美国小学英语教材4:第2课 大自然能告诉我们许多奥秘

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　　The world of the Out-of-Doors is full of secrets. 户外的世界充满奥秘。

　　There are so many of the secrets, and they are so interesting, 那么多的奥秘，那么有趣，

　　that thousands of men and women and boys and girls are busy studying them. 以至于成千上万的男人、女人、男孩、女孩都忙着研究它们。

　　All around us are birds, animals, trees, and flowers. 我们周围到处都有小鸟、动物、树木和花朵。

　　The facts about how they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be. 它们生存和生长的真相跟其他东西一样有趣。

　　Do you know that Theodore Roosevelt, one of our great Presidents¹, spent hours and hours studying birds? 你知道吗？一位伟大的总统——西奥多·罗斯福，曾经花了很多时间研究鸟类。

　　A business man who lives near New York City became so interested in insects that he began to collect them. 一位住在纽约市附近的商人对昆虫产生了浓厚的兴趣，就着手收集昆虫。

　　He now has over one thousand different kinds carefully kept in glass-covered boxes. 他现在收集到的昆虫多达一千多个品种，小心翼翼地把它们保存在有玻璃盖子的盒子里。

　　Come then with me, your Book Comrade², and I will help you find some of Nature's secrets. 跟我来吧，我是你的好朋友书，我将帮你发现大自然的一些奥秘。

　　Let us go softly³ through the woods and fields. 让我们轻轻地穿过森林和田野。

　　Here we shall⁴ find a half-grown Bunnyboy who has met with an adventure⁵ that has frightened him badly. 在这里我们会发现一只半大的小兔哥经历了一次冒险，把他吓坏了。

　　We shall follow a mother bear and her four cubs⁶ as they hunt⁷ for food and get ready for their long winter's sleep. 我们将追随熊妈妈和她的四只熊宝宝捕猎食物，为长长的冬眠做准备。

　　We shall watch a brave and wise mother partridge save her baby chicks from a hungry fox. 我们将看到一个勇敢而聪明的鹧鸪妈妈从一只饥饿的狐狸那里拯救出她的宝宝。

　　I will show you many other interesting things, 我会向你展示其他很多有趣的事情，

　　but the best thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears open when you go out-doors. 而我所能教给你的最好的事情是当你去野外的时候要留心看，留心听。

　　Nature will tell you some of her secrets if you look and if you listen. 如果你去看，去听，大自然就会告诉你一些她的奥秘。

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