2 Chapter 1 Young Amelia

Chapter 1 Young Amelia Amelia Mary Earhart was born in her grandmother's house in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897. The house was high on a hill. It had eleven rooms. Maids and a cook worked there. Dinner was served on fine china.

1897年7月24日，艾米莉亚·玛丽·埃尔哈特出生在堪萨斯州艾奇逊市的祖母家中。 房子在高山上。 它有11个房间。女佣和一名厨师在那里工作。 晚餐是用精美的瓷器盛的。

Amelia's mother's parents had a lot of money. But Amelia's father had trouble keeping a job. Edwin Earhart could barely make the payments on the family house in Kansas City. There were always money worries. But Amelia loved her parents—especially her handsome, funny father.

阿米莉亚母亲的父母很有钱。 但阿米莉亚的父亲很难保住工作。 埃德温·埃尔哈特(Edwin Earhart)几乎无力支付家里在堪萨斯城的房子。 总是有钱的问题。 但阿米莉亚爱她的父母，尤其是她英俊、风趣的父亲。

When Amelia was seven, her father had enough money to take the family to see the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. Twenty million people came to the 1904 World's Fair. Forty-five countries set up exhibits. At the St. Louis Fair there were Eskimo villages and Japanese gardens. Each nation and state showed something about its own culture.

当阿米莉亚七岁的时候，她的父亲有足够的钱带全家去看在圣保罗举行的世界博览会。 路易斯,密苏里州。2000万人参加了1904年的世界博览会。 45个国家举办了展览。 在圣路易斯集市上，有爱斯基摩村庄和日本花园。 每个民族和州都展示了自己的文化。

WORLD'S FAIRS World's Fairs have been popular events throughout the history of the United States. In 1876, a Centennial Exposition was held in Philadelphia. It marked the one hundredth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Ten years in the making, this World's Fair introduced people to many new things. One of the most popular exhibits showed a "new" machine called the typewriter! In 1893, a fair called the World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago. It was a grand event. One area at this fair was called the Midway Plaisance. The Midway featured popular entertainment. Here, the first Ferris wheel was introduced. It stood 260 feet tall and had 36 cars. It could hold more than two thousand people when full! "Building the World of Tomorrow" was the motto of the World's Fair held in New York City in 1939. A popular exhibit at this Fair was the Futurama. Visitors sat in moving chairs to get a glimpse of a city in the future. Modern buildings and huge highway systems "wowed" people of all ages. Another exhibit also got a lot of attention. Here people stared at a new invention called the television. Many wondered what good it might be in the future!

世界博览会在美国历史上一直是受欢迎的活动。 1876年，百年博览会在费城举行。 它标志着《独立宣言》签署一百周年。 经过十年的筹备，本届世博会向人们介绍了许多新事物。 最受欢迎的展品之一展示了一种叫做打字机的“新”机器!1893年，一场名为世界哥伦比亚博览会的博览会在芝加哥举行。 这是一件大事。这个集市的一个区域被称为中途岛广场。 中途岛以流行娱乐为特色。 在这里，第一个摩天轮诞生了。 它有260英尺高，有36辆汽车。 满的时候可以容纳两千多人!“建设明天的世界”是1939年在纽约举行的世界博览会的口号。 博览会上一个很受欢迎的展览是Futurama。 游客们坐在移动的椅子上，一睹未来城市的风采。 现代建筑和庞大的高速公路系统令各个年龄段的人惊叹不已。 另一个展览也引起了很多关注。 在这里，人们盯着一种叫做电视的新发明。 许多人想知道它将来会有什么好处!