called attar of roses. 我妻子的梳妆台上有一小细瓶叫玫瑰油的香水。 In some parts of Persia they grow the most beautiful and fragrant roses and from their petals this pe...
