Follow the water from brook to ocean

Follow the water from brook to ocean

顺着河水从小溪流向大海

After the next big rain storm, put your boots on and go outside. Look at the water dripping from your roof. Watch it gush out of the drainpipes. You can see water flowing down your street too.

下一场大雨过后，穿上靴子到外面去。看看从屋顶上滴下来的水。看着它从排水管里涌出。 你也可以看到水沿着你的街道流动。

Water is always flowing. It trickles in the brook near your house.

水总是流动的。它在你家附近的小溪里流淌。

Sometimes you see water rushing along in a stream or in a big river.

有时你会看到小溪或大河里的水流湍急。

Water always flows downhill. It flows from high places to low places, just the way you and your skateboard move down a hill.

水总是往低处流。它从高处流向低处，就像你和你的滑板从山上滑下来一样。

Sometimes water collects in a low spot in the land-a puddle, a pond, or a lake. The water's downhill journey may end there. Most of the time, though, the water will find a way to keep flowing downhill. Because water flows downhill, it will keep flowing until it can't go any lower. The lowest parts of the earth are the oceans. Water will keep flowing until it reaches an ocean.

有时水会聚集在陆地上的一个低洼处——水坑、池塘或湖泊。水的下坡之旅可能就此结束。然而，大多数时候，水会找到一种方式继续向下坡流动。因为水是往下坡流的，所以它会一直流下去，直到不能再往下流为止。地球最低的地方是海洋。水会一直流动，直到汇入海洋。