Lesson20 Cocks and hens 第20课 公鸡和母鸡 I know that many boys and girls like to eat eggs for their breakfast and for their tea. They like puddings, too, that are made with eggs. Where do these eggs come from? 我知道, 很多小朋友在吃早...
Lesson19 A reel of cotton 第19课 一卷棉线 Let us take some of the white cotton off this reel, and try to find out what the thread of cotton is made of. We can pull the white thread to pieces, and then we see that it is made of many short fibres...
Lesson18 Sliding on the ice 第18课 滑冰 One fine summer day, as Tom stood by the side of a pond full of water, his father said to him, Tom, on the day when you can run across this pond, on the top of the water, I shall give you a penny. 一个晴朗...
Lesson17 THE RABBIT 第17课 兔子 I know a boy who has some tame rabbits. He keeps them in the yard behind his house, in a box called a rabbit-hutch. His rabbits are black and white, but wild rabbits are grey or brown. 我认识一个男孩子, 他家...
Lesson 16 A PIECE OF WOOD 第十六课 一块木头 How many things in this room are made of wood? There are so many that it would take you a long time to name them. 小朋友, 你屋子里的东西有多少是木头做的? 太多了, 把它们都说一...
Lesson 15 SNOW-FLAKES 第十五课 雪花 What is this white stuff like little feathers which is falling from the sky? We call it snow. If we could catch some of the flakes of snow on a piece of black cloth and look at them, they would look like this...
Lesson 14 A CUP OF TEA 第十四课 一杯茶 After you have had your tea tonight, ask your mother to let you turn out the tea-leaves from the tea-pot into a basin of water. Spread these leaves out, and wash them in some fresh water. 小朋友, 今天晚...
Lesson 13 THE METAL CALLED IRON 第十三课 一种叫铁的金属 Iron is the most useful of all metals. Hammers, nails, grates, horse-shoes, railings, bridges, and many other things are made of iron. 在所有金属里面, 铁是最有用的一种。...
Lesson 12 THE CAT 第12课 猫 I hope you have a nice pussy at home, and that you are good to her. Take her on your knee and look at her. How she purrs when you stroke her back! 小朋友, 你家里有没有一只漂亮小猫啊? 你有没有好好地照...
Lesson 11 THE AIR WE BREATHE 第11课 我们呼吸的空气 Have you any empty cups, or jugs, or bottles in your house? No, not one. You may have many which you call empty, but they are really all full of air. 小朋友, 你家里有空杯子、空水壶...