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作者：Stephen Cosgrove
插图：Carolyn LaPorte

Written by Stephen Cosgrove
 Illustrated by Carolyn LaPorte

从前有一个非常特别的男孩，
他喜欢玩电脑游戏，
电脑装在他妈妈的书桌上。
当他妈妈不用电脑时，
他被允许坐在书桌前，无论他想玩多久都可以。


There once was a very special boy
 who loved to play games on a computer
 that sat on his mother's desk. 
 When his mother wasn't using the computer,
 he was allowed to sit and play for as long as he liked.

当他玩游戏时，
游戏就像他的脑海里的一个梦。
他是如此地沉醉于游戏中，
以至于他都不知道外面是不是阳光明媚的。
他不会注意到，
龙卷风是否吹走了他的房子。


When he was playing,
 the game was like a dream in his mind.
 He was so wrapped up in the game
 that he didn't know if it was sunny outside.
 He wouldn’t have noticed
 if a tornado was blowing away his house.

然后，有一天这真的发生了！
他爬上他妈妈书桌旁的椅子。
他转动他的脖子，活动他的手指，
准备玩游戏,但是...

And then one day it happened!
 He climbed into the chair at his mother's desk.
 He twisted his neck,flexed his fingers,
 and got ready to play a game, but . . .

...键盘不见了！
显示器也不见了，甚至连鼠标也不见了。
“妈妈！”

. . . the keyboard was gone!
 And so was the monitor and even the mouse.
“Mom!”

这个非常特别的男孩的尖叫，
使得他的妈妈和爸爸，
从厨房里跑来。
“怎么了？发生了什么事？”
他们叫着，冲到他身边。

The very special boy’s scream
 brought his mother and his father
 running from the kitchen.
 “What is it? What happened?”
 they cried, rushing to his side.

“妈妈！”他说，指着书桌。
“看！”
他妈妈看过来。他爸爸看过来。
“看什么，儿子？”他们问。
“那什么都没有。”
“我知道。我知道，”他说。
“电脑不见了！”


“Mom!” he said, pointing at the desk.
 “Look!”
His mother looked. His father looked.
 “At what, son?” they asked.
 “There's nothing there.”
 “I know. I know,” he said. 
 “The computer is gone!”

“哦，就这些吗，”他的妈妈说着，
当她走回厨房的时候。
“电脑坏了。
我们拿去修了。它很快就会回来的。”
“很快是多快？”男孩叫着。
“一个或两个星期，”爸爸笑着说。

“Oh, is that all,” said his mother
 as she went back to the kitchen.
 “The computer is broken. 
 We're having it fixed. 
 It'll be back soon.”
 “How soon is soon?” the boy cried.
 “A week or two,” chuckled the father.

仿佛是经过了一百万年。
男孩被单独留下，无事可做。
他坐在书桌边，很绝望。
他盯着空荡荡的书桌，
书桌上本来放着屏幕,键盘，和鼠标。
现在什么都没有了。
除了一本破烂的分页老书。名字叫狮子座的罗布泊。



It might as well have been a million years.
 The boy was left alone with nothing to do.
 He sat, forlorn, at the desk.
 He stared at the empty place
 where the screen, keyboard, and mouse used to sit.
 Now there was nothing
 except a raggedy-paged old book called Leo the Lop.

长长的叹了一口气,他打开书。
看着布满整个页面的文字。
他读了几句话，然后读了更多。
他惊讶地发现，
他的脑海里开始形成图像，
就像玩电脑游戏一样。


With a deep sigh, he opened the book
 and looked at the words spread across the page.
 He read a few words and then a few more.
 He was surprised to find
 that pictures began to form in his mind,
 just like with the computer game.

就像一条河，由文字生成的图像，
开始流过他的脑海，
当他读着这个精彩的故事的时候。

Like a river, the pictures from words
 began to flow through his mind as he read the wonderful story.

他读了那本书，然后读了一本又一本。他读了许多故事，这些故事是关于小兔子，蝴蝶，和熊的。


He read that book and another and another.
 He read stories about bunnies, butterflies, and bears.

最后，电脑修好了。
但是现在这个特别的男孩，
玩着一个非常特别的游戏，
这个游戏不需要鼠标或键盘。
因为梦想来自书本，
和神奇的明天来自梦想。

In time, the computer was returned.
 But the very special boy now
 had a very special game
 that didn’t need a mouse or a keyboard.
 For from books come dreams,
 and from dreams come magical tomorrows.

The Mind Game

Written by Elizabeth Austin 
Illustrated by Maria Voris

Introduction 
A kite is one of the oldest 
toys. And it’s very simple to 
make. Kites come in many sizes, 
shapes, and colors. Did you 
know that kites can be both toys
and tools?

History of Kites 
Kites were named after the kite bird. The kite bird has wide 
wings and easily floats high in the sky. No one knows who 
made the first kite. But one famous Chinese story about a 
kite was written over 2,000 years ago. The story is about 
a man who used a kite to attack a fort. He couldn’t find a 
way to get inside the fort. So he tied himself to a huge kite. 
He flew over the wall of the fort and scared the soldiers!

The inventor Ben Franklin had the idea 
that lightning was made of electricity. He
wanted to prove his idea. One day when 
it was stormy, he tied a metal key to a kite 
string. Then he flew the kite up into the 
storm clouds. Lightning from the storm 
hit his kite. The electricity ran down the 
wet string to the metal key. When he reached for the key, he 
got a surprise. The electricity jumped from the key and gave 
him a shock! Do not try this yourself. It's not safe to do. 
When Ben Franklin tried to do it again, he was hurt badly.

Many Uses for Kites 
Some people have used kites for fishing. They put a 
fishhook and bait on the long kite tail. The kite tail dragged
in the water. When a fish saw it, it bit the bait and was
caught on the hook. Then the kite was pulled in.

Weather kites carried scientific gauges into the sky. 
The gauges measured how fast the wind was blowing 
and how cool the air was.

Years ago, some armies used 
kites with cameras to spy on 
enemy troops. Kites were 
also used as flying targets. 
The kites trained soldiers to 
aim better. Soldiers shot at 
the kites. The moving 
kites were hard to 
hit with bullets.

Different shapes of kites fly in different 
ways. Flat, diamond-shaped kites fly 
easily. Box-shaped kites can hang still in
the air for a long time. 
Stunt kites twist and twirl on many 
strings. Large parafoil
kites act almost like
parachutes. Giant 
dragon kites flutter. 
Fighting kites can 
be used to cut other 
kites’ strings.

Make Your Own Kite 
You’ll need: 
two lightweight, smooth sticks, 
one 3 feet (90 cm) long, the 
other 2 feet (60 cm) 
a large plastic trash bag, cut open 
a long strip of lightweight cloth 
or plastic for the tail 
scissors, 
strong tape 
a very long string 
Step 1: 
Form a cross shape
with the sticks. Wrap 
tape around the
sticks where they meet.

Step 2: 
Cut off a 4-foot (120 cm) piece of 
string. Tape each end of the string 
to each end of the long stick. This 
string is called the bridle. Tie one 
end of the rest of the string to the 
middle of the bridle. 
Step 3: 
Lay the cross on the open plastic 
bag. Cut a diamond shape around 
it. Make sure to cut the diamond 
shape wider than the ends of
the sticks.

Step 4: 
Fold the corners of the diamond over 
the ends of the sticks. Tape the corners
tightly to the sticks. 
Step 5: 
For a tail, tape the strip of cloth or
plastic to the bottom of the kite.

Kite Safety 
Remember to choose an open, 
safe place to fly your kite. 
Don’t fly it near power lines. 
Keep it away from trees, roads,
and airports. 
Don’t fly a kite in the rain or
when you hear thunder. 
Be sure nothing is on the ground
to trip over.

On a breezy day, take your kite to a flat, open area. Be 
sure that there are no power lines or big trees. Look at the 
ground around you. Is there anything you could trip over? 
Hold your kite up by the bridle and run into the wind. 
Let go of the kite and slowly let out some string. Then let
out a little more until your kite is high in the sky. 
Happy flying!

All About Kites

Anna and the Magic Coat

A Big Job 
Did you ever think about being 
president of a country? Do you 
wonder why someone would want 
such a big job? 
Barack Obama was elected 
president of the United States 
in November 2008.

Growing Up 
Barack was born in 1961 in Hawaii. 
People called him Barry when he 
was young. 
His mother was a white woman from 
the United States. His father was a 
black man from an African country.

Barry’s father left when Barry was 
very young. 
Later, his mother married a man 
from a country in Asia. Barry’s 
family moved to that country. Many
people there were very poor.

Barry moved back to Hawaii at age
ten. He lived with his grandparents
until he finished high school. 
Barry lived in many homes and
many cultures. He did not know
where he belonged in the world.

Finding His Way 
Barry left Hawaii in 1979. He moved 
away to go to another school. 
He started to use his African name, 
Barack. He started to see that he was 
African American and white. He did 
not have to choose between the two.

Do You Know? 
Barack's African name
means “blessed.”

Barack wanted to help poor people
have better lives. 
He moved to Chicago. He helped
people learn about new jobs.
But he wanted to help even more.

Barack wanted to become a lawyer. 
He wanted to help change laws. 
He moved to Boston and studied law.

After Barack became a lawyer, he
moved back to Chicago. 
He helped change laws to make life
better for poor people.

Do You Know? 
Barack met a lawyer named Michelle Robinson when
he moved back to Chicago. 
They married the next year. They have two daughters, 
Malia (mah-LEE-uh) and Sasha.

In Government 
Barack wanted to help even more. 
He became part of the government 
of his state. Later, he became part 
of the government in Washington.

Barack made a big speech in 2004. 
He saw ways to help the United 
States be a better nation. He asked 
all Americans to work together. 
He spoke about peaceful ways to 
solve problems.

Many people liked Barack's speech. 
They liked his message of hope and 
peace. They liked his clear thinking. 
They wanted Barack to be president. 
After four years of hard work, Barack
was elected president.

The New President 
Barack began his job as president on 
January 20, 2009. He and his family 
moved into the White House. 
In October 2009, President Obama 
won the Nobel Peace Prize. He 
received the award for helping to 
make the world a better and more 
peaceful place.

Barack Obama

作者：Kate Follett
插图：John Walker

Written by Kate Follett
 Illustrated by John Walker

故事背后的男人
在你的脑海里描绘一个海盗的形象。
你是不是想到了一个长着胡子，戴着眼罩，背着鹦鹉的卡通海盗？
三百年前，
真正的海盗的确航行在海面上。
一个海盗的名字让每个人都闻风丧胆。
他被称为黑胡子。

The Man Behind the Stories
 Picture a pirate in your mind. 
 Do you think of a cartoon pirate with
 a beard, an eye patch, and a parrot?
 Three hundred years ago, 
 Real pirates did sail the seas. 
 One pirate had a name that scared everyone.
 He was known as Blackbeard.

成为黑胡子
黑胡子的真名叫做爱德华·蒂奇。
大概在1680年的时候，他出生在英格兰。
当爱德华年龄足够大的时候，
他学会了开船。
英格兰那时候正在打仗。
爱德华加入了帮助英国海军攻击敌人船队的船员队伍。
很快，他觉得加入海盗的队伍是一个更好的选择！

Becoming Blackbeard
 Blackbeard’s real name was Edward Teach. 
 He was born in England about 1680. 
 When he was old enough,
 Edward learned to sail a ship.
 England was at war. Edward joined
 the crew of a ship that attacked
 enemy ships to help the English navy. 
 Soon, he decided it would be better to
 join a pirate crew, instead!

海盗们的领袖让爱德华负责一艘海盗船。
他们攻击了如此多其他的船只，
以至于每个人都害怕他们。

The leader of the pirate crew put
 Edward in charge of a pirate ship.
 They attacked so many other ships
 that everyone was afraid of them.

为什么水手变成了海盗？
在那些日子里，水手们工作得很努力但是赚很少的钱。
当一个国家在打仗的时候，任何船只都有可能
被雇来攻击和窃取敌人的船只。
这是很危险的工作。雇佣的船员只会得到很少的钱，
作为占有船只和财宝的报酬。
海盗可以攻击任何船只-
甚至是他们自己的国家的船只！
海盗可以把所有的船只和财宝占为己有！

Why did sailors become pirates?
 In those days, sailors worked very hard 
 but made very little money. 
 When a country was at war, 
 any ship might be hired to attack and steal enemy ships. 
 It was dangerous work. 
 The hired sailors were paid a small reward 
 for the ships or treasure they took.
 Pirates could attack any ship—
 even one from their own country! 
 Pirates could keep all the ships and treasure for themselves!

一天，爱德华和他的海盗们
侵占了一艘他们俘虏的，很大很快的法国船只。
海盗领袖把这艘船给了爱德华作为奖励。
爱德华在船上装了更多的大炮，
使它变得非常危险。
然后他给他的船取了一个新的名字
—安妮女王的复仇。

One day, Edward and his pirate crew 
 took over a large, fast, French ship 
 that they had captured.
 The pirate leader gave the ship 
 to Edward as a reward.
 Edward added more cannons to 
 make it a very dangerous ship. 
 Then he gave his ship a new name—
 the Queen Anne’s Revenge.

安妮女王的复仇和
爱德华很快变得非常有名。
没有船只想要看到这只快速的，
插着黑色的海盗旗的船追赶着他们。
爱德华现在是海盗，黑胡子了。

The Queen Anne’s Revenge and
 Edward soon became very famous.
 No ship wanted to see the fast ship
 and its black pirate flag chasing them. 
 Edward was now Blackbeard, the pirate.

海盗的黄金时代
在十八世纪，欧洲国家在加勒比海，北美和南美地区建立了新的城镇。
英国，法国，荷兰和西班牙的货船来回地航行。
它们很容易成为海盗的目标。

The Golden Age of Piracy
 During the 1700s, European countries set up new towns
 in the Caribbean and North and South America.
 English, French, Dutch, and Spanish 
 cargo ships sailed back and forth. 
 They were easy targets for pirates.

黑胡子统治大海
黑胡子让看到他的每一个人都感到害怕。
他是一个高大的，长着浓密的，编成辫子的黑胡子的男人。
他把发热的保险丝融合在他的胡子里，
这样看起来好像他的胡子着火了。

Blackbeard Ruled the Sea
 Blackbeard scared everyone who saw him. 
 He was a huge man with 
 a thick, braided, black beard. 
 He stuck burning fuses in his beard 
 so it looked as if his beard was on fire.

黑胡子很快就有了四艘快船和超过350个船员。
有一次，他的四艘船开
到了美国南卡罗来纳州的查尔斯顿。
他们抢劫了每一艘开进或开出查尔斯顿的船。

Blackbeard soon had four fast ships 
 and a crew of over 350 men.
 One time, his four ships sailed to Charleston, South Carolina. 
 They robbed every ship sailing in or out of Charleston.

对我来说，海盗的生活是怎样的？
黑胡子是怎么招募到这么多船员的？大多数水手赚的钱很少。
如果一个海盗袭击了他们的船，
水手经常选择加入海盗的队伍！
奴隶们也很乐意成为海盗来摆脱奴隶制。
海盗们经常和他们的船员共享财富。

Pirate’s Life for Me?
 How did Blackbeard get such a big crew? Most sailors got little pay.
 If a pirate attacked their ship, sailors often chose to join the pirates! 
 Former slaves also gladly became pirates to escape slavery. 
 Pirates often shared treasure with their crews.

靠近岸边航行是很困难的。
水不是很深。
有一天，黑胡子，他的四艘船，
和他的所有船员带着他们的财宝航行回家。
黑胡子把安妮女王的复仇开得过于接近岸边了。
他的船被困在一个叫做博福特的沿海城市附近的沙子里。

Sailing a large ship close to 
 the land is hard to do. 
 The water isn’t very deep.
 One day, Blackbeard, his four ships, 
 and all of his men were sailing home
 with their treasure.
 Blackbeard sailed the Queen Anne’s
 Revenge too close to the land. 
 His ship got stuck in the sand near
 a coastal town called Beaufort.

黑胡子叫他的船员把财宝转移到其他船只上。
他支走了他的一个船长
并在附近的一个岛上留下了他的许多船员。
然后，黑胡子把船开走了，
带走了战利品。
他是故意毁了他的船只，
那么他就可以独自占有财宝吗？

Blackbeard told his men to move
 the treasure onto the other ships.
 He sent one of his captains away
 and dropped off many of his men
 on a nearby island.
 Then, Blackbeard sailed away,
 taking the loot with him. 
 Had he wrecked his ship on purpose so 
 he could keep the treasure for himself?

黑胡子的战利品
有一段时间，似乎
黑胡子不再做海盗了。
他结了婚，买了房子。
人们不再担心他。
但是黑胡子很快回到了过去的生活。
他开着他最后的船只，冒险号来到了海上。
黑胡子又开始攻击其他船只了。

Blackbeard’s Capture
 For a time, it seemed that 
 Blackbeard had stopped being a pirate. 
 He got married and bought a house.
 People stopped worrying about him.
 Blackbeard soon went back to his old life, though. 
 He went to sea in his last ship, the Adventure.
 Blackbeard began attacking other ships again.

维吉尼亚州州长厌倦了
黑胡子的攻击。
他派了一艘叫做兰杰号的战船
去搜寻和捕获黑胡子。
一天早上，兰杰号的船员
看到冒险号在奥克拉科克附近。

The governor of Virginia was tired
 of Blackbeard’s attacks. 
 He sent a fighting ship called the Ranger 
 to find and capture Blackbeard. 
 One morning, the crew of the Ranger saw 
 the Adventure near the island of Ocracoke.

两艘船战斗着，
大炮对火了好几个小时。
兰杰号的船员们躲在大炮对火的浓烟中，
因此看起来好像他们已经被杀了。

The two ships fought, firing their
 cannons for many hours. 
 In the heavy smoke from the cannon fight,
 the Ranger’s crew hid so it seemed
 as though they had been killed.

黑胡子以为他赢了，
所以他爬上了兰杰号。
兰杰号的船员从他们躲藏的地方跳了出来，
战斗又开始了。
黑胡子浴血奋战，
但是兰杰号上的人太多了。
他中了5枪，最终倒地身亡。
兰杰号的船员把
黑胡子的尸体扔进了大海。

Blackbeard thought he had won, 
 so he climbed onto the Ranger. 
 The Ranger’s crew jumped out 
 from their hiding places 
 and the fight began again.
 Blackbeard fought hard, 
 but the Ranger had too many men. 
 He was shot five times before he finally died. 
 The Ranger’s crew threw 
 Blackbeard’s body into the sea.

黑胡子驶进了史册
黑胡子的真实故事可能被隐藏
在许多色彩斑斓的海盗书籍和电影之后。
下次当你听到一个海盗的故事的时候，
记住一个历史上真正的海盗:
黑胡子！

Blackbeard Sailed Into History
 Blackbeard’s true story may be
 behind the colorful pirates in many
 books and movies. The next time
 you hear a pirate story, remember
 one of the real pirates in history:
 Blackbeard!

Blackbeard the Pirate

My name is Savannah, and I live in
Tucson (TOO-sawn), Arizona.

Even though my family lives in the 
city, our backyard is like a farm. We 
have a dog and three chickens. The 
chickens live in a coop we made 
with wood we found in the alley.

We bought our chickens at a feed 
store when they were chicks. We 
named them Sleepy, Twinkle, and 
Scott Jr. (Sleepy got her name 
because she always fell asleep in 
our hands.) At first, the chicks had 
to live in a box with a heat lamp to 
keep warm. Soon they were ready 
to move out to their coop.

Our dog, Trixie, is kind to the 
chickens. She even lets them eat her 
dog bones! Once a coyote showed up 
in the alley behind our house. Trixie 
barked to keep the chickens safe.

Our chickens depend on us to take 
good care of them. We keep their 
coop clean and fill their nesting 
boxes with soft bedding. In the 
summer, we hang a screen on their 
coop to keep out the hot sun.

Each afternoon, our chickens eat 
grass, bugs, and pebbles in the 
yard. Chickens don’t have teeth— 
eating pebbles helps them grind 
up their food. We feed the chickens 
corn pellets and table scraps, 
too. They really like grapes and
watermelon.

The chickens love to go outside 
when it rains. The wet soil is a good 
place to find insects and slugs. 
When Scott Jr. gets wet in the rain, 
her feathers stand up like spiky 
hair. She looks so funny!

My favorite part about having 
chickens is seeing what color eggs 
they lay. Sometimes the shells are 
tan. Sometimes they are light pink 
or green. We eat the eggs for
breakfast.

I also like the sounds that the 
chickens make when they lay their 
eggs. They say things like “rah, rah” 
and “bah-bock, bah-bock!” When 
we hear the sounds, we know that 
more eggs are on the way.

Did you know there are more 
than 100 breeds of chickens? Each
breed has its own specialty. For
example, Rhode Island Reds 
are known for laying lots of eggs. 
Silkies are small and have soft, 
fluffy feathers. Different breeds 
can live together in the same 
group, or flock.

One day, our chickens escaped from 
the yard. We found them under a 
bush behind our house. We were so 
happy to see them! We sprinkled 
their favorite seeds on the ground 
to lead them back to the coop.

At night, our chickens climb the 
ladder to their nesting boxes and go 
to sleep. Dad closes the coop door 
to keep them safe.

Having chickens is a lot of fun. They
make us laugh, and they lay eggs 
for our breakfast. What good pets!

Chickens in My Backyard

Written by Marcie Aboff 
Illustrated by Arthur Lin

Introduction 
A community is a place where people 
live, work, and play. A community 
can be large, like a city, or small, like
a town or village. People run their 
community with a government. The
people in the government are part of
the community.

City Government Leaders 
The mayor is the leader of the
community. If someone wants to be
mayor, he or she runs in an election.

When people vote, they make a 
choice. People vote for a mayor in 
an election every two or four years. 
People vote for the person they 
think will be the best mayor. The
person with the most votes becomes
mayor.

The mayor is in charge of many
departments, such as the police
department and the fire department.

More Community Departments 
The Department of Public Works gets rid of garbage and keeps
the city clean.

The mayor is usually in charge of 
the town or city council. The council 
decides how money is spent in the 
community. It might spend money 
to build or fix roads, buildings, and 
parks. It has meetings for people to 
talk about ideas for the community.

Laws in a Community 
The mayor and council also work
together to make laws. Laws are
important.

More Community Departments 
The Transportation Department keeps the roads clear. When
roads are clear, drivers can travel safely.

A community needs laws to keep 
people safe and keep the community 
clean. Some laws say how fast cars 
can go on the roads. Other laws say 
people must not throw their trash 
on the ground.

Police officers make sure people
follow the laws. They also help
people who are in trouble.

When people break the laws, they 
may go to court. In court, a judge 
or a jury decides whether someone 
broke the law. A judge is the head 
of the court. A jury is a group 
of people from the community. 
The jury listens to both sides and 
decides whether someone broke the 
law. Sometimes there is no jury, and 
the judge decides. If the judge or jury 
decides that someone broke the law, 
the judge decides the punishment.

Other Jobs in the Community 
Other people in the government also 
help the community. Firefighters put 
out fires and help people get away 
from fires. Emergency workers help 
people who are sick or hurt. They 
may take people to a hospital.

Conclusion 
The community government is 
important. It makes a difference 
in the lives of people every day. 
The government gives people in a 
community a good and safe place 
to live.

People can make a difference in 
their government, too. They can run 
in an election. They can vote. They 
can speak at community meetings. 
They can also offer to help in parks
and other places. 
What can you do to make a
difference?

Community Government

When and Where?
 People all over the world celebrate
 Día de los Muertos, or “Day of the
 Dead.” People in Mexico have
 celebrated holidays like this one
 for thousands of years. All over the
 United States, people hold parades
 and celebrations. These usually take
 place around November 1 and 2.

Is It Halloween?
 Día de los Muertos might seem
 like Halloween. The two holidays
 are different, though. Halloween is
 often about scaring people. Día de
 los Muertos is a time of joy. People
 remember and celebrate loved
 ones who have died.

Lidia’s Día de los Muertos
 Lidia Terán-Cooper grew up in
 Mexico. Lidia and her family spent
 every Día de los Muertos at the
 cemetery. The family brought
 flowers and a picnic.

They told stories about
 those who had died. Bands played
 special songs. Lidia and the other
 children danced and played all day.
 Día de los Muertos was always a
 happy day for Lidia.

Lidia lives in the United States now.
 Lidia and her family walk in the
 parade in Tucson (TOO-sawn),
 Arizona, every year

Before the parade, Lidia
 makes masks. Children and adults
 paint the masks and wear them in
 the parade.

Day of the Dead for Children
 Some places have a parade for
 children. Children decorate
 cardboard wings to wear.
 They paint their faces and
 put on costumes.

Altars
 Día de los Muertos has many
 other traditions. Some people build
 altars in their homes. The altars are
 covered with cloth. The family puts
 up photos of the person who has
 died. They might add a favorite
 item or piece of clothing of the
 loved one.

The family lights candles around
 the altars. They also make special
 bread. They might even leave a
 favorite drink. Flowers,
 skeleton toys, and dolls
 also decorate the altars.

Sugar Skulls
 Some people make sugar skulls.
 People decorate the sugar skulls
 with colorful frosting. Children
 love eating the sweet skulls.

Art
 Some artists make paintings for
 the holiday. The paintings show
 skeletons dancing and playing
 music. The art is a way to celebrate
 friends and family members who
 have died.

Full of Life
 Día de los Muertos helps people
 to feel better after losing someone
 they love. Marching in a parade
 or decorating altars can help them
 celebrate that special person.
 No other holiday is so full of life,
 costumes, masks, joy, memories,
 and love.

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

作者：Kathie Lester
插图：Signe Nordin

Written by Kathie Lester
 Illustrated by Signe Nordin

一些动物似乎是与众不同的!它们是极端的动物。
这些动物中的许多都有着特殊的头衔。
它们是最高的。它们是最快的。它们是声音最响的。它们以不同的方式移动，
觅食，和发出声音。这本书讲了许多关于这些动物的有趣的事实。

Some animals like to be different! They are extreme animals.
 Many of these animals have special titles. 
 They are the tallest. They are the fastest. They are the loudest. 
 They move,eat,and make noise in different ways. 
 This book tells many fun facts about these animals.

最大的
一条蓝鲸有足球场的一半那么长。

Biggest
 A blue whale is 
 as long as half of a football field.

一只长颈鹿有两层楼的房子那么高。

A giraffe is 
 as tall as a two-story House.

一头大象有两辆小型卡车那么重。

An elephant weighs as much as two pickup trucks.

最小的
一只小型的猴子像老鼠一样小。

smallest
 One tiny type of monkey is as small as a mouse.

A bee hummingbird weighs 
 less than the water in a spoon.

吉娃娃是一只你可以装进口袋的小狗。

A Chihuahua is a little dog 
 that can fit in your pocket.

声音最响的
蓝鲸的喊叫声跟火箭发出的声音一样响。

Loudest
 A blue whale’s cries 
 are as loud as a rocket.

8公里（5英里)以外就能听到一只吼猴的尖叫声。

The screams of a howler monkey 
 can be heard 8 kilometers (5 mi) away.

长颈鹿是安静的,
因为它不使用它的声音。

Quietest
 A giraffe is quiet 
 because it doesn‘t use its voice.

生命最长的
一只大型陆地乌龟可以活150年。

Longest Life
 A big land turtle can live for 150 years.

生命最短的
一只蜉蝣只能活一天。


Shortest Life
 A mayfly lives for only one day.

速度最快的
鸵鸟可以跑得像马一样快。

Fastest
 An ostrichcan run as fast as a horse.

猎豹跑起来的速度可以超过每小时105公里(65英里)。

A cheetah can run 
 over 105 kilometers (65 mi) an hour.

一种鹰俯冲时的速度跟飞机一样快。

One type of hawk dives as fast as an airplane flies.

速度最慢的
一只花园蜗牛需要花很长时间来爬过你的鞋。

Slowest
 A garden snail will take a long time 
 to crawl across your shoe.

关于爬行动物的有趣的事实
蛇从来不闭上眼睛。

Fun Facts About Reptiles
 A snake never closes its eyes.

A crocodile can hold its breath for an hour.

蜥蜴的尾巴断了以后，能长出一条新的。

A lizard can grow a new tail if it breaks off.

关于水生动物的有趣的事实
一条大鲸鱼的舌头的重量
跟一辆小汽车一样重。

Fun Facts About Water Creatures
 The tongue of one big whale 
 weighs as much as a small car.

小海马宝宝呆在它们的爸爸的身体里成长。

Tiny sea horse babies 
 stay inside their father’s body while they grow.

跳跳鱼是一种奇怪的鱼。
它可以跳出水面，它可以爬树。

A mudskipper is an odd fish.
 It can skip out of the water and climb a tree.

比目鱼是扁平的。它的两只眼睛都在头的同一边。

A halibut is flat. 
 Both of its eyes are on the same side of its head.

关于哺乳动物的有趣的事实
每只斑马身上的条纹图案都不一样。

Fun Facts About Mammals
 Each zebra has a different pattern of stripes on its body.

袋鼠可以用它的尾巴来保持平衡。
它可以四只脚一起踢。

A kangaroo can balance on its tail. 
 It can kick with all four feet.

A big hippo can run faster than a person.

骆驼可以关闭它的鼻子来避免吸入沙子。

A camel can close its nose to keep out blowing sand.

关于昆虫的有趣的事实
蝴蝶可以用脚来品尝食物。

Fun Facts About Insects
 A butterfly can taste food with its feet.

An ant can smell things just as well as a dog.

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