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用美国小孩的方法学英语最有效【一】
The Pony Express
Long ago, there were no telephones or radios. There were no televisions or computers. There were no airplanes or cars. It was hard to get news all the way to California。
People who lived in California needed a quick way to get mail and news from the East. People wanted news about their friends and families. They also wanted to know what was happening in other places in the country。
Three people started a company called the Pony Express. The Pony Express carried mail and news throughout the West. On April 3, 1860, one Pony Express rider rode west from St. Joseph, Missouri. St. Joseph was the last stop for trains coming from the East. On the same day, another rider rode east from Sacramento, California. Both young men carried four bags of mail. The Pony Express was much faster than the stagecoach. A stagecoach took one month to deliver mail. A Pony Express rider could do it in ten days。
The Pony Express hired young men. They were often younger than 18 years old. They were skinny, too. No rider could weigh more than 120 pounds. That helped their ponies run longer and faster。
The Pony Express ponies were mustangs. These were small, wild horses. The horses were less than five feet tall. They galloped almost twelve miles an hour. The horses were smart. They learned their routes fast。
Besides riders, other people helped run the Pony Express. Some people worked at stations. One of their jobs was to take care of the company's horses. Riders picked up fresh horses when they stopped at stations。
The riders and the people who worked at the stations faced many dangers. One was the weather. Snowstorms slowed riders crossing the high mountains. Sandstorms slowed riders crossing the long, dry deserts. Wild animals like wolves were another danger. The riders also had to protect themselves from bandits. Bandits tried to steal horses. They also took whatever money the riders were carrying。
Still, there were young men willing to ride for the Pony Express. Together, they covered 2,000 miles of land. A rider would leave one station and gallop to another. At his first stop, he slipped the mail cover off the saddle. He threw it on the saddle of a new horse. Then he was off again. This took about two minutes. Each rider rode 60 to 80 miles. He stopped every 15 to 25 miles to get a fresh horse. At the end of his trip, a fresh rider on a fresh horse took his place. The first rider stayed at his last station until it was time for his next job。
The Pony Express was successful. It delivered the mail faster than stagecoaches. But it only lasted about one and one-half years. It stopped running when telegraph wires reached California. By October 1861, the Pony Express closed its doors. Its riders and horses were no longer needed。
Words and Phrases 单词和短语
Pony Express 驿马快信
St. Jopseph 圣约瑟
Missouri [mi'zu?ri] n. 密苏里州(美国州名)
Sacramento [?s?kr?'ment?u] n. 萨克拉曼多(美国加州首府)
California [k?li'f?:nj?] n. 加利福尼亚，加州
stagecoach ['steid?k?ut?] n. 驿马车;公共马车
deliver [di'liv?] v. 递送，交付
skinny ['skini] adj. 极瘦的，皮包骨的
mustang ['m?st??] n. 野马
gallop ['g?l?p] v. (使马)飞奔，奔驰
snowstorm ['sn?ust?:m] n. 暴风雪
sandstorm ['s?ndst?:m] n. 沙暴，沙漠地带的暴风沙
bandit ['b?ndit] n. 土匪，强盗
mail cover 邮袋，邮封
saddle ['s?dl] n. 马鞍
用美国小孩的方法学英语最有效【二】
How the Mail is Delivered
Read the paragraphs below to learn how the mail is delivered. The paragraphs are not in the correct order. Read the texts carefully and decide which should be first, second, third, fourth and fifth. Write the order in the boxes below。
A. Thursday morning the mail carrier for Main Street picked up her pile of letters. She sorted all of them by street address. The people at 1 Main Street got their mail first. Dave lived at 221 Main Street. He got his letter before lunch。
B. Juan lives in New York. He wrote a letter to Dave. Dave lives in Oregon. Juan put the letter in the mailbox on Monday night. On Tuesday morning a truck stopped at the mailbox. The mail carrier put the letters into a large bag and took the bag to a post office in New York。
C. By noon the letters were in an airport in Oregon. Mail trucks then took them to post offices. One of these was in Dave's town. Wednesday night people in Dave's town sorted the letters by street name。
D. The post office has plenty of work to do. It handles thousands of letters per day. Let's follow a letter all the way across America。
E. Tuesday afternoon the letters were sorted. Zip codes were used to sort the mail. A machine picked up a letter and held it. A worker read the Zip code. Then the worker pushed five buttons on another machine. The worker had only one second to do this. After the worker pushed the buttons, the machine put the letter in a box. By Tuesday night the box was on a truck. The truck went to the airport. An airplane took off for Oregon on Wednesday morning. Juan's letter went on the airplane。
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Words and Phrases 单词和短语
post office 邮局
Oregon ['ɔrigən] n. 俄勒冈州(美国州名)
mailbox ['meilbɔks] n. 邮筒，信箱
mail carrier 邮递员
zip code 邮递区号;邮政编码
button ['bʌtn] n. 按钮;纽扣
take off ( 飞机 ) 起飞
译 文
信 件 的 流 程
读下列段落了解信的流程。下列段落并不是按正确顺序排列的，仔细阅读全文，按1、2、3、4、5的顺序正确排列文章，并把答案写到下面的表格中。
A. 星期四早上，街道信差拿起一撂信件，把它们按街道地址一一分类。住在街道的第一户人家最先收到他们的信。戴夫住在街道221号，那么在中午前就可以收到胡安写给他的信。
B。胡安住在纽约，他给住在俄勒冈州的的戴夫写了一封信。星期一晚上，胡安把信放进了邮筒。星期二一早，一辆卡车停在邮筒旁。信差把邮筒里的信件放进了一个大袋子里，把它们带回了纽约邮局。
C. 当天中午这些信件就抵达了俄勒冈的机场，然后邮政车把它们运往当地邮局，其中一些信就是发往戴夫所在的城市。当天晚上戴夫所在城市的邮局工作人员把这些信件按照街名分类。
D. 邮局有大量的工作要做，他们每天都
要处理数千封邮件。让我们看看一封信在美国的流程。
E. 星期二下午，工作人员开始给这些信件
分类。邮政编码是信件分类的依据。一台机器捡起一封信并握住它。一名工作人员读信上的邮政编码，然后按另一个机器上的五个按钮，这个动作只需一秒钟的时间。
按完按钮后，机器把信件放到一个盒子里。星期二晚上，这个盛着信件的盒子就会被放到卡车上，继而卡车载着它前往机场。星期三早上一架飞机起飞前往俄勒冈州，胡安的信件就在这架飞机上。
答 案
1 D
2 B
3 E
4 C
5 A
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