交通工具与地图

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A train may go eighty miles in an hour

火车一小时也许能走八十英里。

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An airplane may go three hundred miles in an hour

飞机一小时也许能走三百英里。

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Trains and airplanes are different sorts of transport

火车和飞机是不同种类的交通工具。

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A ship is another sort of transport

轮船是另一种交通工具。

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A quick ship may go thirty miles in an hour

一艘快船一小时也许能走三十英里。

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An automobile is another sort of transport

汽车是另一种交通工具。

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Airplanes, trains, ships, and automobiles take us from one place to another

飞机、火车、轮船和汽车带我们从一个地方到另一个地方。

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We may go on our feet from one place to another

我们可以用脚从一个地方走到另一个地方。

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When we go on our feet, we are walking

当我们用脚走时，我们就是在步行。

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Or we may go in a train, or in a ship, or in an automobile, or in a plane

或者我们可以坐火车、坐轮船、坐汽车、坐飞机。

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Some places are near to one another

有些地方彼此靠得很近。

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Some places are far from one another

有些地方彼此离得很远。

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This is a map of North America

这是一幅北美地图。

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These are mountains

这些是山。

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Men go up mountains, and mountains are high

人爬上山，山很高。

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These are railroads, and trains go on railroads

这些是铁路，火车在铁路上行驶。

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These are roads

这些是公路。

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These are rivers

这些是河。

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This is a river, and this is an island

这是一条河，这是一座岛。

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Ottawa, Washington, Mexico City, New York, and Los Angeles are towns

渥太华、华盛顿、墨西哥城、纽约和洛杉矶都是城镇。

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This is a town

这是一座城镇。

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The government of Canada is in Ottawa

加拿大的政府在渥太华。

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The government of the United States is in Washington

美国的政府在华盛顿。

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The government of Mexico is in Mexico City

墨西哥的政府在墨西哥城。

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How far is Ottawa from Mexico City?

渥太华离墨西哥城有多远？

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The distance from Ottawa to Mexico City is about twenty-three hundred miles

从渥太华到墨西哥城的距离大约是两千三百英里。

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How far is New York from Los Angeles?

纽约离洛杉矶有多远？

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The distance between New York and Los Angeles is about twenty-five hundred miles

纽约和洛杉矶之间的距离大约是两千五百英里。

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How far is the mouth of the Mackenzie River from the mouth of the Mississippi?

麦肯齐河的入海口离密西西比河的入海口有多远？

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The distance is about three thousand three hundred miles

距离大约是三千三百英里。

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The mouth of a river is the place where it goes into the sea

河的入海口就是它流入大海的地方。