美國學生世界地理教材 第1期:前言(1)
This book is for the child who: thinks heaven is in the sky and hell is under the ground; 這本書是寫給這樣的孩子：他認為天堂在天上，地獄在地下； has never heard of London or Paris and thinks a Dane is a kind of dog. 他從未
美國學生世界地理教材 第2期:前言(2)
The World was an orange when I went to school, 我上學的時候，世界對我來說就像一個橙子， and there were only three things I can remember that I ever learned for sure that the Dutch children wore wooden shoes, 我記得只有三個細
美國學生世界地理教材 第3期:前言(3)
Casually I asked if any one could tell me why it was called the Bridge of Sighs. 我隨口問了一句：有誰知道它為什么叫嘆息橋嗎？ One boy said, Because it is of big size A little girl scorning his ignorance, said, Because it has sid
美國學生世界地理教材 第4期:前言(4)
In the little town where I was born, there lived an old, old man 在我出生的小鎮上，住著一位很老的老人， whose chief claim to distinction was the fact that he had never in his whole life been ten miles away from home. 他在鎮上很有
美國學生世界地理教材 第5期:透過小望遠鏡看到的世界(1)
Chapter 1 The World Through a Spy-Glass 第1章 透過小望遠鏡看到的世界 You may never have seen your own face. 你從來都沒看過你自己的臉。 This may surprise you and you may say it isn't so but it is so. 這樣說可能讓你驚訝
美國學生世界地理教材 第6期:透過小望遠鏡看到的世界(2)
When some inquisitive child asked, What does the flat World like a mud pie rest on? 當某個好奇的孩子問道：這個平平的像泥餡餅的世界是放在什么上面的呢? they really truly said, It rests on the backs of four elephants. 他們
美國學生世界地理教材 第7期:透過小望遠鏡看到的世界(3)
These patches which look like shadows are really land and are called by a long name: continents. 這些看起來像陰影的斑塊實際上是土地，它們有個很深奧的名字：大陸。 These continents have names, and if their names were pri
美國學生世界地理教材 第8期:透過小望遠鏡看到的世界(4)
The part of the World that isn't patches of shadow or snow is water. 環繞著大陸的水叫做海洋， The water all around the continents is the ocean, and though of course there are no walls nor fences dividing it into different parts, 盡管并沒
美國學生世界地理教材 第9期:世界是圓的 我圍著它繞了一圈(1)
Chapter 2 The World Is Round, for I've Been Round It 第2章 世界是圓的，我圍著它繞了一圈 Did you ever run away from home? 你曾離家出走過嗎？我有過，有一次在我比你還小的時候。 I didonce upon a timewhen I was yo
美國學生世界地理教材 第10期:世界是圓的 我圍著它繞了一圈(2)
If a man could start out when the sun rose in the morning and keep up with it all day long, 如果一個人能在早晨太陽升起的時候出發，一整天都跟著太陽走， go over the side of the world when the sun set and keep up with it on
美國學生世界地理教材 第11期:世界是圓的 我圍著它繞了一圈(3)
Someday rocket ships will probably carry men on trips to the Moon or even to the planet Mars. 也許有一天宇宙飛船可以載人飛行到月球上或是火星上。 How would you like to go exploring in a rocket ship beyond the World's atmospher
美國學生世界地理教材 第12期:世界是圓的 我圍著它繞了一圈(4)
But the world kept getting cooler and cooler until at last the steam turned to water and fell on the worldrain, rain, rain, 但是世界還在持續冷卻，直到最后水蒸氣變成了水落到地球上那就是雨，雨不停地下， until there
美國學生世界地理教材 第13期:世界的內部(1)
Chapter 3 The Inside of the World 第3章 世界的內部 When I was a very little boy I was very inquisitive. 小時候就是個非常好奇的孩子， At least that's what my nurse called me. 至少我的保姆是這樣說的。 One day when I was
美國學生世界地理教材 第14期:世界的內部(2)
Could you dig down as deep as the Washington Monument goes up? 你能在地下挖出華盛頓紀念碑那么高的深度嗎？ I thought perhaps I could, but I was a little doubtful for the Washington Monument seemed terribly high. 我想也許我能，
美國學生世界地理教材 第15期:世界的內部(3)
So we know that the distance must be about eight thousand miles, as twenty-five is a little more than three times eight. 那么我們就知道從世界一面到另一面的距離肯定是大約8000英里，因為25是8的三倍多一點。 That is no
