美国小学英语教材4:第99课 社会产业链

 　　HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WORK FOR YOU 成百上千的人为你工作

　　Did you ever stop to think that there are hundreds of people working for you every day? 你有没有想过每天都有成百上千的人为你工作?

　　Perhaps you don't see how that can be true. 也许你在想这不是真的。

　　Let us think a moment. 让我们想一下。

　　That orange or apple or grapefruit you ate for breakfast—did it just drop from the tree on to your table? 你早餐吃的橘子、苹果或葡萄柚——是从树上掉下来的吗?

　　The wool in the clothes you are wearing—did you take it from the sheep and put it on? 你衣服上的羊毛，是你从羊身上取下来穿上的吗?

　　No. The fruit you eat comes to you because men and women have planted trees, picked the ripe fruit, and in other ways helped you to have it. 不是。因为农夫们种了树，摘下成熟的果实，然后通过其他方式，这才让你吃上水果。

　　Your clothes are the work of sheep-herders, sheep-shearers, cotton-pickers, cloth-makers, railroad¹ men, and others. 你穿的衣服是牧羊人、剪羊毛人、拣棉人、织布人、铁路工人和别人的成果。

　　Now do you see that there are really many, many people working for you? 现在你看到有很多很多人为你工作了吧?

　　Yes, the world is full of workers. 是的，工人们无处不在。

　　They are working that you and I may have food to eat, clothes to wear, homes to live in, and other things to make us happy and comfortable. 他们工作，好让我们有食物吃，有衣服穿，有房子住，让我们的生活快乐舒适。

　　In this part of your book, you will read stories that tell how some of the world's work is done. 本部分，我们将为您讲述世界上的一些工作是如何完成的。

　　First, you will be carried back to the time when our country was young, 首先，你们将会被带到国家年轻的时候，

　　and you will see the busiest man of those days making something that meant greater comfort to thousands. 你会看到那个时代最忙的人，他们从事着一些让成千上万人更舒服的职业。

　　Then you will visit groves² of golden³ oranges, watch sheep losing their warm coats of wool, 然后你会去参观一丛丛金橘林，看到羊毛是如何剪的，

　　see some boys working faithfully so that they may have a playground, 看到一些男孩尽职地工作，所以他们可能有一块空地，

　　and last of all, sail out to capture⁴ some blackfish. 最后，出海去抓一些黑鱼。

1 railroad   

n.铁路；vi.由铁路运输

参考例句：

• The railroad connects two cities,namely,New York and Chicago.这条铁路连接两个城市，即纽约与芝加哥。
• My brother is working on the railroad.我兄弟在铁路系统工作。

2 groves   

树丛，小树林( grove的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields. 朝阳宁静地照耀着已经发黄的树丛和还是一片绿色的田地。
• The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林，还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。

3 golden   

adj.金的，含金的，可贵的，金色的，贵重的，繁盛的

参考例句：

• My teacher is an Englishman with golden hair.我的老师是一个金黄色头发的英国人。
• It's a balmy evening,the golden time for lovers.这是一个暖和的夜晚，是恋人们的黄金时光。

4 capture   

vt.捕获，俘获；占领，夺得；n.抓住，捕获

参考例句：

• The company is out to capture the European market.这家公司希望占据欧洲市场。
• With the capture of the escaped tiger,everyone felt relieved.逃出来的老虎被捕获后，大家都松了一口气。