与美国小学生一起学英文第10册 第19期:圆锥形帐篷

 　　Tepees 圆锥形帐篷

　　Do you know some American Indians live in tents? 你知道一些美国印第安人住帐篷吗？

　　Two hundred years ago, American Indians moved a lot. 200年前，美国印第安人经常搬家。

　　Because there were many fruits, vegetables, fish and animals, they did not have to grow grain¹. 因为这里有充足的水果蔬菜、鱼类和动物，所以他们不用种粮食。

　　They moved from one place to another when they could not find any more food. 当他们找不到食物时，就从一个地方搬到另一个地方。

　　So they did not want to spend much time building houses. Instead they made tents. 所以，他们不想花太多的时间建房子，而是制作了帐篷。

　　Their tents are called tepees. 他们的帐篷被称为圆锥形帐篷。

　　Tepees are usually made of animal skins or tree bark². 圆锥形帐篷通常是用动物皮或树皮做的。

　　Can we see tepees now? 我们现在还能看到圆锥形帐篷吗？

　　Yes, we can. Some American Indians still live in tepees to keep their traditions³. 当然能。一些美国印第安人为了保持传统仍住在帐篷里。

1 grain   

n.谷物，粮食；颗，粒；些微，一点儿；纹理；脾气，特性

参考例句：

• Grain output reached a new high in the three years.谷物产量达到三年中最高水平。
• We ship grain to Africa.我们把谷物运往非洲。

2 bark   

n.（狗）等吠声，狗叫声，树皮；v.狗叫

参考例句：

• The old bark dropped away.老树皮剥落下来。
• Dogs always know who's bad and will naturally bark at them.狗永远知道谁是坏人，而且一定会对他们吠叫。

3 traditions   

n.传统( tradition的名词复数 )；惯例

参考例句：

• one of the theatre's most hallowed traditions 戏院最受尊崇的传统之一
• He said that the new building merely aped the classical traditions. 他说那栋新建筑只是模仿古典传统。 来自《简明英汉词典》