Lesson 66 Eggs And Chicks 第66课 鸡蛋与小鸡 All birds lay eggs. But just as birds differ very much in size, so do their eggs. The eggs of the little humming-bird are no bigger than peas, while each egg laid by the ostrich is as big as twenty-f...
An onion can be easily pulled to pieces, for its bulb is made of a great many thick juicy leaves, all growing closely together. 我们可以轻而易举地将洋葱剥开, 分成很多片, 因为它的球茎由许多厚厚的多汁叶片构成, 彼此之...
Lesson 65 The Onion 第65课 洋葱 Onions have a very strong smell, which many people dislike; but for all that they are a very good and wholesome food. The onion is a hardy plant, and is easily grown. Let us go to a seed-shop and buy an ounce of on...
Copper can be rolled or hammered out into thin sheets, and so we say that it is malleable. It can also be easily drawn out into wire, and for this reason we call it ductile. Sheet copper is much used for covering the bottoms of ships, and for making...
Lesson 64 The Red Metal Called Copper 第64课 红色金属铜 There is only one metal which is red in colour. Its name is copper. On the shores of Lake Superior in North America, lumps of pure copper are found in the rocks; but in Cornwall , and in...
Each seed of barley ends in a sort of bristle, called an awn. 每个大麦粒的末端都是一根又长又硬的毛，叫做麦芒。 Do you remember how insects help flowers to form their seeds by carrying pollen from one blossom to another? 小朋友...
Lesson 34 Barley 第34课 大麦 I know some children who are very fond of growing seeds of all kinds in pots. Sometimes they fill a flower-pot rather more than half-full with moist sand. On the top of this damp sand they sprinkle some grains of barl...
The wings and tail of the pigeon are covered with long feathers, called quills. The quill-feathers of the winghelp the pigeon to fly, while the quills of the tail guide the bird and steady it in its flight. 鸽子的翅膀和尾巴都覆盖着长长的...
Lesson 33 The Pretty Pigeon 第33课 美丽的鸽子 I am sure that you all know a pigeon when you see one, and that you like and admire this pretty bird. 小朋友, 你们看见鸽子, 一定都认识吧? 你们也一定都喜欢、珍爱这种美丽的...
The bark of the cork-tree is first stripped off its trunk when the tree is about thirty years old. This bark is very rough and full of cracks. It is called virgin cork, and it is used to decorate green-houses and flowerboxes. 木栓栎树长到30年的...
