part 6

61 This is a short coat. This is a longer coat. This is the longest coat of the three. This is a thin book. This is a thicker book. This is the thickest book of the three. This is a narrow street. This is a wider street. This is the widest street of the three. Which is the narrowest street of the three? This is a dirty face. This is a cleaner face. This is the cleanest face of the three. Which is the dirtiest face?

这是一件短外套。这是一件较长的外套。 这是三件大衣中最长的一件。 这是一本薄的书。这是一本厚的书。 这是三本书中最厚的一本。 这是一条狭窄的街道。这是一条更宽的街道。 这是三条街中最宽的一条。 三条街道中哪一条最窄？ 这是一张脏脸。这是一张干净的脸。 这张脸是三个人中最干净的。 哪张脸最脏？

62 Glass is harder than wood Wood is harder than bread. Bread is harder than butter. Which is the softest of these? Which is the hardest? This man is older than this boy. The boy is older than this baby. Which of them is the oldest? The baby is the youngest. He is very young. This man is stronger than this boy. The boy is not as strong as the man. He is not as old as the man. The baby is not as old as the boy or as strong as the boy. This line is as long as this line. The two lines are equal (=). This line is not as long as this line. They are not equal.

玻璃比木头硬木头比面包硬。 面包比黄油硬。 哪个是最软的？ 哪个最难？这个男人比这个男孩大。 这个男孩比这个婴儿大。 他们中哪一个年龄最大？ 这个婴儿是最小的。他很年轻。 这个男人比这个男孩强壮。 这个男孩不如那个男人强壮。 他没有那个人老。 婴儿没有男孩大，也没有男孩强壮。 这条线和这条线一样长。 这两条线相等（=）。 这条线没有这条线长。 它们并不相等。

63 A train may go one hundred (100) miles in an hour. An airplane may go six hundred (600) miles in an hour. Trains and airplanes are different sorts of transport. What are some other sorts of transport? Ships are another sort of transport. How far may a quick ship go in an hour? A quick ship may go thirty miles in an hour. Automobiles and buses are other sorts of transport. Airplanes, trains, ships, automobiles, buses and horses and carriages take us from one place to another.

火车每小时可行驶一百英里。 飞机每小时可以飞行600英里。 火车和飞机是不同的交通工具。 还有其他的交通工具吗？ 船是另一种交通工具。 快船一小时能走多远？ 快船一小时可走三十英里。 汽车和公共汽车是其他种类的交通工具。 飞机、火车、轮船、汽车、公共汽车、马车把我们从一个地方带到另一个地方。

64 We may go on our feet from one place to another. When we go on our feet, we are walking. Or we may go in a train or in a ship or in an automobile or in an airplane or on a horse or in a bus. Some places are near to one another. Some places are far from one another. Places in Washington are near to one another. The distance from one place to another is not far. But some places in the United States are far from one another.

我们可以用脚从一个地方走到另一个地方。 当我们用脚走路时，我们是在走路。 或者我们可以坐火车、轮船、汽车、飞机、骑马或乘公共汽车去。 有些地方彼此很近。 有些地方彼此相距很远。 华盛顿的各个地方相距很近。 从一个地方到另一个地方的距离并不远。 但是美国的一些地方彼此相距很远。

65 This is a map of North America. Mackenzie River. Los Angeles. Mississippi River. Mexico City. Ottawa. New York. Washington. These are mountains. These are railroads. These are roads. These are rivers. Men and women go up mountains. Mountains are high. Trains go on railroads. A road. A river. An island.

这是一张北美地图。 Mackenzie河。洛杉矶。 密西西比河。墨西哥城。 渥太华。纽约。华盛顿。 这些是山脉。这些是铁路。 这些是道路。这些是河流。 男人和女人都去爬山。 山很高。火车在铁路上行驶。 一条路。一条河。一个岛屿。

66 Ottawa, Washington, Mexico City, New York, and Los Angeles are towns. This is a town. The government of Canada is in Ottawa. The government of the United States is in Washington. The government of Mexico is in Mexico City. How far is Ottawa from Mexico City? The distance from Ottawa to Mexico City is about twenty-three hundred miles. How far is New York from Los Angeles? The distance between New York and Los Angeles is about twenty-five hundred miles. How far is the mouth of the Mackenzie River from the mouth of the Mississippi? The distance is about 3300 miles. The mouth of a river is the place where it goes into the sea.

渥太华、华盛顿、墨西哥城、纽约和洛杉矶都是城镇。 这是一个小镇。加拿大政府在渥太华。 美国政府在华盛顿。 墨西哥政府在墨西哥城。 渥太华离墨西哥城有多远？ 从渥太华到墨西哥城的距离大约是2300英里。 纽约离洛杉矶有多远？ 纽约和洛杉矶之间的距离大约是2500英里。 麦肯齐河口离密西西比河河口有多远？ 距离大约是3300英里。 河口是河流入海的地方。