All the colored people in the United States to-day are descended from these black slaves who were brought from Africa. 今天美国的所有黑人都是过去从非洲带来的这些黑人奴隶的后代。 Many people in our country thought these po...
It takes about two months to cross the Sahara Desert by camel from top to bottom, 骑骆驼从撒哈拉沙漠北边到南边，大约需要两个月的时间。 and there is no other way to go than by camel or airplaneno railroads, no auto roads, no...
This mud is very rich soil in which the Egyptians grow wheat and a very fine kind of cotton. 这种泥土成了非常肥沃的土壤，埃及人就在上面种植小麦和一种优质棉花。 In the olden times the Nile used to overflow the banks on...
Now, however, nine out of every ten people in Egypt are Mohammedans and, instead of building pyramids, they build beautiful mosques. Close by these big pyramids is the Sphinx, a huge stone figure with the body of a lion and the head of one of the Egy...
A pickled man is called a mummy, and the mummies of many such rulers of Egypt are now in museums. 一个用防腐剂处理后的人叫做木乃伊。许多这样的木乃伊埃及曾经的统治者现在就存放在博物馆里。 One of the Seven Wo...
All the continents begin with an A except one. 地球上所有大洲的英文名字，除一个洲之外，都是以A开头的。 Asia is the largest continent. Africa is the next largest. 亚洲是最大的洲。非洲是第二大洲。 But Africa w...
Another letter contained a picture of three monkeys carved in wood in the greatest of all Japanese temples at Nikko. 另一封信里是一幅画，画的是三只用木头雕刻的猴子。这三只猴子在日光市最大的神社里。 One monkey h...
A picture of two Japanese carrying a big bucket on a pole which rests on their shoulders. 两个日本人用一根杆子抬着一个大水桶， In the tubI couldn't see them but I knewthere are live fish. 画中那只桶里虽然我看不见，但是我...
Their stockings are like mittens with a place for the toe, 他们的袜子像连指手套，四脚趾相连与脚拇指分开。 and they would no more think of stepping on the mats with their shoes on than you would of getting into bed with your sho...
Here are some of the other pictures which the Japanese boys sent me: 以下是日本男孩寄给我的其他一些图画： A street scene in Tokyo 东京街景 Tokyo is the capital and largest city of Japan and one of the largest cities. 东京是日本...
