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The earth has a
partner in its trip around the sun. It is
the moon. The moon is the earth's
satellite.
It moves around
the earth very quickly. It takes the moon
twenty eight days to go around the
earth once.
地球在围绕太阳旋转时有一个同伴
.
它是月球，地球的卫星。它围绕
地球旋转的速度很快，
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天即可绕地球一周。※
While they are
partners in the solar system, the earth
and the moon are very different. The
earth is filled with life.
It is a very
colourful planet. The moon is grey and lifeless.
Nothing can live on the moon.
虽然地球和月球是太阳系中的同
伴，但它们却截然不同。地球充满生命，是一颗色彩
绚丽的行星，月
球却是一片灰暗，死气沉沉，没有生命。
There
is
no
air
on
the
moon.
Astronauts
must
wear
special space suits
when they walk on the moon so they can
breathe. The moon has no water
either
. There is no weather
,
so the sky above the moon always looks
black.
月球上没有空
气。当宇航员在上面行走时，他们
必须穿上特殊的太空服才能呼吸。
月球上也没有水，没有天气变化，所以月球的上空永远
是漆黑一团。
You will not weigh as much on the moon
as you do on the
earth. If you weigh
one hundred pounds on the earth, you
will
weigh
only
sixteen
pounds
on
the
moon.
It
is
very
different
to walk on the moon, too. You will bounce and
float.
你的体重在月球上没有在地球上重，
如果你现在
体重是
100
磅，
在月
1
球上就只有
16
磅了。在月球上行走不同于在地球上，你将会跳跃、
漂动。
※
In my experience, Hong Kong
is a great place to spend
Chinese New
Year
. People there really know how to
celebrate
and they prepare in a variety
of ways.
※根据我的切身体会，香
港是欢度春节的好地
方。那里的人们确实知道如何欢庆节日，他们用
各种方式做准备。
Days before
New Year
, people visit temples to pray
for
the
new
year
.
They
bring
gifts of
whole
roast
pigs,
ducks,
chickens
and
fruits.
The
temples
are
crowded
with
people
and filled with the
smell of burning incense. They also buy
special
foods
and
ingredients
for
their
family
feasts,
and
small
orange trees, peach trees and other flowers for
their
homes.
早在春节前，人们就去参拜寺庙，
为新的一年祈祷。他们带
去整只的烤乳猪、鸭子、鸡及水果。寺庙里到处是摩肩接踵的人
群，
四处弥漫着香烛的气味。
人们还要为家宴采购特别的食品及
烹调原料，
同时为装点居室购买小巧玲珑的橘子树、桃树和花卉。
On New Year's
Eve, the family gather together for the
traditional family meal and everybody
stays up all night.
除
夕夜，全家人聚
在一起吃传统家宴并且守岁。
On New Year's Day, the streets are
really quiet. Almost
all the stores are
closed. It is time for people to visit their
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relatives.
年初一，大街上非常清静，几乎所有店铺都关门停业。这
天是走亲访友
的日子。
On the second day of the new
year
, people go to watch
fireworks at the Victoria
Harbour
. When fireworks start, the
sky is filled with colours, designs,
lights and noise.
年初二，
人们到维多利
亚港湾观赏礼花。燃放开始后，天空中五彩缤纷，各种
造型的礼花竞相开放，光芒四射，
礼花声和人们的欢声笑语交织在一
起。
※
The
smells, sights, and sounds of Chinese New Year in
Hong Kong are forever imprinted on my
mind.
香港春节期间
那美味佳肴、热闹的场面和喧闹的声
音永远留在了我的记忆中。
※
Pollution is hanging like a
brown cloud over many big cities
today.
Dirt and smoke are pouring from cars and
factories.
Pollution is spoiling the
air we breathe, and it is harming our
h
ealth.
※今天，污染像褐色的云，
笼罩在许多大城市的上
空。
尘埃和
烟雾从小汽车和工厂中排放出来。污染正在毒害我们
呼吸的空气，从
而危害我们的健康。
New York is having the big
problem these days. The city
has dirty
air
. The air smells bad. Pollution is a
health problem,
too, because it is
hurting people's lungs.
目前，纽约正面临严
重的污染问题。它的空气污浊，味道难闻。污染同时成为一个影响人
们健康的
问题，因为它对肺部有害。
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The man in the
picture thinks that pollution is dangerous.
He doesn't like the air
, so
he isn't breathing it. He is wearing
a
gas mask. He is smelling a flower
, and
it smells good, but
he doesn't know it.
He is touching the flower with his mask,
and
the
flower
feels
soft,
but
he
doesn't
know
it.
He
is
listening for the birds, but he doesn't
hear any. He is looking
for beauty, but
he doesn't see any. He believes that pollution
is coming between us and the beauty of
nature. He is trying
to
show
his
ideas
with
the
gas
mask.
He
wants
people
to
work together now to make
the air cleaner soon.
图中这个人
认
为污染非常危险。他不喜欢被污染的空气，所以避免呼吸它。他戴
着氧气面罩闻一朵花。
花很香，可是他闻不到。他在用面罩触摸花。
花很柔软，但是他感觉不到。他在凝神倾听
鸟儿的鸣唱，可是什么也
听不到。他在寻找美，但却一无所获。他确信污染正在妨碍我们
与大
自然的接触。他试图用戴面罩的方式（向世人）表明他的观点。他希
望大家共同努力，使我们的空气早日清新起来。
※
Weather is one of the most
important things in man's life.
For
a
farmer
,
wrong
weather
may
mean
that
he
has
poor
crops,
or no crops at all. For sailors and airmen, bad
weather
often brings danger
,
and sometimes even death.
※天气是人类
< br>生活中最重要的因素之一。对一位农夫而言，恶劣的天气可能意味着
歉收，甚至颗
粒无收。对于水手和飞行员而言，
坏天气常常带来危险，
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有人甚至因此而丧命。
Now satellites
are helping man to forecast the
weather
.
They take photos of
the atmosphere and send them back to
the earth. So man can see the weather
of any part of the
world. When a storm
is beginning, people will get a warning
in advance. As a result, they usually
have a better chance to
protect
themselves and their homes.
如今，人造卫星正在帮助
人类预报天气。它们拍下大气层的照片，并将它们发回地面。所以，
人类能够了解地球上任何地方的天气情况。暴风雨形成时，人们会提
前得到警告，因
此更有可能保护自己及家园。
Scientists
in
many
countries
are
looking
for
ways
to
control
storms and rain. They may even change the weather
in some parts of the world. For
example, they have plans to
make some
places warmer
. They also have a way to
destroy
the clouds to prevent hail from
coming into being. We believe
that man
can get the weather under control some day.
许多
国家的科学家正在寻找控制暴风雨和降雨量的办法。他们甚至有可能
改变世界局部地区的气候。例如，他们计划要让一些地区气候变暖。
他们还有办法破坏云层，以防冰雹的形成。我们相信，总有一天，人
类能够控制天气。<
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※
Tomorrow Norman Norris, the
world-famous explorer
, will
lead an expedition into the future.
This will be Norman's last
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