The captain knows from the way the compass points which way he must go to reach England. 船长通过罗盘指的方向知道要去英国应走哪个方向。 He doesnt follow the way the compass pointsthat would bring him to the Magnetic pole. 他并不...
When you sail for London you have to set your watch ahead each night when you go to bed, 如果你乘船去伦敦，每天晚上睡觉前你必须把手表调快一点， so that when you reach London your watch will be five hours ahead of the time y...
Chapter 24 The Bridge Across the Ocean 第24章 越洋之旅 When you go to Europe you have to take two things with you besides your ticket and your luggage. 要去欧洲的话，除了车票和行李之外，你还得带两样东西。 I wonder if y...
The Valley of Paradise is in Chileonly it isnt what you would think Paradise would be. 智利有个天堂之谷只是它不是你想象中的那个天堂。 It is the chief seaport of Chile, and it is not very lovely and not very healthful. In Spanis...
The Andes Mountains separate Argentina from a very long and narrow country on the Pacific shore named Chile. 安第斯山脉把阿根廷和位于太平洋沿岸的一个非常狭长的国家分隔开来，这个国家叫做智利。 Argentina is call...
Argentina is so much like the United States in a great many ways that it is often called the United States of South America. 阿根廷在很多方面很像美国，所以常被叫做南美洲的美国。 Both countries are alike in thisthat they have...
Chapter 23 Silver Land and Sliver Land 第23章 白银之国和棉条之国 We give babies names when they are born, but sometimes when the babies grow up the names do not fit them. 孩子出生了，就要取个名字，但有些孩子长大后，名字...
Men go through the Selvas and wherever they find a rubber-tree they cut notches in the tree trunk and fasten a cup underneath to catch the trees sap, 人们在热带雨林中穿行，无论在哪里，只要发现橡胶树，他们就在树干上刻一...
The land around the Amazon River is called Selvaswhich means woods. 亚马逊河附近的地区叫做热带雨林就是森林的意思。 It is not only woods but jungles and swamps, and it is very wild, hot, damp, and unhealthful. 不仅仅是森林，...
Chapter 22 Rubber and Coffee Land 第22章 橡胶和咖啡之国 Moutains make rivers. If a continent were flatabsolutely flat and level like a tablethere would be no rivers. 山脉造就了河流。如果大陆是平的像桌面那样平坦那就没有...
