part 7

71 I took a newspaper and gave a dollar ($1) to the man. He took the dollar and he gave a quarter (dollar) and ten cents and five cents. This is the money which he gave to me with the paper. The price of the paper was sixty cents. I got the paper and forty cents from him. That money was my change. I had a dollar. After I got the paper I had the paper and forty cents. I did not have the dollar. That was a change.

我拿了一份报纸，给了那个人一美元。 他拿了1美元，给了1 / 4美元、10美分和5美分。 这是他和报纸一起给我的钱。 这张纸的价格是60美分。 我从他那里拿到了报纸和40美分。 那是找我的钱。我有一美元。 拿到报纸后，我拿到了报纸和40美分。 我没有钱。 这是一个变化。

75 The distance through the earth from North to South is seven thousand nine hundred (7900) miles. The distance round the earth is twenty-four thousand nine hundred (24,900) miles. How far is the moon from the earth? It is two hundred and forty thousand (240,000) miles from the earth. How far is the sun from the earth? The distance of the sun from the earth is ninety-three million (93,000,000) miles. What is that in your hand? It is a ball. The ball is small. What is that in the sky? It is the sun. The sun is great. The sun is a great ball of fire. What is the size of the sun? It is 864,000 miles through from one side to the other.

地球从北到南的距离是七千九百英里。 绕地球一周的距离是24,900英里。 月球离地球有多远？ 它距离地球24万英里（24万英里）。 太阳离地球有多远？ 太阳到地球的距离是9300万英里（9300万英里）。 你手里拿的是什么？ 它是一个球。球很小。 天空中是什么？这是太阳。 太阳很好。太阳是一个巨大的火球。 太阳有多大？ 从一边到另一边有86.4万英里。

76 What is the size of the moon? It is two thousand one hundred and sixty (2160) miles through from one side to the other. Is the moon smaller than the earth? Is the earth smaller than the sun? Is the sun greater than the moon? The moon is near the earth. The earth is far from the sun. New York is near Washington. San Francisco is far from Washington. Are the stars smaller than the sun? No. Some of the stars are much greater than the sun. Are they nearer than the sun? No, they are much farther than the sun. How far from the earth is the nearest star? It is over four light-years from the earth. What is a light-year? It is the distance which light goes in a year.

月亮有多大？ 它从一边到另一边有两千一百六十英里（2160）。 月球比地球小吗？ 地球比太阳小吗？ 太阳比月亮大吗？ 月球靠近地球。 地球离太阳很远。 纽约靠近华盛顿。 旧金山离华盛顿很远。 星星比太阳小吗？ 不。有些恒星比太阳大得多。 它们比太阳近吗？ 不，它们比太阳远得多。 最近的恒星离地球有多远？ 它距离地球超过4光年。 光年是什么？它是光在一年内走过的距离。

77 This is a flame. It sends out light. The sun sends out light. The light goes out from the sun in every direction. Light goes 186,300 miles in a second. How far does it go in a year? It goes about 6,000,000,000,000 miles in a year. A light-year is 6,000,000,000,000 miles. The nearest star is over four light-years from the earth. The nearest star is 25,000,000,000,000 miles from the earth. The nearest stars are very far from us. Some of the stars are very much farther. The farthest stars are thousands of light-years from us.

这是火焰。它发出光。 太阳发出光。太阳向四面八方发出光。 光一秒钟能跑186,300英里。 一年能走多远？ 它一年大约运行6000亿英里。 一光年等于六千亿亿英里。 最近的恒星距离地球超过4光年。 最近的恒星离地球有25,000,000,000,000英里。 最近的恒星离我们很远。 有些恒星要远得多。 最远的恒星离我们有几千光年。

78 The sun sends its light out in every direction. These are four directions. Up and down are two other directions. This boy has six apples in his hands. He is on a branch of a tree. He will send the six apples in different directions. He sent one apple north, another apple south, another east, and another west. He sent another apple down. He sent five apples in five directions.

太阳向四面八方发出光。 这是四个方向。 上下是另外两个方向。 这个男孩手里有六个苹果。 他在一根树枝上。 他将把六个苹果送到不同的方向。 他把一个苹果往北，一个往南，一个往东，一个往西。 他又扔了一个苹果下去。 他向五个方向送去了五个苹果。

79 He sent the last apple up. But then it came down. Why did it come down? The first apple went north and then it came down. The other apples went south and east and west and then they all came down to the earth. They all came down to the earth? Why did they come down? The first apple... The last apple... What is "the first"...? What is "the last"...? These men are in a line. This is the first man. This is the last man. Here are three dogs. Which is the first dog? Which is the last dog? The other dog is the dog in the middle. He is between the first dog and the last dog. Two of the dogs are white. The other dog is black. The dog in the middle is black.

他把最后一个苹果送上来。 但后来它降了下来。它为什么会掉下来？ 第一个苹果往北飞，然后又往下飞。 其他的苹果往南、往东、往西，最后都落到了地上。 他们都来到了地球？ 他们为什么要下来？第一个苹果…… 最后一个苹果……什么是“第一个”？ “最后”是什么？这些人排成一行。 这是第一个人。这是最后一个人了。 这里有三只狗。哪只狗是第一只？ 哪只狗是最后一只？另一只狗是中间的那条狗。 他处于第一名和最后一名之间。 其中两只狗是白色的。 另一只狗是黑色的。中间的狗是黑色的。