When I came home from Japan I sent picture post-cards to all the Japanese school-boys who had given me their names. 我从日本回国后，就给那些想和我通信的日本男孩都寄了风景明信片。 I had chosen cards that I thought would...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
There was once an Indian prince named Gautama. 曾经有位叫乔答摩的印度王子。 Gautama was rich and had everything in the World he wanted, so he grew up gay and light-hearted. 他很富有，世界上他想要的东西他都有，所以他是...
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...
