1.语文

一年级-上册

2.数学

3.英语

一年级-下册

日语

ドラえもん

英语 自然拼读

作者：Ned Jensen
插图：Liza Woodruff

Written by Ned Jensen
 Illustrated by Liza Woodruff

嗨，我的名字叫莎拉西蒙。我十二岁了，
我读六年级。我认为我是世界上最幸运的女孩之一，
因为在我的房间里有一台电脑。
但我不是唯一一个幸运的人---我的很多朋友也有电脑。

Hi. My name is Sara Simone.
 I’m twelve years old, 
 and I’m in the sixth grade. 
 I think I’m one of the luckiest 
 girls in the world because 
 I have a computer in my room.
 But I’m not the only 
 lucky one —most of my friends
 have computers, too.

妈妈说我花了太多时间，
把自己“关”房间里。她还说我花了太多时间在电脑上。
他们似乎是联系在一起的。
因为我不会花那么多时间在我房间里，
如果不是为了玩我的电脑。我想这就是为什么有些人叫我网络莎拉的原因。

My mom says that 
 I spend way too much time 
 “cooped up” in my room. 
 She also insists that I spend 
 too much time on my computer
 using the Internet. 
 They kind of go together 
 since I wouldn’t spend 
 so much time in my room 
 if it weren’t for my computer. 
 I suppose that’s why some people 
 call me CyberSara.

妈妈说我应该花更多的时间到户外去玩玩---
做一些运动或者在走廊上看看书，
在那儿我至少可以呼吸一些新鲜空气。她可能是对的，
但是我就是太喜欢电脑了。妈妈有时候警告我说，
我渐渐变得沉迷于电脑了。

My mom says I should spend 
 more time playing outside—
 getting exercise or 
 reading books on the porch, 
 where I can at least 
 breathe some fresh air.
 She’s probably right,
 but I just love the computer so much. 
 Mom sometimes warns me that 
I’m becoming addicted to the computer.

我觉得玩电脑比其他任何我能想到的事情都有趣。
我可以玩互动游戏。
我可以上网查找几乎任何我想了解的话题的信息，
我甚至可以在线阅读书籍。但是我最喜欢的是，我可以给我的朋友发送即时消息，
他们可以给我回及时信息，短信，或电子邮件，
我甚至有自己的聊天页面。

I think being on my computer is more fun 
 than just about anything else I can think of.
 I can play interactive games. 
 I can go on the Internet to 
 find information on 
 almost any subject I want to learn about, 
 and I can even read books online. 
 But what I like most of all
 is that I can send 
 instant messages (IMs) to my friends, 
 and they can IM, text, or email me back. 
 I even have my own FaceKid page.

这可能看上去很傻，
但我甚至给我的电脑取了个名字。我叫它点击器。
你可能想知道，为什么我会给它取个这样的名字。
好吧，想一想。你可以点击鼠标，
在电脑上做任何你想做的事情。
因为我一直点击鼠标，我就给我的电脑取名叫点击器。
跟朋友网上聊天是我最喜欢做的事。
我从学校回到家，
做的第一件事就是冲进房间，打开我的电脑。
我发送一条即时信息给我最好的朋友，瑞秋。
她总是立刻回复我的信息。
有时我们聊一个多小时。
这就像是一次面对面的交谈，但是没有其他人在听。
这是我们的私人谈话---只有我和瑞秋。
我们发即时信息谈论我们当天在学校做的事，
我们的作业，我们的家庭，我们的朋友，和我们的宠物。
哦，我忘了告诉你，我有一只小狗名字叫查理，
还有一只猫名字叫布茨。哦，还有另一件事---
我们也聊弗雷迪·弗里德利。他在我们班还算个孩子。


It might seem kind of silly, 
 but I even gave my computer a name. I call it Clicker. 
 You’re probably wondering why I would give it a name like that. 
 Well, think about it. You can click a mouse
 to do just about anything you want to do on the computer. 
 Since I’m always clicking the mouse, I named my computer Clicker.
 Chatting online with my friends is my favorite thing to do. 
 The first thing I do when I get home from school 
 is race to my room and get on my computer. 
 I send an IM to my closest friend, Rachel. 
 She always replies to my messages right away. 
 Sometimes we chat for more than an hour. 
 It’s like having a face-to-face conversation with no one else listening.
 It’s our private conversation—just Rachel and me. 
 We IM about what we did at school that day, 
 our homework assignments, our family, our friends, and our pets. 
 Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that I have a puppy named Charlie
 and a cat named Boots. Oh, and one other thing—
 we chat about Freddy Fridley, too. He’s a kid in our class.

弗雷迪是一个好孩子，但他确实会做一些很诡异的事情。
比如说他让他的冰淇淋融化，这样他就可以用吸管喝。
在他吃莳萝泡菜之前，他会涂上芥末和番茄酱。
好恶心！我认为吃莳萝泡菜本身就是一件奇怪的事，
但是把芥末和番茄酱涂在上面就更加怪异了。

Freddy is an okay kid,
 but he does some pretty bizarre things.
 Like he lets his ice cream melt
 so he can drink it through a straw. 
 He puts mustard and ketchup 
 on dill pickles before he eats them. 
 Yuck! I think that 
 eating dill pickles by themselves 
 is kind of weird, 
 but putting mustard and 
 ketchup on them is even weirder.

我有很多其他的在线聊天好友。
我和我的朋友有时发及时信息给其他孩子，
只是为了捉弄他们，取笑他们。
我们会说过分的事。我们会告诉他们，
他们的衣服很丑或者他们的头发糟透了。
或者我们会说他们在做愚蠢的事情。
我想这不是一件很好的事情，
但是我做了，因为我的朋友们都在做。
我知道你在想什么---那不是一个很好的借口。
我们一直在学校学习网络欺凌，
以及它可以使人感到多么的难受。
我们讨论关于网络欺凌的话题，
这已经让我对交换即时信息来取笑其他孩子，
有了不同的想法。

I have lots of other online chat friends. 
 My friends and I sometimes used to IM other kids
 just to pick on them and poke fun at them. 
 We would say mean things. We would tell them
 that their clothes were ugly or their hair was a disaster. 
 Or we would say they do stupid things. 
 I guess that’s not a very nice thing to do, 
 but I did it because my friends were doing it. 
 I know what you’re thinking—that’s not a good reason. 
 We’ve been learning about cyberbullying at school 
 and how bad it can make someone feel. 
 The discussions we’ve had about cyberbullying
 have made me think differently about 
 exchanging IMs that make fun of other kids.

有一天，我收到了一条即时信息，是一个陌生小孩发给我的。
他的名字叫布拉德利，
他告诉我他住在纽约市。
他还告诉我他十二岁了。
他说他想做我的秘密朋友，
我认为那听起来似乎相当酷。
他问我我还喜欢做什么，除了玩电脑之外。
我发现我们两个都喜欢踢足球，
虽然我不像过去踢得那么多了。
布拉德利说他喜欢看星期六早上的卡通片，
沉迷于玩电脑游戏。
我回答说:“嘿，你猜怎么着？
我也沉迷于玩电脑游戏。”

One day I got an IM from a kid I didn’t know.
 His name was Bradley, 
 and he told me he lived in New York City. 
 He also told me he was twelve. 
 He said he wanted to be my secret friend, 
 and I thought that seemed pretty cool. 
 He asked me what I liked to do besides being on my computer. 
 I found that we both loved to play soccer, 
 even though I don’t play as much as I used to. 
 Bradley said he liked watching Saturday morning cartoons 
 And was obsessed with playing computer games.
 I replied, “Hey, guess what? I’m obsessed with 
playing computer games, too.”

我和布拉德利每天都聊天和互发邮件。
我们成了最好的朋友。他很有趣，
还有点聪明---事实上，
比我认识的，典型的十二岁的男孩们聪明得多。
我真得很喜欢跟他聊天。
他告诉我他很喜欢我。
布拉德利一直在告诉我
纽约市是一个凉爽的地方，很适合居住，
他通过电子邮件给我发摩天大楼的图片，大楼出奇的高。
他问我住在哪里。
我告诉他我住在佛罗里达州的坦帕市，
这儿夏天很热很潮湿。
他说他一直想要来佛罗里达州。
我用邮件给他发很多照片，
包括一些我自己的照片。

Bradley and I chatted and emailed each other every day. 
 We became best friends. He was interesting 
 and seemed kind of smart—in fact, much smarter than 
 the typical twelve-year-old boys I knew. 
 I really liked chatting with him.
 He told me he really liked me.
 Bradley kept telling me 
 New York City was a cool place to live and emailed me 
 amazing pictures of incredibly tall skyscrapers. 
 He asked me where I lived.
 I told him I live in Tampa, Florida, 
 where it is crazy hot and humid in the summer. 
 He said he always wanted to come to Florida. 
 I emailed him a bunch of pictures, 
 including some with me in them.

布拉德利给莎拉的邮件
嘿 ，莎拉，
这是纽约的一些照片。
也许有一天你会来这里，自己亲眼看看。
你有坦帕市的照片吗？
你的房子看起来是什么样的？
查理和布茨是什么样的？
你应该给我发一些图片。
你的秘密朋友，
布拉德利


Bradley's email to Sara 
 Hey Sara,
 Here are some photos of New York. 
 Maybe someday you will come here and see it for yourself.
 Do you have any photos of Tampa? 
 What does your house look like? What about Charlie and Boots?
 You should send me some pics.
 Your Secret Friend,
 Bradley

莎拉给布拉德利回复的邮件
嘿，布拉德利，
谢谢你发来的纽约的图片！我希望我能去那里。
现在发送的是我，布茨和查理的照片。
照片中除了狗和猫，那个人就是我。
莎拉

Sara's reply to Bradley's email
 Hey Bradley,
 Thanks for the pics of New York! I wish I could go there.
 I’m sending you photos of me and Boots and Charlie.
 I’m the one in the photos that isn’t a dog or a cat.
 Sara

有一天，布拉德利告诉我一个好消息。
他告诉我他的爸爸和妈妈将要来佛罗里达，
他会和他们一起来。
他说我们应该有一次秘密的碰面，当他到达这里的时候。
我认为那听起来很酷。
布拉德利告诉我他来坦帕的日子。
他说我们应该在放学之后碰面。
我们可以跟他的爸爸妈妈一起去吃冰淇淋。
我想知道他是否会用吸管吃他的冰淇淋，像弗雷迪·弗里德利那样。

One day, Bradley told me he had good news. 
 He told me his mom and dad 
 were coming to Florida 
 and he was coming with them. 
 He said we should have a secret meeting when he got here. 
 I thought that seemed cool.
 Bradley told me which day 
 he was coming to Tampa. He said 
 we should meet after school and we could 
 go for ice cream with his parents. 
 I wondered if he ate his ice cream through a straw like Freddy Fridley does.

我很兴奋，我终于要跟布拉德利见面了，
在经过了几个月的网上聊天之后。
他不愿意发给我一张他自己的照片，
说他不想破坏了这份惊喜。
这让我怀疑他是否有问题，
但是他说，他学校的每个人都认为
他是班里最可爱的男孩，所以我断定他肯定是正常的。
第二天，我告诉妈妈，我在网上结交了一个新朋友。
当我告诉她的时候，我想，哎呀！
我忘了，布拉德利和我说好要做秘密朋友的。
妈妈开始用一大堆问题来烦我。
我提到过我的妈妈是一名律师吗？
她真得很善长在法庭上提问。
她对我进行了一次一流的盘问，就像你在电视上看到的那样。
我最后告诉她布拉德和他的爸爸妈妈一起来坦帕市。
他和他的爸爸妈妈打算带我去学校附近的冰淇淋店吃冰淇淋。
这真得惹恼了她。她甚至开始咆哮，
我的妈妈通常不会这样做的。

I was excited that I was finally going to meet Bradley 
 after months of chatting online with each other. 
 He refused to send me a picture of himself, 
 saying he didn’t want to ruin the surprise. 
 It made me wonder if there was something wrong with him, 
 but he said that everyone in his school thought 
 he was the cutest boy in his class, so I figured he had to be normal.
 The next day, I told Mom that I had a new friend I met on the Internet. 
 As soon as I told her, I thought, Oops! 
 I forgot that Brad and I were supposed to be secret pals.
 My mom began annoying me with a ton of questions. 
 Did I mention that my mom is a lawyer? 
 She’s really good at questioning people in the courtroom.
 She gave me a big-time cross-examination just like you see on TV. 
 I eventually told her that Brad was coming to Tampa with his parents 
 And that he and his parents were going to 
 take me for ice cream at the ice cream place near school.
 That really set her off. She even began shouting,
 which my mom usually doesn’t do.

我的妈妈显然非常不安。
我不明白她为什么会如此不安，
只是因为我要去见我的新朋友。
她说，我不应该，
发即时信息，短信，或者邮件给我不认识的人。
接下来我知道的是，妈妈叫了她在警察局的一些朋友，
和两个警察来到我们家。
我想知道发生了什么大事。又没有犯任何罪。
我们只是孩子间通过电脑发讯息给对方。
但警察开始问很多问题，
要求看我跟布拉德利的聊天记录。
我告诉他们我没有保存聊天记录，
但是我给他们看我们互相发送的电子邮件。
然后警察用“我的”名义发信息给布拉德利。

My mom was obviously very upset. 
 I didn’t understand why she would get so upset 
 just because I was going to meet my new friend. 
 She said that I should never, ever 
 IM, text, or email someone I didn’t know.
 The next thing I knew, my mom had called 
 some of her friends at the police department, 
 and two police officers came to our house. 
 I wondered what the big deal was.No crime had been committed. 
 We were just kids sending messages to each other over the Internet. 
 But the officers began asking a lot of questions 
 and asked to read the logs from my chats with Bradley. 
 I told them I didn’t save the chat logs, 
 but I showed them the emails we’d sent each other. 
 Then the officers took over sending “my” messages to Bradley.

下午在我和布拉德利要和他的爸爸妈妈一起去吃冰淇淋的时候，
妈妈来学校接我。
当我们去到冰淇淋店的时候，
就是我和布拉德利约好碰面的地方，
警察一直监视着。
原来，布拉德利不是一个十二岁的男孩。
他是一个大人，一个令人毛骨悚然的人。
警察把他铐起来，
开车把他带回了警察局。

On the afternoon when Bradley 
 and I were going to have ice cream 
 with his parents, 
 Mom picked me up at school. 
 When we went to the ice cream place 
 where Bradley and I were supposed to meet, 
 the police were watching. 
 It turned out that Bradley 
 wasn’t a twelve-year-old boy. 
 He was a totally grown-up, creepy man. 
 The police put him in handcuffs 
 and drove him back to the police station.

警察后来告诉妈妈，布拉德利不是他的真名，
他计划着去做一些坏事。
他们告诉我们，他从来没有真得想成为我的朋友，
他只是假装他是我的朋友，
欺骗我独自跟他在某处碰面。
我是幸运的，我说漏了嘴，告诉了妈妈关于我的秘密朋友的事。
我也很高兴妈妈问的所有的那些问题。并报了警。
这次经历，让我真得学到了很多。我知道有些信息，
我不应该在网上与人分享，特别是我从未见过的人。
我还知道，我不应该对我的妈妈保守秘密。
我知道我不会在邮件和信息中说些中伤其他小孩子的事情。
如果妈妈坚持的话，我会让她看我的信息和电子邮件。
妈妈还说她需要电脑的密码，
所以我给了她。我也同意把电脑从我的卧室搬到客厅。
在发生”布拉德利”事件之前，这可能会使我生气。
但是现在我懂得了，所以我能接受。

The police later told my mom that Bradley wasn’t even his real name 
 and that he had planned to do something bad. 
 They told us he never really wanted to be my friend; 
 he was just pretending he was my friend 
 to trick me into meeting him alone somewhere. 
 I was lucky that I slipped up and told my mom about my secret friend. 
 I was also glad that my mom blasted me with all those questions and called the police.
 I sure learned a lot from this experience.I learned that there is information 
 I shouldn’t share with people on the Internet, especially someone I have never met. 
 I also learned that I shouldn’t keep secrets from my mom.
 I know I will stop saying mean things about other kids in my emails and text messages. 
 And, if my mom insists, I will let her read my messages and emails. 
 Mom also said she needed the password to my computer, 
 so I gave it to her.I also agreed to 
 move my computer out of my bedroom and into the living room.
 Before this stuff with “Bradley” happened, that probably would have made me angry. 
 But now I understand, so I am okay with it.

我很肯定，我还会花大量的时间跟点击器在一起。
但这次经历让我更多得思考妈妈讲过的话。
我想我会花更多的时间在户外踢足球，
而不是只是在网上和我的朋友闲逛。
我可以向你保证，我不会跟我从来没有见过的人建立新的在线友谊。
至少在没告诉妈妈之前，是不会的。

I’m pretty sure that Clicker and I 
 will still spend plenty of time together. 
 But this experience has made me think more 
 About what my mom says. 
 I think I will even spend 
 more time outdoors playing soccer 
 instead of just hanging out 
 in cyberspace with my friends. 
 I can guarantee you that I won’t be 
 striking up new online friendships with people I’ve never met—
 at least not without telling my mom about them first.

给孩子的基本上网安全指导
如果有人在网上要做你的“秘密朋友”
或者希望你对他们的聊天信息或电子邮件保密，告诉你的的父母。
当在上网的时候，不要发布你自己的信息，
比如你的姓名，年龄，家庭住址，电话号码，
你的学校名字或者你的任何密码。
你也不应该给网上的陌生人发你自己的照片。
不要同意独自跟某人碰面，这个人你只是在网上“认识”而已。
不要在网上发送欺凌，敌意，或不恰当的信息，
如果你收到这些信息野不要回复。
你在网上看到的任何东西，
在跟父母确认没事之前，不要去购买。
不要把你所有的闲暇时间花在电脑上。
做一些体育锻炼，花时间亲自跟朋友在一起也是很重要的！

Basic Internet Safety Guidelines for Kids
 If someone online asks to be your “secret friend” 
 or wants you to keep their chat messages or emails secret,tell your parents.
 When online, don’t give out information about yourself 
 such as your full name, age, home address, phone number,
 the name of your school, or any of your passwords. 
 You should also never send photos of yourself to strangers online.
 Never agree to meet someone in person whom you only “know” online.
 Don’t send bullying, hostile, or inappropriate messages online 
 and don’t respond to such messages if you receive them.
 Don’t try to buy anything that you see online 
 without making sure that it’s okay with your parents first.
 Don’t spend all your free time on the computer.
 Getting physical exercise and spending time with friends in person are important, too!

My Secret Internet Friend

作者：Carolina B. Page
插图：Cende Hill

Written by Carolina B. Page
 Illustrated by Cende Hill

特殊的快递邮件
那是在犹他州卡纳布的一个下午，
当阿德里亚娜克鲁兹跑进门的时候。
拿着一个大信封,她叫道，
“这封信是奶奶寄来的！”
她的哥哥,罗伯,从他正在阅读的书中抬起头。
“叫妈妈和爸爸过来吧！”他说。
“他们会想马上打开它的。”
他们的小妹妹，艾米丽，把她的手放在身后，
看起来很困惑。“奶奶总是给我们送东西，
有什么大不了的？”
阿德里亚娜解释说：“这是一封特殊的信。
它包含了一次冒险的线索！”
“线索？”艾米丽问。“记得吗，在她上一封邮件里，奶奶告诉我们，
她要给我们关于我们的假期的线索。”罗伯说。
“那并不神秘，”艾米丽说。
“妈妈和爸爸已经告诉我们我们要去奶奶家。”
“但是在去那里的路上，我们必须解开一个谜，”
阿德里亚娜解释道。“这里有线索。”

Special Delivery
 It was late afternoon in Kanab, Utah,
 when Adriana Cruz ran inside. 
 Holding a large envelope, she exclaimed, 
 “It’s the letter from Abuela!”
 Her brother, Rob, looked up from the book he was reading. 
 “Get Mom and Dad!” he said. 
 “They’ll want to open it right away.”
 Their little sister, Emily, put her hands on her hips,
 looking puzzled. “Abuela sends us stuff all the time. 
 What’s the big deal?”
 Adriana explained, “This is a special letter.
 It contains clues to an adventure!”
 “Clues?” Emily asked.“Remember, in her last email Abuela told us 
 she was going to send us clues about our vacation,” Rob said.
 “That’s no mystery,” Emily said.
 “Mom and Dad already told us we’re going to Abuela’s house.”
 “But we have to solve a mystery on the way there,” 
 Adriana explained. “And this has the clues.”

他们的父母走进客厅。
“你们在讨论什么？”
克鲁斯先生问。
“奶奶寄来的信在这里!”
孩子们喊道。
“我们明天将离开卡纳布，
因此它来得很及时，”克鲁斯太太说。
一家人聚集在一起读这封信。

Their parents walked into the living room.
 “What’s all the buzz about?”
 Mr. Cruz asked.
 “The letter from Abuela is here!”
 the children exclaimed.
 “We’re leaving Kanab tomorrow 
 so it came just in time,” Mrs. Cruz said.
 The family gathered to read the letter.

亲爱的每一个家庭成员，
我将带给你们在一个愉快的旅程。让我们看看，
你们是否能想出我们将去哪里。
我已经把线索寄给你们了。当你们开车时，
用线索去试图，
找出我们将在哪里会合。
我将给你们一个提示:
针对我的线索的所有的答案，
都可以在亚利桑那的地图上被找到。
你们能在更小的信封里找到线索。
你们能打开每个新的线索，
在你们解决前一个线索之后。
你们现在可以打开第一个线索。祝你们好运,
我希望我不会独自坐在会合地点。
爱你们的奶奶。

Dear family,
 I am taking you on a wonderful trip.Let’s see 
 if you can figure out where we are going. 
 I have sent you clues. As you drive,
 use the clues to try 
 and figure out where we will meet.
 I will give you a hint:
 All the answers to my clues
 can be found on an Arizona map.
 The clues are found in smaller envelopes.
 You may open each clue 
 as you solve the one before it.
 You may now open the first clue. Good luck, 
 and I hope I am not sitting at the meeting place alone!
 Love, Abuela

线索1:书籍和加密信
“看!她给了一张地图。”罗伯说,
把它展开放在咖啡桌上。
“我认为这些都是线索,”艾米丽说。
指着一堆信封，
信封是用一根橡皮筋捆在一起的。

CLUE 1: Books and Scrambled Letters
 “Look! She included a map.” Rob said,
 unfolding it on the coffee table.
 “I think these are the clues,” Emily said,
 pointing to a bunch of envelopes 
 held together with a rubber band.

克鲁斯先生举起一个密封的信封。
“我们应该先打开这个,”
他说,
当他打开信封的时候。
他抽出纸，读道:

Mr. Cruz held up a sealed envelope. 
 “We are supposed to open this one first,” 
 he said,
 as he opened the envelope. 
 He pulled out the paper and read:

线索1
要开始我们的假期游戏，
要去到一个城市，它的名称，告诉了我们
每一本书的共同的部分，
当你们到达那个城市的时候,“shout！”
然后解读出"shout"这个单词里字母的含义，
它会告诉你们往哪个方向走。

Clue 1
 To begin our vacation game
 go to the city with a name that tells 
 a common part of each and every book.
 When you get to the city, "SHOUT!"
 Then unscramble the letters in shout
 to tell you which direction to take.

艾米丽说,“让我们看看地图。
奶奶说所有的答案都在地图上。
如果我们看看地图,
也许我们可以找到一个城市，它是书的一部分。”
“嗯,”阿德里亚娜说：“我认为这可能更容易些，
如果我们列出一本书的各个部分。我想
一本书所含有的部分比亚利桑那州的所有城市少些。”

Emily said, “Let’s look at the map. 
 Abuela said all the answers were on the map.
 If we look at the map 
 maybe we can find a city that is part of a book.”
 “Hmm,” said Adriana, “I think it might be easier
 to list the parts of a book. I think there are 
 fewer parts of a book than there are cities in Arizona.”

“好主意！”罗伯特大喊道,
然后他开始列一张表。
“让我们看看，有封面，
有目录和页码。。。”
“页数!所有的书都有页数，
但它们可能没有目录!”
阿德里亚娜说。
“太好了!让我们看看亚利桑那州是否有培智斯市，
在地图上，”罗伯说。
“没有培智斯市，但有培智市，
在亚利桑那州！它是在这个国家的北方，
几乎在中心，”阿德里亚娜说。
“嗯，那么，那就是我们明天将开车前往的地方，
在我们享受了丰富的早餐以后。”克鲁斯夫人说。
　　

“Great idea!” exclaimed Rob, 
 and he started making a list. 
 “Let’s see, there are covers, 
 a table of contents, and page numbers . . .”
 “Pages! All books have pages 
 but they might not have a table of contents!” 
 said Adriana.
 “Great! Let’s see if there is a Pages, Arizona, 
 on the map,” said Rob.
 “There’s not Pages, but there is a Page,
 Arizona! It is in the northern part of the state, 
 almost in the center,” stated Adriana.
 “Well, then that is where we will drive tomorrow 
 after we have had a good breakfast,”said Mrs. Cruz.

线索2:名字和绘画
第二天早上,很早吃了早餐以后的一个小时，
他们就开车前往培智，努力地进行shout这个词的拼词游戏。
“现在我们必须找出朝哪个方向开，
用shout这个词中的字母，”罗伯说。
“嗯，不应该是西面，
因为我们刚从那儿来，
奶奶不会让我们沿相同的方向返回的，”
阿德里亚娜说。“傻瓜。 是南面！
你把h移到最后，”艾米丽大喊。
“嘿，为什么我们现在不去打开下一个线索，
既然我们已经猜出来了。”爸爸想起来了，说道。

CLUE 2: Names and Paintings
 The next morning, an hour after an early breakfast,
 they rolled into Page and gave aloud SHOUT.
 “Now we have to figure out what direction to go 
 using the letters in the word shout,”said Rob.
 “Well it shouldn’t be west 
 because we just came from there, 
 and Abuela wouldn’t send us back in the same direction,”
 said Adriana.“You sillies. It’s south!
 You just move the h to the end,” cried Emily.
 “Hey, don’t we get to open the next clue now 
 that we are in Page?” remembered Dad.

因为爸爸在开车，所以妈妈打开了下一个线索。妈妈读道：
“线索2。你们应该在亚利桑那州的培智市，然后向南面开。”
“耶！”克鲁斯一家的孩子们欢呼着。
“我们是正确的。”妈妈继续阅读。

Mom opened the next clue because Dad was driving. Mom read, 
 “Clue 2. You should be in Page, Arizona and traveling south.”
 “Yeah!” cheered the Cruz children.
 “We were right.” Mom continued reading.

线索2
在你们沿着山脊一直开，
然后穿过沟壑，
你们将会到达到一个小镇的出口，
它被认为是一个城市，
往往是一个乐队的成员。
当你们到达那里的时候，
开始寻找，
这幅画描绘的东西。
当你们穿过它，
打开线索3。

Clue 2
 After you Spring along the Ridge 
 and across the Gap, 
 you will get to the exit to a town
 that thinks it’s a city 
 and is often a member of a band. 
 When you get there, 
 start looking for 
 something this picture represents.
 When you are traveling through it, 
 open Clue 3.

“这画了一支画笔和一个仙人掌，”
阿德里亚娜说：“但是它是什么意思呢？”

“It’s a drawing of a paintbrush and a cactus,” 
 Adriana said, “but what does it mean?”

“让我们看看地图。我没有看到任何仙人掌,
当然也没有画笔。
再把线索读一遍，妈妈，”罗伯说道。
妈妈把线索又读了一遍，说：
“哦，我刚注意到春天，山脊，和沟壑
都大写了。这意味着他们可能会是某样事物的名字。
所有的地名都是大写的。”
阿德里亚娜打开了地图。“在这儿！89号高速公路。
我们应该在89号公路上向南行驶！”
“让我看看，”罗伯说着，当他抓起地图的时候。
“看89号高速公路经过比特斯普林斯，
雪松岭，和海沟-就像妈妈认为的地方。”
“好,那么89号肯定是正确的道路。”爸爸如释重负地说。
“那被认为是城市的城镇，
往往是一个乐队的成员。
到底什么意思呢？”“嗯，”罗伯说。
“我知道了！这是图巴城。
我从地图图例上看到图巴城实际上是一个城镇，
我知道大号是乐队中使用的乐器。”

“Let’s look at the map. I don’t see any cactus, 
 and certainly there are no paintbrushes.
 Read the clue again, Mom,” asked Rob.
 Mom read the clue again and said, 
 “Oh, I just noticed that Spring, Ridge, and Gap
 are all capitalized. That means they might be the name of something.
 All place names are capitalized.”
 Adriana opened the map. “Here it is! Highway 89. 
 We are supposed to drive south on Highway 89!”
 “Let me see,” said Rob as he grabbed the map. 
 “Look Highway 89 goes through Bitter Springs, 
 Cedar Ridge, and The Gap—places just like Mom thought.”
 “Good, then 89 must be the right road,”said a relieved Dad. 
 “What about that town that thinks it’s a city 
 and is often a member of a band. 
 What the heck does that mean?”“Hmm,” said Rob.
 “I’ve got it! It’s Tuba City. 
 I see from the map legend that Tuba City is really a town, 
 and I know that tubas are musical instruments in bands.

线索3:城镇和旗帜
经过了好几个小时，当孩子们
找遍了每个广告牌，标志，建筑，
沿着89号高速公路，一路寻找可以某些
可以跟画有联系的东西。
他们已经通过了去到图巴城的出口。
他们开始紧张起来了。
“也许我们开过了，”阿德里亚娜说。
“我不这么认为，”妈妈说：
“看看窗外。
这些岩石是不是很漂亮？
这几乎像是
有人用彩虹给它们涂了颜色。”
“用画笔画的吗？”艾米丽问。

CLUE 3: Towns and Flags
 Several hours passed as the children 
 searched every billboard, sign, and building 
 along Highway 89 for something 
 that matched the drawing. 
 They had passed the exit to Tuba City 
 and were starting to get nervous.
 “Maybe we missed it,” said Adriana.
 “I don’t think so,” said Mom, 
 “but just look out the window. 
 Aren’t these rocks beautiful? 
 It’s almost as if 
 someone painted them with a rainbow.”
 “Painted with a paintbrush?” asked Emily.

这时阿德里亚娜看到一块牌子写着“七彩沙漠。”
“就是它了！”她大叫。
“艾米丽，你是一个天才！画笔和仙人掌-
我们在七彩沙漠里。妈妈，
打开下一个线索，看看我们是不是对的！”
妈妈读道:

Just then Adriana saw a sign “Painted Desert.” 
 “That’s it!” she cried. 
 “Emily, you are a genius! Paintbrush and cactus—
 we are in the Painted Desert. Mom, 
 open the next clue and let’s see if we are right!”
 Mom read:

线索3
你们应该已经通过了比特斯普林斯，雪松岭，
海沟，和图巴城出口。
现在你们应该沿着七彩沙漠开。

Clue 3
 You should have passed Bitter Springs, Cedar Ridge,
 The Gap, and the Tuba City exit.
 Now you should be traveling along the Painted Desert.

孩子们都尖叫起来：“太棒了！”
妈妈继续读。


The children all screamed, “Yes!”
 Mom continued.

你们的曾祖母背诵了这首诗，
在她读书的时候，那时她还是个孩子。
当你们到达亚利桑那州的城市，
就是诗中提及的那个城市的时候，
给我打电话。
哦，我们的联盟的旗帜，
哦，我们的联盟的旗帜，我们对你是真诚的，
对你的红色和白色的条纹，
和你的蓝色旗面上的星星；
自由的象征，权利的象征，
我们作为孩子要向你致敬，
哦，公平和明亮的旗帜！

Your great-grandmother recited this poem
 in school when she was a child. 
 When you reach the Arizona city 
 it reminds you of, 
 call me on the phone.
 O Flag of Our Union
 o Flag of our union, to you we’ll be true,
 to your red and white striPes, 
 and your stars on the blue;
 the emblem of freedom, the symbol of right,
 we children salute you, 
 o flag fair and bright!

“哦，老兄。这都是关于一面旗帜的。
我们要去哪找一面旗帜，
在沙漠中？”罗伯抱怨道。
“我在加油站看到旗帜了，”艾米丽说。
“是的，但一个加油站不是一个城市。
奶奶说当我们到达那个城市，
诗中提及的那个城市的时候，给她打电话，”罗伯说。
“我知道，”阿德里亚娜说。“记住，奶奶还说，
所有的线索都可以在地图上找到。
让我们看看地图，找到城市。
也许如果我们阅读城市的名字，我们可以找到一个城市，
让我们想到旗帜。
在这张地图上城市比城镇用更大的点标注。”
孩子们寻找了地图上所有的城市。
凤凰,图森。。。“旗杆市！”他们喊道。
“爸爸，快，开车到旗杆市！”


“Oh, man. It’s all about a flag. 
 Where are we going to find a flag 
 in the middle of the desert?”moaned Rob.
 “I’ve seen flags at gas stations,” stated Emily.
 “Yeah, but a gas station isn’t a city. 
 Abuela said when we get to the city 
 the poem reminds us of, to call her,” said Rob.
 “I know,” said Adriana. “Remember, Abuela also said 
 that all the clues can be found on the map. 
 Let’s look at the map and find the cities.
 Maybe if we read the city names we can find one 
 that reminds us of a flag. 
 Cities have bigger dots on this map than towns.”
 The children looked for all the cities on the map, 
 Phoenix, Tucson . . . “FLAGSTAFF!” they shouted. 
 “Dad, quick, drive to Flagstaff!”

线索4:更多的字母和25美分硬币
他们开车到旗杆市附近的一个休息站，
爸爸用手机给奶奶打电话。
“哇,你们做得很好！
我希望你们已经在旗杆市了，”
奶奶通过话筒说。
“打开扬声器，
这样每个人都能听到。”

CLUE 4: More Letters and Quarters
 They drove to a rest stop near Flagstaff,
 and Dad called Abuela on his cell phone.
 “Wow, you have done a great job! 
 I hope you’re in Flagstaff,”
 said Abuela over the phone. 
 “Put me on the speakerphone 
 so everyone can hear.”

大家好！这是线索4。
解读中线索3中没有被选中的的字母。
在40号州际公路上向东开两个小时。
在华盛顿的硬币的头上跟我会合。

Hi everyone. Here is Clue 4.
 Unscramble the letters in Clue 3 that chose not to join.
 Go two hours east on Interstate 40.
 And meet me at the head of Washington’s coin.

“两个小时后见！”奶奶说。
“再见，奶奶！”孩子们喊道。
“我想我们需要再次拿出地图。”罗伯说。
“别忘了线索3，”艾米丽说。

“See you in two hours!” Abuela said.
 “Bye, Abuela!” the children shouted.
 “I guess we need to pull out the map again,” said Rob.
 “And don’t forget Clue 3,” said Emily.

孩子们看到一些字母，
是跟在线索3中的其他字母不同的。
他们找出那些没有用到的字母。
但当他们把这些字母列出来，
F,i,e,t,d,i,P,r,o,e,e,f,r,s,t,
它们没有意义。
然后阿德里亚娜记得奶奶说过，
要去解读这些字母。
所以他们每个人开始玩字母游戏。
他们把字母加密，解码，当爸爸在开车的时候。
他们拼出了彼得的节日，和自由的诗人，
但是都没有意义。
然后爸爸提醒他们还有地图。
“我们正要在40号州际公路上向东开两个小时。
也许你们可以使用地图上英里的比例尺，
来找出两小时的车程将会有多远，
看看目的地附近是否有某些东西
有你们列出的字母。”

The children saw that some of the letters
 were different from the other letters in Clue 3.
 They figured that those were the letters that didn’t join. 
 But when they listed the letters,
 F, i, e, t, d, i, P, r, o, e, e, r, s, f, t, 
 they didn’t make sense.
 Then Adriana remembered that Abuela had said 
 to unscramble the letters. 
 So they each played with the letters. 
 They scrambled and unscrambled them as Dad drove.
 They had made Peter Fest, and Free Poets
 but nothing was making sense. 
 Then Dad reminded them of the map.
 “We are driving two hours east on I-40. 
 Maybe you can use the scale of miles on the map 
 to figure out how far two hours driving would be 
 and see if something near that spot 
 has the letters you listed.”

“嗯，从旗杆市道温斯洛大约是60英里，”
罗伯说。
“这意味着大约一个小时，
因为汽车的时速大约是60英里每小时。
另一个小时，或离那里60英里的地方，
我们会到一个叫石化林的地方，”
阿德里亚娜说。“就是它！”罗伯叫道：
“奶奶会在石化林跟我们会合，
它有所有正确的字母。”
“但根据这张地图这个森林很大！
我们怎么在森林里找到奶奶呢？”
艾米丽叫道。
“她说在华盛顿的头上会合，”
阿德里亚娜想起来了：“也许那有一个雕像。
等等，她是不是说了些关于硬币的事？
华盛顿的头像在一个25美分的硬币上，不是吗？”

“Well, it’s about 60 miles from Flagstaff to Winslow,”
 said Rob.
 “That means it is about an hour 
 Because cars travel about 60 miles an hour. 
 Another hour, or 60 miles from there, 
 puts us at a place called the Petrified Forest,” 
 said Adriana.“That’s it!” cried Rob. 
 “Abuela is meeting us at the Petrified Forest. 
 That has all the right letters.”
 “But according to this map the forest is huge! 
 How are we going to find Abuela in a forest?” 
 cried Emily.
 “She said to meet her at Washington’s head,” 
 Adriana remembered. “Maybe there’s a statue there. 
 Wait, didn’t she say something about a coin? 
 Washington’s head is on a quarter, isn’t it?”

“25美分的硬币比头还小！”罗伯叫道。
“嗯，”妈妈说，
“我相信奶奶的话是，
‘在华盛顿的硬币的头上。'
也许你们需要再看一次地图。”
阿德里亚娜大声读着，
石化林里标记的位子，
“宾塔图景点，克奇那神景点，公园总部，
和报纸岩石景点。”
“等等！”罗伯喊道：“就是它！公园总部—
我们要跟奶奶会合，
在石化林里的公园总部！”


“Quarters are even smaller than heads!”cried Rob.
 “Well,”Mom said,
 “I believe Abuela’s words were
 ‘at the head of Washington’s coin.’
 Perhaps you need to look at the map again.”
 Adriana read aloud 
 the spots labeled inside the Petrified Forest,
 “Pintado Point, Kachina Point, The Park Headquarters, 
 and Newspaper Rock.”
 “Wait!” cried Rob. “That’s it! The Park Headquarters—
 we will meet Abuela 
 at the Park Headquarters inside the Petrified Forest!”

很快，克鲁兹一家开车进入了停车场，
它在石化林公园总部里。
孩子们爬出汽车。
他们发现奶奶正在高兴地
跟一个公园管理员讲话。
“我的家人们现在来了，”奶奶说。
“我以为你们找不到这儿！”
“找不到？这是有史以来最短的车程！”
艾米丽说。
“好吧，让我们去了解石化林吧,”
奶奶说。克鲁斯一家知道
他们将要跟奶奶开始另一个冒险了。


Soon the Cruz family pulled into the parking lot 
 at Petrified Forest Park Headquarters. 
 The children scrambled out of the car. 
 They found Abuela cheerfully 
 talking to a park ranger.
 “There’s my family now,” said Abuela.
 “I thought you’d never get here!”
 “Never? That was the shortest drive ever!”
 said Emily.
 “Well, let’s go find out about Petrified Forests,” 
 said Abuela.The Cruz family knew 
 they were off on yet another adventure with Abuela.

Adventures with Abuela

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

Deeply Hidden Things 
“Knowledge of what is does not open the
door directly to what should be.” 
When Albert Einstein was five years old, 
his father showed him a magnetic compass. 
Einstein was curious. Why did the compass’s
needle stay still while his father turned its
casing around and around? Einstein was too young to know the
answer back then. Later on, he wrote that the compass had taught him an
important lesson —that “something deeply hidden”was “behind
things.” That curious little boy grew up to become a curious
scientist. He spent his life trying to identify
that “something.” In doing so, Albert Einstein
forever changed the way people think about the universe.

A Talented, Curious Boy 
“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit, and
a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?” 
Albert Einstein was born on March 14,
1879, in the small town of Ulm, Germany. 
Einstein’s family had a strong influence on his
life. His younger sister, Maja, was his closest
childhood friend. His mother, Pauline,
encouraged Albert to take up the violin when
he was six. His violin would be a constant
companion for the rest of his life.

Einstein’s father and two of his uncles 
introduced Einstein to math and science
when he was young. One of his uncles
taught him algebra by making it into a game. 
A family friend brought him several books 
about science and mathematics. Einstein
would read the books for hours at a time. 
He especially liked a book about geometry.

Do You Know? 
As a child, Einstein had a curious speech habit. Whatever he said
out loud, he would then say again to himself in a very quiet voice. He
eventually outgrew this habit and became an
accomplished public speaker.

“Teaching should be such that 
what is offered is perceived as a
valuable gift and not as a hard duty.”
In school, Einstein’s talent for math and
science was clear. However, he questioned the
way the school taught him. To young Einstein,
the teachers just drilled their
students to memorize useless information. Einstein liked
to think creatively, not just memorize. When he was only
17 years old, Einstein was accepted at one of the best
scientific universities in Europe. 
Once again, Einstein’s curiosity
about how and why things worked led him
to do things his own way. He often skipped
classes to spend more time on his own ideas. 
His professors thought that Einstein might
have a bright future —if he would do as he
was told. “Imagination is more
important than knowledge.”

The Patent Office 
Einstein had trouble finding a job after
finishing school in 1900. His independence
and curiosity made him unpopular with the
teachers who could help him find work. In
1902, he took a job in a patent office in Bern,
Switzerland.His job was to make sure that 
devices submitted for patents worked the way
their inventors said they did. The job in the
patent office allowed Einstein to do what he
did best —pursue his curiosity and question
the ideas of others. On his first day at work,
Einstein’s boss told him, “When you pick
up an application, think that anything the
inventor says is wrong .”

The money and work schedule gave
Einstein the freedom to pursue his own
ideas. In his spare time, he met with a group
of friends who shared his curiosity about
scientific ideas. They called themselves the
Olympia Academy. It was during these years 
of steady work and strong friendships that
Einstein began working on ideas that would
change science forever.

Do You Know? 
Einstein himself held several patents. One
patent was for a compass that was not affected
by the presence of large amounts of iron. The
compass became standard equipment on metal
ships and submarines. He also held a patent for a
quieter, safer pump for refrigerators.

The Miracle Year 
By 1905, Einstein had worked in the patent
office for three years. During that time, he
developed new scientific theories. He soon felt
confident enough in his ideas to share them. 
Einstein sent papers explaining his ideas
to the leading German scientific journal of
the time. The journal published the first of
these papers in March 1905.Four more soon
followed. Einstein’s first paper explained what
light is and how it acts. The second
and third papers proved the existence of tiny
parts of matter, called molecules and atoms,
and described how they moved. The final
two papers offered new explanations of the
relationships among space, time, and objects
in motion .

Scientists were astounded by what they
read. In six months, Einstein changed the way
they had thought about the universe for over
two hundred years! They were amazed that 
these ideas came from a curious 26-year-old
patent clerk instead of a professor of physics.
Einstein’s career in science began to take
off. He received invitations to explain his new
ideas at scientific meetings. The 1905 Nobel
Prize winner in physics contacted Einstein
to congratulate him. A well-known professor
of physics named Max Planck even began to
teach Einstein’s ideas to his students. In time,
1905 came to be known as Einstein’s
“miracle year .”

A Rising Star 
“The most incomprehensible thing about
the world is that it is comprehensible.” 
In 1909, Einstein finally received an offer to
teach at a university. He took the job, but ended
up teaching at different schools over the next
few years. He was searching for the ideal place
for his research. Meanwhile, he continued to
develop his earlier ideas in new ways. 
It was hard work, and Einstein often 
thought he was on the wrong track. 
His ideas were so new and unfamiliar 
that he said they almost drove him crazy. 
Then, in 1915, he had a breakthrough. He
finally figured out how to combine his earlier
ideas into one system. He called the system
the General Theory of Relativity .

Einstein’s ideas once again excited 
scientists around the world. In 1919, British
scientists tested his theory by measuring the
position of a star during a solar eclipse. If
Einstein was correct, the star would appear
to be in one position while it was actually in
another. The star appeared almost exactly 
where Einstein said it would be! Newspaper
headlines around the world announced the
findings. Overnight, Albert Einstein became 
one of the most famous people in the world.

Not everyone was pleased with Einstein. 
Many scientists had built their careers on
ideas that Einstein tossed aside. Others did
not want to believe Einstein’s theories because
they were difficult to test. Einstein knew that
his theories were not perfect. Yet with each
new paper, more and more people came to
understand the importance of Einstein’s work.

The Uses of Fame 
“Try not to become a man of success 
but a man of value.” 
As Einstein’s fame grew, so did the demand
for interviews, photographs, speeches, and
writings. Einstein had mixed feelings about
all this attention. These demands took up
time that he could have spent on other things. 
He also knew that many people would
misunderstand his ideas no matter how
carefully he explained them. 
“You cannot simultaneously prevent 
and prepare for war.”

At the same time, Einstein knew that 
fame would help him bring his ideas to more
people. The more speeches and interviews he
gave, the more people would hear and try to
understand the world as he saw it. 
Einstein also knew that he could use his
fame to draw attention to issues he cared
about outside of science. One of Einstein’s
most deeply held beliefs was that war should
be avoided. In 1914, he was one of only three
scientists who signed a letter against Germany
taking part in World War I. More than 100
scientists had signed a letter of support for
the war. He also worked with international
groups working for peace. He wrote often
about his antiwar beliefs. When Germany
began preparing for war again in the 1930s,
Einstein continued to speak out.

Do You Know? 
In the 1930s, Einstein began to publish a series of 
articles for general audiences titled The World as I See It. 
The collection covered topics from war to liberty to progress 
and education—not just science.

Coming to America 
“The most important motive for work 
in school and in life is pleasure in work, 
pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of
the value of the result to the community.” 
Despite the efforts of Einstein and others to
promote peace, Germany moved closer to war
in the 1930s. Einstein left Germany in 1933. 
He took a job at Princeton University in the
United States .

Einstein and his family soon became part
of Princeton’s close-knit community. When
out-of-town visitors wanted to know where
he lived, townspeople would ask, “Are you
expected?” This question kept strangers from 
bothering Einstein at home.

For the next 22 years, Einstein continued 
working to expand his ideas into new areas. 
He believed that he could develop a new
theory that would unify his ideas with the
latest theories. He worked as hard as he
ever had, yet he never achieved the sort of
breakthroughs he’d had during the “miracle
year” or with his General Theory of Relativity. 
Despite the lack of new breakthroughs, he
continued to give speeches, write articles, and
meet regularly with fellow scientists .

Einstein’s Influence 
“Few are those who see with their own
eyes and feel with their own hearts.” 
Einstein was not an inventor. Yet his
curiosity led to the creation of many
useful products. For example,
Einstein’s ideas about light 
led scientists to develop new ways to control light. 
These developments eventually led to 
television cameras, remote controls, 
and flat-screen computers. Einstein
was also the first person to think of
laser light. Laser light is now used
in CDs, DVDs, and supermarket
checkout equipment. His proof of the
existence of atoms and molecules led to the
creation or improvement of a wide range of products. 
Those products include shaving cream, toothpaste,
personal computers,
portable phones, and more .

Einstein’s scientific ideas continue to
influence new theories. Current ideas about
the origins of the universe, the nature of
space, and strange objects called black holes 
all owe a large debt to Einstein. 
“The important thing is to never
stop questioning.”

A Life Well Lived 
Einstein once said, “The most beautiful 
experience we can have is the mysterious . . . . 
It is enough to try to understand a little of this
mystery every day.” 
Until his death on April 18, 1955, Einstein’s
curiosity led him to work to understand
nature’s greatest mysteries. In doing so, he
changed the way people think about time,
space, energy, and matter —the foundations
of the universe.

Albert Einstein

Written by Ann Weil
 Illustrated by Marcy Ramsey

第一章
爱丽丝做了一个美好的梦。
这是她十三岁的生日。
她的妈妈已经给她烤好了一个有着粉色糖霜的蛋糕。
她的爸爸正递给她
一个带有漂亮的蝴蝶结，包装艳丽的盒子。
当爱丽丝正在拆礼物的时候，她醒来了。
她猛地闭上眼睛，希望
回到美好的梦里，但是太迟了。
她能听到她的妈妈在为工作做准备。
爱丽丝看了看床边桌子上的钟。
也是她该起床的时候了。

Chapter One
 Alice had a wonderful dream. 
 It was her thirteenth birthday. 
 Her mother had baked her a cake with pink frosting. 
 Her father was handing her 
 a brightly wrapped box with a beautiful bow.
 Alice woke up just as she was unwrapping the present. 
 She snapped her eyes shut, hoping to 
 slip back into the lovely dream, but it was too late. 
 She could hear her mother getting ready for work. 
 Alice glanced at the clock on the table next to her bed. 
 It was time for her to get up, too.

当爱丽丝在穿衣服的时候，她的房间依然是黑着的。
因为厚重的窗帘封住了金色的阳光。
这个国家深陷于第二次世界大战，
人们担心敌人的飞机会看到从城市发出的灯光，
然后知道向哪里投放他们的炸弹。每一天晚上，
户外灯都熄灭了，室内灯光被隐藏起来。
一个看守人每天晚上在爱丽丝他们的街区里巡逻。
他要确保连一小束光都没有从受管制的厚重的窗帘周围射出来。
爱丽丝很期待拉开她的厚重的窗帘。
在每天早上，让阳光洒满她的房间。
这天早上，爱丽丝感到很愉快。
她可能会在放学后跟她的朋友一起在公园里玩。
但首先，她不得不叫醒她的弟弟，罗伯特，
给他穿衣服，给他吃早餐。和他一起走去学校。

Alice’s room remained dark as she dressed
 because heavy blackout curtains 
 sealed out the golden sunlight. 
 The country was deep into World War II, 
 and people were afraid that
 enemy planes would see lights from the city
 and know where to drop their bombs. Every night, 
 outdoor lights were turned off and indoor lights were hidden.
 A warden patrolled Alice’s neighborhood each night. 
 He made sure not even a sliver of light 
 glowed around the edges of drawn blackout curtains.
 Alice looked forward to pushing aside her blackout curtains 
 each morning to let sunlight flood her room.
 This morning Alice felt cheerful. 
 She might play in the park after school with her friends.
 But first she had to wake her little brother, Robert, 
 get him dressed, give him breakfast, and walk him to school.

当爱丽丝和罗伯特走进厨房的时候，爱丽丝的妈妈已经离开去工作了。
爱丽丝的爸爸已经被派送
去欧洲打仗了，
爱丽丝的妈妈找到了一份在工厂的工作，
这家工厂制作船舶的部件。和许多女人一样，
她做着一项曾经是男人干的工作，
这些男人像爱丽丝的爸爸一样被派送出去了。
美国需要新的船只来获取战争的胜利，
这归功于这些女人每天工作
8到12小时，每周轮班6或7天
来保持工厂的运作。

Alice’s mother had already left for work
 By the time Alice and Robert walked into the kitchen. 
 After Alice’s father had been shipped out 
 to fight the war in Europe, 
 Alice’s mother took a job working at a factory 
 that made parts for ships. Like many women, 
 she held a job once done by a man 
 who had been shipped out like Alice’s father. 
 America needed new ships to win the war,
 and it was up to the women to work 
 eight- to twelve-hour shifts six or seven days a week 
 to keep the factories running.

爱丽丝为她的父母为战争所做的牺牲感到自豪。
但是她想念跟她的妈妈一起吃早餐的日子。
她也想念她的爸爸。“你看上去很难过，”罗伯特说。
他满口都是麦片，
牛奶从他的下巴流下来。
“怎么了？”“没什么，”爱丽丝撒了谎，
在她心不在焉地用餐巾擦着她弟弟的脸的时候。
罗伯特是对的。爱丽丝感到难过。
明天是她十三岁的生日。
在过去，爱丽丝期待她的生日，
但今年却不同。
她的爸爸总是会用高声唱着祝你生日快乐来叫醒她。
这总是让她笑。“不幸的十三岁，”
当爱丽丝帮罗伯特系鞋带的时候，她自言自语道。

Alice was proud of 
 the sacrifices her parents made for the war effort. 
 But she missed having breakfast with her mother.
 She missed her father, too.“You look sad,”said Robert.
 He had a mouthful of cereal 
 and milk dribbling from his chin.
 “What’s wrong?”“Nothing,” Alice lied 
 as she absently wiped her brother’s face with a napkin. 
 Robert was right. Alice was feeling sad. 
 Her thirteenth birthday was tomorrow. 
 In the past, Alice looked forward to her birthdays, 
 but this year was different. 
 Her father usually would wake her up 
 by belting out the song Happy Birthday to You. 
 It always made her laugh. “Unlucky thirteen,” 
 Alice said to herself as she helped Robert tie his shoes.

第二章
因为爱丽丝的妈妈长时间在工厂工作，
爱丽丝要做更多的家务。
大多数时候，爱丽丝不介意这额外的职责，
能够帮点忙让她感觉很好。
今天，她要做的家务是-去杂货店购物-
这工作需要付出的努力让爱丽丝想抱怨。
爱丽丝没有心情去一家商店一家商店地逛，
来找到她妈妈留下的购物清单上的所有东西，
跟清单一起留下的还有钱和他们的定额本。
每个家庭都有一个定额本，
以及某些特定食物的票。由于战争的原因，
政府定额给予食物来确保，
在供应有限的的时候，每个人都有足够的食物。
商店卖光了大多数受欢迎的物品，
比如咖啡和罐头。
爱丽丝不得不拿她定额本上的票，
来跟她妈妈的清单匹配。
购物能花费很长时间。

Chapter Two
 Since Alice’s mother worked long hours at the factory,
 Alice did more chores around the house. 
 Most days Alice did not mind the extra responsibility, 
 she felt good being able to help out. 
 Today the one chore she had to do—grocery shopping—
 made Alice want to groan with the effort it would take. 
 Alice was not in the mood to travel from store to store to
 find all the items on the shopping list her mother had left 
 along with money and their ration book.
 Each family had a ration book with 
 stamps for certain kinds of food. Because of the war,
 the government rationed food to make sure
 there was enough for everyone when supplies were limited. 
 Stores ran out of the most popular items, 
 such as coffee and canned goods. 
 Alice had to match the right stamps from her ration book 
 with the food on her mother’s list.
 Shopping could take a long time.

爱丽丝看见清单里有牛奶。
但她不期待
另一个马拉松式的购物之旅。
牛奶可能很难找到。
曾经有一次没有牛奶，
因此他们不得不以水代替牛奶来冲麦片。
在爱丽丝和罗伯特离开家去学校之前，她洗了碗。
明天是爱丽丝的生日，
但她知道没有派对。
爱丽丝知道没有
糖，黄油，或鸡蛋的定额票了。
妈妈不能只用面粉来烤蛋糕。
爱丽丝和罗伯特沉默着走去学校。

Alice saw milk on the list 
 and was not looking forward to 
 another marathon shopping trip. 
 Milk could be difficult to find.
 Once there was no milk, 
 so they had to eat their cereal with water instead.
 Alice washed dishes 
 before she and Robert left for school. 
 Tomorrow was Alice’s birthday,
 but she knew there wasn’t going to be a party.
 Alice saw there were 
 no ration stamps left for sugar, butter, or eggs. 
 Her mother couldn’t bake a cake with just flour. 
 Alice and Robert walked to school in silence.

一放学，
爱丽丝就不得不去杂货店购物。
她抓住罗伯特的手，跟她的朋友们挥手告别。
她的朋友们在窃窃私语，
当她们看见爱丽丝的时候，迅速停下来了。
爱丽丝想知道她们是否在谈论她。
她没有告诉她们，
明天是她的生日。
有什么用呢？没有蛋糕，没有派对，
所以没有告诉她的朋友们的理由。爱丽丝想知道
是否这就是她们窃窃私语的内容。
也许她们知道这是她的生日，她们很生气，
因为没有她们没有被邀请去参加一个派对。

Right after school, 
 Alice had to go grocery shopping. 
 She waved bye to her friends 
 as She grabbed Robert’s hand. 
 Her friends had been whispering 
 and quickly stopped when they saw Alice.
 Alice wondered if they were talking about her. 
 She hadn’t told them 
 it would be her birthday tomorrow. 
 What was the use? No cake, no party, 
 so no reason to tell her friends. Alice wondered 
 if that’s what they were whispering about. 
 Maybe they knew it was her birthday,
 and they were mad 
 they hadn’t been invited to a party.

爱丽丝走到大街上，她的心情
比她房间里厚重的窗帘更沉重。
她去了三家商店
才找齐了清单上的每一样东西。
罗伯特一直很安静。他甚至没有抱怨
商店里没有他最喜欢的桃子罐头。
她很感激。回家的路上，
爱丽丝和罗伯特路过
一对坐在自家门廊前的老年夫妇。
爱丽丝看到他们的窗子里有一颗蓝色的星星。一颗蓝色的星星意味着
那户人家有一个男人是一个在打仗的士兵。
一颗金色的星星意味着那个士兵已经被杀了。
爱丽丝和罗伯特路过了很多有蓝色的星星的人家。
爱丽丝想到了在他们家窗户里的蓝色的星星。
她希望她的爸爸平安地回家了。

Alice walked to Main Street, her mood
 darker than the blackout curtains in her room.
 It took three stores 
 before she found everything on the list. 
 Robert had been quiet. He didn’t even complain 
 that the stores did not have his favorite canned peaches. 
 She was thankful. On the walk home, 
 Alice and Robert passed
 an elderly couple sitting on their front porch.
 Alice saw a blue star in their window. 
 A blue star meant 
 that a man from that family was a soldier away at war. 
 A gold star meant that the soldier had been killed. 
 Alice and Robert passed many blue stars. 
 Alice thought of the blue star in their window at home 
 and wished that her father was home safe.

第三章
当爱丽丝的妈妈晚上下班回家的时候，她总是很累。
爱丽丝试图准备好晚餐，那么她妈妈就可以
在他们坐下来一起吃饭之前好好洗个澡。
吃晚餐时，罗伯特告诉她们
他和他的朋友们是如何一起赢得收废铁比赛的。
他们比其他队伍收集了
更多的金属碎片和锡箔。
这些金属被用来作为战争补给的材料。

Chapter Three
 Alice’s mother was always tired 
 when she got home from work in the evening. 
 Alice tried to have dinner ready so her mother could 
 enjoy a bath before they sat down together to eat.
 At dinner, Robert told them about 
 how he and his friends had won the scrap drive. 
 They had collected 
 more bits of metal and tin foil than any other team. 
 The metal was used to make materials for the war effort.

晚餐后，罗伯特在玩他的士兵玩具，
而他们都在听收音机，
期待着关于战争的好消息。
“爸爸什么时候回家？”罗伯特问。
“很快，亲爱的，”妈妈用柔和的声音说。
爱丽丝知道她的妈妈想念他们的爸爸，
像她一样想。爱丽丝不会向她妈妈抱怨她的生日。
她知道当跟帮助战争补给相比的时候，生日是小事，但爱丽丝害怕她的失望会表现出来，
她早早地上床睡觉了。在楼上，她哭着睡着了。

After dinner, Robert played with his toy soldiers 
 as they all listened to the radio, 
 hoping for good news about the war. 
 “When is father coming home?” Robert asked.
 “Soon, dear,” said Mother in a soft voice.
 Alice knew that her mother missed their father
 as much as she did. 
 Alice would not complain about her day to her mother. 
 She knew birthdays were small when compared to helping the war effort, 
 but Alice, afraid her disappointment would show, 
 went to bed early. Upstairs, she cried herself to sleep.

第四章
令爱丽丝十分惊喜的是，
第二天早上她是在歌声中醒来的。
她的妈妈和弟弟站在她的床边，
用他们最大的声音高唱祝你生日快乐，
就像她爸爸会做的那样。
起初，爱丽丝认为她是在做梦。
但这真的发生了。
“你们没忘记！”爱丽丝高兴地说，从床上坐起来。
“当然没有，”她妈妈说。
她给了爱丽丝一个大大的生日拥抱。

Chapter Four
 To Alice’s great surprise, 
 she woke the next morning to the sound of singing. 
 Her mother and brother were standing next to her bed,
 belting out Happy Birthday to You in their loudest voices
 just as her father would have.
 At first, Alice thought she was dreaming.
 But it was really happening.
 “You didn’t forget!” Alice said happily,sitting up in bed.
 “Of course not,” said her mother. 
 She gave Alice a big birthday hug.

今天是星期六。爱丽丝的妈妈这周末不需要工作，
所以他们在一起吃麦片。
爱丽丝比他们更开心，
因为今天是她十三岁的生日。
她的厚重的窗帘不再能体现她的心情。
早餐后，妈妈给了爱丽丝一些钱，
因此她和罗伯特可以去看电影。
“这是一个双专题节目，”爱丽丝的妈妈说。
“玩得开心点！”

It was Saturday. Alice’s mother did not
 have to work this weekend, 
 so they all ate their cereal together. 
 Alice was much happier 
 that today was her thirteenth birthday. 
 Her blackout curtains no longer reflected her mood.
 After breakfast, Mother gave Alice some money 
 so she and Robert could go to the movies. 
 “It’s a double feature,” Alice’s mother said. 
 “Have fun!”

爱丽丝和罗伯特走到电影院。
爱丽丝宁愿有一个派对，
但是她很高兴因为她的妈妈和弟弟
记得今天她十三岁了。
爱丽丝在排队买票的人群里寻找着她的朋友们，
但是她们不在那。
“那就奇怪了，”她对自己说。
她的朋友们常常在星期六去看电影。
爱丽丝想知道她们是否独自去玩了但是没有叫她。
如果我有一个生日派对就好了，
她难过地想。她买了两张票，
领着她的弟弟走进电影院里面。

Alice and Robert walked to the movie theater. 
 Alice would rather have had a party,
 but she was happy her mother and brother
 remembered she turned thirteen today. 
 Alice looked for her friends 
 in the line of people buying tickets, 
 but they were not there.
 “That’s strange,” she said to herself. 
 Usually her friends went to the movies on Saturdays.
 Alice wondered if they were having fun without her. 
 If only I was having a birthday party, 
 she thought sadly. She bought two tickets 
 and led her brother inside.

第五章
当他们离开电影院的时候，罗伯特说，
“快点，咱们跑回家。”
在呆在黑暗的电影院里这么长时间之后，明亮的太阳光刺痛了爱丽丝的眼睛。
“这么急干嘛？”爱丽丝说。
她很喜欢这部电影，但她仍然感到失望，
她没有一个派对。
爱丽丝知道他们没有做一个蛋糕的定额票，
但是有一个派对就好了。
爱丽丝想着去找她的朋友们，
但后来她想知道
他们是否还是她的朋友。
罗伯特已经开始跑回家了，
因此爱丽丝慢跑着赶上他。

Chapter Five
 As they left the movie theater, Robert said,
 “Hurry, let’s run home.”
 The bright sun hurt Alice’s eyes 
 after being so long in the dark theater. 
 “What’s the big rush?” said Alice. 
 She had enjoyed the movie,but she still felt disappointed 
 that she wasn’t going to have a party. 
 Alice knew they did not have the ration stamps for a cake, 
 but a party would have been nice. 
 Alice thought about looking for her friends, 
 but then she wondered 
 if they were still her friends after all. 
 Robert had started to run home already, 
 so Alice jogged to catch up to him.

一回到家，罗伯特就把前门开着。
爱丽丝走了进去，关上她身后的门。
这房子似乎安静得奇怪。
罗伯特去哪了？她的妈妈去哪了？
爱丽丝感到害怕。去餐厅的门是关着的。
爱丽丝走过去推开它。
“你好！有人在这里吗？”她带着奇怪的口吻叫道。
“惊喜！”爱丽丝慢慢眨了眨眼睛，
好像她看到的东西会消失一样。
她所有的朋友都围站在餐桌旁。
在桌子上有一个有着粉色糖霜的大蛋糕。
爱丽丝的朋友们唱着祝你生日快乐。

Once home, Robert had left 
 the front door hanging open. 
 Alice walked in and closed the door behind her. 
 The house seemed strangely silent. 
 Where was Robert? Where was her mother? 
 Alice felt scared. The door to the dining room was closed.
 Alice started to push it open. 
 “Hello! Anybody here?” she called out in a curious voice.
 “Surprise!” Alice slowly blinked her eyes 
 as if what she saw would disappear. 
 All her friends were standing around the dining table. 
 On the table was a big cake with pink frosting. 
 Alice’s friends sang Happy Birthday to You.

“但是。。。怎么。。。我不觉得。。。”
爱丽丝几乎不能说话了，她是如此开心。
“我省下了我们的定额票，那样我就可以买
足够的黄油、鸡蛋和糖来做你的蛋糕，”
爱丽丝的妈妈解释说：“你的朋友们的家里也帮助了我们。”
“我们想你可能已经猜到了
我们在窃窃私语什么，”
爱丽丝的朋友伊丽莎白说：
“我们都在谈论我们仍然需要哪张票来做你的蛋糕。”
爱丽丝看到蛋糕旁有一封信。
“这是什么？”她问她的妈妈。“打开看看，”她的妈妈说。爱丽丝读了信。
这是她的爸爸寄来的一张生日卡片。他是安全的。爱丽丝认为长到十三岁是不幸的想法是错的。
当想到每个人都已经忘记了她的时候，她感到害怕。
她所有的朋友和家人都很爱她，
他们让长到十三岁变得真的很特别。

“But . . . how . . . I didn’t think . . .” 
 Alice could barely speak, she was so happy.
 “I saved our ration stamps so I could buy 
 enough butter, eggs, and sugar for your cake,”
 explained Alice’s mother.“Your friends’ families helped, too.”
 “We thought you might have guessed 
 what all the whispering was about,” 
 said Alice’s friend Elizabeth. 
 “We were talking about which stamps we still needed for your cake.”
 Alice saw a letter next to the cake. 
 “What’s this?” she asked her mother.
 “Read it,” her mother suggested.Alice read the letter. 
 It was a birthday card from her father. He was safe. Alice was wrong
 when she thought that turning thirteen was unlucky. 
 She felt awful for thinking everyone had forgotten about her. 
 All her friends and family loved her very much 
 and had made turning thirteen truly special.

Alice

Ants in My Bed

Introduction 
Having art all around us,in so 
many varieties, makes our world 
brighter and more interesting. Art 
isn’t mysterious. It can be anything 
that an artist creates:a curvy glass 
vase, a painting,or a custom-built 
motorcycle! First, an artist has an 
idea, then plans the size and shape, 
and then chooses the materials to use. 
A work of art can make us smile or
think, or it can simply be beautiful to
look at. Art can make us want to learn how to
make something ourselves!

Painters 
Do you know what an Impressionist is? Or 
a Cubist,or a Surrealist,or a Primitive? They
are all painters, and painters are often labeled 
by their painting style. Painters may have
their own particular brush technique or prefer
to smear on colors with a thin, metal blade
called a palette knife. Others splash,spray,or
drip their paint, and some even use mud! 
They may use different materials or
techniques—but they are all painters.

A painter may choose an unusual surface 
as a canvas for his or her work, perhaps
because of its shape,texture,or.size. 
A painter might paint on a sheet of glass, 
on dishes,or paint a design on a piece of
furniture. Many painters think big, so they
create wall-sized murals that are painted 
directly onto walls. Outside, they paint murals
on the sides of buildings using waterproof
colors so they will last.

Sculptors 
Sculptors create art that has form and 
depth. It can be small,like a little carving that 
fits in your hand,or.majestic, like the Statue
of Liberty. Sculptors can use a chisel or a 
small axe to carve solid materials such as 
wood, stone,ice,or wax,or they might use a
blowtorch to weld pieces of metal together. 
They might make soft sculptures— shapes 
created by piecing together strips of fabric,
leather,or colorful yarns.

Whether it’s an oversized statue or a tiny
frog, casting a metal sculpture takes several
steps. The sculptor needs soft clay,wet plaster, 
and a hot,melted metal,such as bronze. 
First,the sculptor makes a clay model of the
shape,and then covers the model with a paste
of wet plaster. The thick plaster dries into 
a hard mold of the original shape... 
When the mold is ready, the sculptor pours
hot metal into it and waits until it cools. When
the sculpture is cool enough to touch, the
sculptor carefully checks it for cracks, and then
polishes it for everyone to see!

Potters 
Bowls,vases,and plates that we call pottery 
are made by artists known as potters. Potters
make their art out of different types of soft,
heavy,wet clay. They put a lump of clay on a
pottery wheel, which looks like a small,round
spinning table. While the wheel is spinning,
the potter pushes, pinches,and pulls the lump
of clay into a shape. The potter pushes it one
way to make a bowl and another way to make
a plate.

The potter bakes the clay object in a very
hot oven called a kiln, which dries all of the
water out of the clay. Once it’s baked dry, the
clay material is called ceramic. To make the
ceramic colorful, and often waterproof as
well, the potter uses a special paint called a
glaze, which gives it a smooth, shiny surface.

Glassblowers 
Glass art seems to glow.Light flows through
it and makes the colors extra bright. 
Glassblowers make their art out of a blob
of soft,melted glass. They scoop up the hot,soft
glass with the end of a long, hollow metal tube
called a blowpipe, and then blow air through
the pipe. The air creates a bubble in the glass
blob, and the bubble can become almost any
shape the artist wants. Glassblowers keep the
glass soft and workable by frequently returning
it to the fire. While it’s hot, they can twist,pull, 
and stretch it into the shape they imagined.

Glassblowers work very
quickly, but they must also be
careful. Glass breaks easily. 
While the glass is soft, it’s easy
to work with and to shape. 
Swirling lines,brightly colored
dots, or bits of metal can be
added, or a handle can be put
on the side. But once the piece
cools, it is no longer workable
 and can shatter into pieces.

Fiber Artists 
Thread,yarns,and pieces of fabric are used
to make fiber art. A work of fiber art may be as
tall as a room and hung from the ceiling,or may
be the size of a delicate placemat on a table. 
Fiber artists love to create patterns of
soft texture and color. 
One fiber artist, called a weaver, loops
yarns over and under each other on a weaving
machine called a loom. The loom keeps the
work threads even and the design organized. 
Weavers create colorful rugs,blankets, mats,
clothing,and wall hangings.

Quilters 
Quilters arrange small pieces of cut fabric 
into a design pattern, and then sew them
together. Quilting began as a practical
solution to a need many years ago, when
buying new fabric was very expensive. 
People saved money by using fabric scraps 
from old clothes to make their bed covers. 
Those first quilts were simple patchwork
designs. Over time, bed covers became 
beautiful works of art, created by talented
quilters who combined colors and cut
fabric pieces into rich designs.

Unusual Art 
Some imaginative artists make found
object art. They use rusty junk,old car parts, 
wheels from toys,discarded wire, and other
everyday materials that they find. Other
artists may place a familiar object, such as
a water fountain,in a museum display, to
prompt us to look at it differently. They
want us to see it as a design 
—as art—instead of only seeing its
function as a commonplace water fountain.

While their work may only last until the
next tide takes it away, sand artists create
elaborate sculptures on the beach using rocks
and sand. Environmental artists often create
artwork that becomes part of a park or garden. 
They may incorporate rocks, graceful tree
branches,grasses, and other plants into
their artwork.

Take a walk inside a work of art! An art
installation is very large. It is often an entire
room or even a whole building that has
been made into one big piece of artwork. 
Installation artists create environments that
reflect the ideas they want you to experience. 
The spaces may be filled with objects, colors,
shapes,sounds,and lights to create a special
atmosphere. Walk on in!

Where Art Is Found 
Long before we had written language, 
humans spoke through art. Simple drawings
over 40,000 years old have been found
scratched into rocks. Caves in France and
Spain have primitive drawings of animals that
were made over 13,000 years ago. In the ruins
of ancient cities, scientists find pottery,wall
murals,mosaics, and small carvings
of animals and people.

Artists want you to see what they have
created. Explore and discover. Visit an art
museum or an art gallery, or walk through
an artfair.

Look around you. Somewhere in your own
town, you’ll find a tall outdoor sculpture, or a
large mural on a wall. Many towns have set 
aside special areas for artists to display their
work. Your town might even have a sculpture
park where you can see several styles of art at
one time.

Why not make your own art? You can create any type
of art that you like. Use soft,colored
chalk to draw on a sidewalk. Paint a
picture of your pet and make a frame
for it. Use clay,snow,or sand to
make a sculpture. Tie little bunches
of sticks together to make an animal
shape and spray it with color. Glue pieces of
shells,stones,and wood onto a picture frame
for a photo of your family. It’s all art!

Artists use their artwork to tell a story or to
express how they feel about something. 
But art doesn’t have to be serious or hard
to do. Artwork can be interesting,or colorful, 
or funny,or simply beautiful to look at. The
ability to see and enjoy art makes our lives
more fun. 
Look for art around you. It’s everywhere!

Art Around Us

Bats in the Attic

Written by Amy Weber 
Illustrated by Cende Hill

Subject: Greetings from Canada 
Hey Stephanie, 
It was so exciting to get your email
yesterday! I’ve been looking forward to having
a pen pal for some time now. I’m so glad your
teacher in Omaha (that’s in Nebraska, right?) 
contacted mine here in Vancouver (that’s in
British Columbia). Do you know where that is?

British Columbia is one of the 10 provinces
in Canada (there are three territories, too). 
We don’t have states like the United States. 
Anyway, in your last email, you said that 
you are doing a report on Canada. Is this the
kind of information that you’re looking for? 
If not, could you be more specific? I hope I
can help. 
Your Canadian pen pal, 
Jacqueline

Subject: My questions 
Hi Jacqueline, 
Good to hear from you. Here, let me list
some of the topics that my teacher wants
covered in the report so that you have a better
idea of what information I am looking for: 
people, economics, government, history, 
culture, religion, and physical geography. 
Hope that’s not too much. 
So, what’s your family like? My dad sells
animal feed and my mom is a waitress at the
truck stop outside of town. Do you have any
brothers or sisters? I don’t. 
Thanks so
much for doing
this, and I can’t
wait to tell you
about Omaha and
the United States
for your report
next month. 
Your friend, 
Stephanie

Subject: My family 
Hey Stephanie, 
Wow, that is a lot of information to cover! 
How about this: I’ll start by talking about my
family (that will at least cover your “people”
section) and then maybe that will help answer
some of the other sections. Okay? 
My dad is a fisherman in English Bay. He
leaves before I wake up for school because he
says he has to get to the Bay before the fish
wake up! Vancouver has the largest port in
North America, as far as exports go. It also
rarely freezes, so my dad works year-round.

Fish are a major resource here. My dad says
Canada exports about 80 percent of its fish. 
Other resources are iron ore, nickel, zinc, 
copper, gold, silver, coal, and oil. I found that
information online at Statistics Canada (you
may want to check it out). 
My mom drives my brother and me to
school every day. She's a French teacher (both
English and French are the official languages
here) at my brother’s school. He's in 12th grade,
so next year he will go to college. Some of my
classmates take the bus or the train to get to
school, and a few ride their bikes. School starts
at 8:30 and ends at 3:00.

I’m in 4th grade, like you, and my most
favorite class is social studies. Right now we’re
studying the Canadian government, lucky for
you! Let me give you some facts about the
government from my notebook. 
Canada is a democracy, a government run
by the people, just like the United States. We
have our own constitution and our own bill
of rights. 
The United States is a republic, but Canada
is a constitutional monarchy in which the king
or queen of England is our chief of state. The
prime minister leads Parliament (no president
here). Canada’s Parliament is made up of two
houses, the Senate with 105 members and the
House of Commons with 308 members. Hope
that helps a little. 
I have to go (my mom is calling me because
it's time for lacrosse practice). I’ll try to answer
the rest of your questions when I get back. 
Talk to you soon, 
Jacqueline

Subject: Lacrosse? 
Hi Jacqueline, 
Thanks so much. What’s lacrosse? Is it like
soccer? That’s what I play. 
My mom was wondering where your
grandparents are from. My grandparents are
from Germany. 
What do you do for fun? Every summer, my
family goes to Florida and relaxes on the beach.
Do you take any family vacations? Canada
sounds so cool. Hope practice was fun. 
Your friend, 
Stephanie

Subject: Family heritage, family vacation 
Hi Stephanie, 
Practice was tough, I’m pretty tired, but
I think I’m even more hungry. My mom is
upstairs cooking dinner— we’re having caribou. 
She learned how to make it from my grandpa
who was Inuit. Looks like I’m starting to
answer your family heritage questions. 
Before I do that, I should tell you that, yes,
I do play soccer but only in gym class, and
it’s not as fun as lacrosse. Lacrosse is kind of
like soccer, but we use sticks with baskets on
the end to pass the ball to another player or
hopefully into a goal that’s much smaller than
a soccer goal.

Okay, back to my family. My dad’s
ancestors are from England. He can trace
them as far back as the Klondike Gold Rush
of 1897! My mother’s father was Inuit, like I
said, but her mother was of French descent— 
and that’s why she knows French so well. 
To answer your religion question, most
Canadians are Roman Catholic. Many others
are Protestant, like us, or another Christian
religion. Only a small number of people are
Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, or Hindu.

Yes, we take family vacations. This past
summer we went to Mount Logan in the
Yukon’s Kluane National Park. The mountain
rises to 5,959 meters (19,551 feet to you), 
which makes it the highest point in Canada. 
I was hoping that we would travel all the way 
around the country, all 9,984,670 square
kilometers (or 3,854,045 square miles), but my
mom and dad said that was too far. Did you
know that Canada is the second largest
country in the world?

Canada has eight land regions: the
Canadian Shield, the Hudson Bay Lowlands, 
the Western Cordillera, the Interior Lowlands, 
the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands, the
Appalachians, the Arctic Lowlands, and the
Innuitians. Since we headed straight north
from Vancouver, we stayed in the Western
Cordillera land region. The scenery in
this region is amazing. There are so many
mountains (I hope this is helping with your
“physical geography”
section).

The two regions I really want to see
sometime in my life are the Canadian Shield
and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands. 
The Canadian Shield is the largest land region
in Canada— it covers about half of the country! 
There are plains, mountains, and many ancient
rocks there. The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Lowlands is mostly rolling lowlands. This is
where Niagara Falls and Canada’s main river, 
the St. Lawrence Seaway, are located. This
area is often called Canada’s heart land because
it is a center for agricultural production and
industry (isn’t that kind of like Omaha?).
Dinner’s ready, so I have to run (it smells
great). As soon as I’m done, I’ll finish
answering the rest of your questions. Here
I come, caribou stew! 
Jacqueline

Subject: Caribou or Moose? 
Hi Jacqueline, 
I had no idea Canada was so big, and I’ve
never heard of caribou. Online, they look like
moose. Is that true? 
We have lots of deer here. Sometimes my
friends and I see them in our backyards. 
What are your friends like? Talk with you
soon. 
Your friend, 
Stephanie

Subject: Come visit! 
Hi Stephanie, 
Many of my friends are on the lacrosse
team, but my best friend Li is not. He’s from
China. Did you know that a lot of people
immigrate to Canada from Asian countries? 
Each year when school starts, I look around
my classroom and see more kids who are
Asian. I worked on an immigration graph
with Li in Math class last year that showed
the number of people who came to Canada
in 2003. I am sending you a copy of the graph
we made (my mom helped me scan it to the
computer). If you can’t open it, please let
me know.

You know what? I just looked at your
original list of things your teacher wanted for
this report, and I think we talked about all of
them, except for history. I’ll go bug my dad
for that (he’s a big history buff). Here, he just
scanned me a timeline from one of his history
books. I’ll attach it, too.

9,000 b.c. Artifacts show that native Canadians are living in the
present-day Ontario area. 
a.d. 986 The first European, a Viking named Bjarni Herjolfsson, 
sees the Labrador coastline. 
1608 Samuel de Champlain (“Father of New France”) founds
Quebec City, which is the first permanent French
settlement in Canada. 
1610 Henry Hudson explores Hudson Bay. 
1702 The French and British battle in Queen Anne’s War. 
1818 The Canada–U.S. border is established at the 49th
parallel. 
1841 An Act of Union brings together Upper and Lower
Canada, creating the Province of Canada. 
1867 Sir John A. Macdonald is the first Prime Minister of the
Dominion of Canada. 
1897 The gold rush begins in the Yukon. 
1931 Great Britain gives Canada full authority over
legislative matters. 
1965 Canada issues a new flag. 
1989 The Canada–U.S. Free Trade Agreement starts. 
1999 The Inuit Territory of Nunavut is created.

Hope I helped you with your report. 
Maybe this next summer, you could persuade
your family to come visit Canada instead of
Florida. You could visit Ottawa (the national
capital) or Toronto (the largest city), but let’s
face it, Vancouver is the prettiest place to be in
the summer. You’d love it. Can’t wait to hear
about Omaha and the United States next
month. Take care. 
Your friend, 
Jacqueline

江家小朋友的学习园地