英國學(xué)生科學(xué)讀本 Lesson 15 雪花
第十五課 雪花
What is this white stuff like little feathers which is falling from the sky? We call it snow. If we could catch some of the flakes of snow on a piece of black cloth and look at them, they would look like this.
天上那種白白的, 像小羽毛一樣飄落下來的東西是什么? 我們叫它“雪”, 英語叫snow。要是拿一塊黑布接住點兒雪花, 仔細(xì)看, 就應(yīng)該像這個樣子。
Their shapes are very pretty. Each little snow-flake is in the shape of a star with six points. The large flakes are made up of many of these stars.
雪花的形狀是很漂亮的。每一片小雪花, 都是六角星的形狀。大雪花, 就是很多這種小星星聚在一塊兒。
Where does the snow come from? It comes from the clouds. And what is it made of? Let us put some snow in a cup, and place it near the fire. Then we shall see. The snow will soon melt, and we shall find that the cup is half full of water.
雪是從哪兒來的呢? 是從云里來的。雪是什么做的呢? 咱們在杯子里盛點兒雪, 放在火旁邊, 然后就會知道了。雪很快就會融化, 我們會看見, 杯子里盛了半杯水。
Snow, then, is made of water. On warm days, water falls from the clouds in drops, and we call it rain. But when it is very cold, the water comes down in the form of snow.
所以, 雪是水做的。天氣暖和的時候, 從云里落下來的是水, 我們管它叫“雨”。但是, 天氣寒冷的時候, 落下來的水就變成了雪。
If we take some snow and squeeze it hard, all the little flakes or crystals will stick together in a ball. It is great fun to throw these snow-balls at one another; but we must be careful not to hurt any one, for a well-thrown snowball gives a hard blow.
拿點兒雪使勁擠一擠, 這些小雪花, 或者小小的晶體, 就都會黏在一塊兒, 變成一個球。把這些雪球扔來扔去, 可好玩了!不過, 我們一定要小心, 不要傷到人, 因為使勁扔出去的雪球, 打到人身上是很痛的。
On the tops of very high mountains, and in very cold countries, there is so much snow that it lies on the ground all the year round. Even the heat of summer is not able to melt it. SNOW-SHOES(雪鞋)
在高高的山頂上, 在一些寒冷的國家, 有很多的雪, 一年到頭都堆在地上不化, 就連夏天的熱度, 也熔化不了。
In these lands, when the snow is deep, it is very hard to walk through it. People then tie large flat frames, called snow-shoes, under their feet, so that they may not sink in the snow.
在這些地方, 如果雪非常深, 想走過雪地會特別困難。人們就把又大又平的框架綁在腳下面, 這樣就不會陷進雪里去了。這種框架叫雪鞋, 也叫踏雪板(snow-shoes)。
In these cold lands people do not use carts with wheels. Instead of wheels, the carts have flat pieces of wood or iron, which slide along on the top of the snow.
這些寒冷的地方, 人們是不用帶輪子的車的。這些地方的車, 裝著木頭或者鐵的平板, 就用這些平板, 在雪地上面滑行。
These carts or carriages are called sledges or sleighs. Would you not like to go for a ride on a sledge, over the snow, on a cold winter's day?
這些平板車, 或者帶車廂的車, 就叫做雪橇(sledge或sleigh )。小朋友, 在寒冷的冬天, 你喜歡坐著雪橇在雪上跑嗎?
It is great fun, too, to slide down the hills when they are covered with snow. We must get a large flat piece of wood, or a small sled. Then we sit or lie down on it and push ourselves off, and away We go
從蓋著雪的山上往下滑, 也特別好玩!我們要先拿上一大塊平的木板, 或者一只小雪橇, 坐在上面或者躺在上面, 把雪橇推下山坡, 咱們就開始滑吧!
Here is a picture of some boys and girls sliding down the snowy hills in Canada. They do not mind if they tumble off, for the snow is soft, and a fall does not hurt them.
這幅畫, 畫的就是男孩女孩們在加拿大的雪山上往下滑。他們也不怕翻倒, 因為雪是很軟的, 摔倒了也不會受傷。
