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Unit 5 Topic 3
课文翻译
S
ection A
(Kangkang
has
come
to
Susanna's
house
and
seen
some
beautiful pictures
hanging on the wall.)
（康康到苏珊
娜的家里，
看到墙上挂着一些好看的照片。
）
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Kangkang:What beautiful pictures!
What is it?
康康：照片真好看呀！那是什么？
Susanna:Oh, that is Big Ben. Long ago,
the queen of England
knew
that
many
clocks
had
different
times.
People
were
either early
or
late. She had
it built so that
everyone
would
have the same time.
Now it is a symbol of England.
< br>苏珊娜：哦，那是大本钟。很久以前，英国女王知道很多
钟表的时间都不一样。人
们要么太早要么太晚。她下令建
造了大本钟，这样大家的时间就都一样了。现在它是英国
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的象征。
Kangkang:Oh!
What about the building that looks like a huge
sailing boat?
康康：哦！那那个看起来像一艘大帆船的建筑是什么？
Susanna:That
is
a
good
description.
It's
the
opera
house
in
Sydney,
Australia. It's the pride of Australians. Do you
know
the picture below it?
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苏珊娜：这个描述很好。那是澳大利亚的悉尼歌剧院。它
是澳大利
亚人的骄傲。你知道它下面的照片是什么吗？
Kangkang:That's
the
statue
of
liberty!
It
was
designed
by
Gustave Eiffel as a gift from France to
the USA. It stands in
New York
harbor.
康康：
那是自由女神
像！
它是由居斯塔夫·
埃菲尔设计的，
是法国送给美国的礼物。它矗立在纽约港。
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Susanna:That's
right,
but
do
you
know
that
Eiffel
designed
not
only
the
statue
of
liberty
but
also
the
Eiffel
tower?
He
was a great leader in the
arts.
苏珊娜：是的，但是你知道埃菲尔不仅仅设计了自
由女神
像，而且还有埃菲尔铁塔吗？他是艺术界的伟大领袖。
Kangkang:Is this the Eiffel
tower?
康康：这就是埃菲尔铁塔吗？
Susanna:Yes,
it
was
built
for
the
international
exhibition
of
Paris in 1889.
苏珊
娜：是的，建造它是为了
1889
年的巴黎国际展。
Kangkang:I really hope I can
visit some of these places some
day.
康康：真希望我有一天能去这些地方看看。
Section
A
Section B
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（
Susanna,
Kangkang,
and
their
classmates
are
asked
to
make
a
report
about
famous
people
around
the
world.
Now
they
are discussing in class.)
（苏
珊娜、
康康和他们的同学被要求做一份关于世界名人
的报告。现
在他们正在课堂上讨论。
）
Susanna:Hi, Kangkang, who is your hero?
Although he
was
both poor
and didn't have much education, he never gave up
reading
books.
He
became
one
of
the
greatest
presidents
of
the
USA. What about you, susanna?
苏珊娜：嗨，康康，你的英雄是谁呀？
Kangkang:My hero is Abraham
Lincoln.
康康：我的英雄是亚伯拉罕·林肯。虽然他
很穷也没有受
到多少教育，但他从未停止过读书。他成为了美国最伟大
< br>的总统之一。你呢，苏珊娜？
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Susanna:Marie
Curie is
my hero. Not only did she
discover
radium but also she
won the Nobel prize twice in her
lifetime.
苏珊娜：玛丽·居里是我的英雄。她的一
生中，不仅发现
了镭，还两次获得了诺贝尔奖。
Kangkang:She was great! Who did you
write about, Li Ming?
康康：她很伟大！李明，你写的是谁？
Li Ming:I admire Thomas Edison both for
his exploring spirit
and for his great
inventions. During his lifetime he invented
more
than
2
000
new
things,
including
the
light
bulb,
the
telegraph and photographic
film.
李明：我仰慕托马斯·爱迪生，因为他既有探索精
神，还
有那么多发明。他的一生中，发明了
2019
多种东西，包
括电灯泡、电报和胶卷。
Kangkang:I think we have learned a lot
from the famous people
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around the
world.
康康：我觉得我们从这些世界名人身上学到了很多。
Section C
Abraham
Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809.
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亚伯拉罕·林肯于
1809
年出生在肯塔
基州。
His mother died when he
was ten years old.
他十岁的时候母亲就去世了。
Later, his family moved to Illinois and
his father remarried.
后来，他们全家搬往伊利诺伊斯州，他的父亲再婚了。
The family was poor, so they had to
struggle just to live.
他们家里一贫如洗，只能挣扎求生。
In Illinois, there were neither
teachers nor schools.
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在伊利诺伊斯州，既没有老师也没有学校。
But Lincoln's stepmother encouraged him
to study.
但是林肯的继母鼓励他继续学习。
He learned to read and write while
working on the farm.
他在农场工作的时候学会了读书写字。
At twenty
-
one,
Lincoln left home.
21
岁的时候，林肯离开了家。
He soon received a law license and
became a lawyer.
很快他就获得了律师资格证，成为了一名律师。
People trusted him and began to call
him
人们开始信任他，并称他为“诚实的艾贝”
。
During
the
following
years,
he
took
a
more
active
part
in
politics.
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