The birds are perched around them, suspecting no danger; 这些鸟栖息在他们周围，猜想着没有危险， but arrow after arrow comes out of this leafy bower, 但是箭不断地从这些用树叶遮盖的凉棚射过来， and strikes down f...
But there, as in all tropical countries, there is a season of rain and storm. 但那儿正如所有的热带地区一样，都有一个暴风雨的季节。 Then the birds disappear, as the swallows do with us, and seek some sheltered place. 那时候，...
II．THE BIRD OF PARADISE II．天堂鸟 If you turn now to the map of Asia, you will find a number of islands lying to the south of Malacca, 如果你打开亚洲地图，会发现马六甲南端分布着很多岛屿， and forming a link between As...
In the deepest gloom, where the trees shut out the sun, myriads of lights flit about, and twinkle like little stars. 在森林的最深处，大树遮盖住了阳光，无数的光线飞过，就像星星一样一闪一闪地。 As they flash here an...
LESSON 1 Scenes in the tropics 第一课 热带地区的景象 I．THE FOREST I.森林 In hot countries the woods are not like our woods. 热带地区的森林不像我们这的森林。 They are great dark forests, where the trees grow so closely to...
Lesson 70 The Trunk Of The Elephant 第70课 大象的鼻子 The long trunk of the elephant is a wonderful example of design and skill. 大象的长鼻子是体现造物主的设计和技巧的绝妙例子。 The neck of four-footed animals is usuall...
LESSON 69 Little Dick And The Giant 第69课 小迪克和巨人 Little Dick, what a gay fellow he was! 小迪克，一个多么高兴的小家伙啊！ He used to go about singing and whistling the whole day long. 他过去常常整天到处走走唱唱...
LESSON 68 The Orphan Boy's Tale 第六十八课 孤儿的故事 Stay, lady! Stay, for mercy's sake, 留下吧，夫人！留下吧，看在我这么可怜的分上。 And hear a helpless orphan's tale; 听听一个无助孤儿的故事吧。 Ah! sure...
LESSON 67 No pay, No work 第六十七课 有劳必获 Little boy, will you help an old man up the hill with his load? 小男孩，你能帮老人把这些东西运上山吗？ These words were spoken by an old gray -- headed man, who was drawing a h...
LESSON 66 The ark and the dove 第六十六课 方舟和鸽子 Tell me a story, please, my little girl lisped from her cradle. 请给我讲个故事吧。我的小女儿从摇篮里哼出声。 So I bent me down, and told her how it rained, and raine...
