Mississippi
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents An Epic Journey.
An Epic Journey目录。
4 The Upper River.
4,上河口.
6 The Lower River.
6"下河报".
11 The Mighty Mississippi.
11 威猛的密西西比州。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 GULF OF MEXICO Lake Itasca Upper Mississippi River Lower Mississippi River The Mighty Mississippi Minnesota Wisconsin Minneapolis St.
16 GULF of MEXICO Lake Itasca上密西西比河下游 密西西比州 明尼阿波利斯圣密西西比州
Louis Memphis New Orleans Iowa Illinois Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas Louisiana River states United States Canada Mexico An Epic Journey Rain falls on Lake Itasca in Minnesota.
路易斯·孟菲斯(Louis Memphis) 新奥尔良 伊奥瓦伊利诺伊州 密苏里州 肯塔基州 阿肯色州 路易斯安那州 路易斯安那州 美国 加拿大 墨西哥 An Epic Journey Rain falls on Lake Itasca in Minnesota.
It mixes into the clear waters of a river so small that a child could wade across it.
它混入一条小河的清澈水域 以至于一个孩子可以穿过它
This is the start of the mighty Mississippi River.
这是强大的密西西比河的起步
Rain falls on Minnesota’s Lake Itasca—and the start of the Mississippi River.
雨落在明尼苏达州的伊塔斯卡湖上,
Over the next three months, the water will take a 2,350-mile (3,781 km) journey through ten U.
在接下来的三个月里,水会需要2,350-英里(3,781公里)的航程穿过10 U.
S.
师曰.
states.
各州。
It will flow past plants, animals, cities, towns, and farmland.
它将流出植物、动物、城市、城镇和农田。
It will carry food and other items to people up and down the river.
它将运送食物和其他物品给河上下游的人们.
At last, it will enter the Gulf of Mexico.
最终将进入墨西哥湾.
GULF OF MEXICO Mississippi River Mississippi River Missouri River Ohio River The Mississippi Watershed A watershed is the area that drains into a river or lake.
密西西比河 密西西比河 密苏里河 分水岭是排入河流或湖泊的区域.
The Mississippi River watershed is the fourth largest in the world.
密西西比河流域是世界第四大流域.
It includes all or parts of thirty-one U.
它包括31U的全部或部分.
S.
师曰.
states and a bit of Canada.
州和一点加拿大。
A tributary is a river or stream that flows into a larger river.
支流是流入较大河流的河流或溪流.
The Mississippi has many tributaries.
密西西比河有许多支流.
One—the Missouri—is even longer than the Mississippi!
密苏里州比密西西比州还要长!
Lake Itasca UNITED STATES The Upper River After leaving the lake, the water flows through dozens of locks and dams.
伊塔斯卡湖 美国 上河出湖后,出水流出数十道闸坝.
Together, they make it safe for boats to travel.
他们一起让船只安全出行
They hold back water so boats don’t hit the river bottom.
他们挡住水,
This lock (left) between Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, can raise or lower boats so that they can pass around Ford Dam (right) and continue their trip along the Mississippi.
明尼阿波利斯和明尼苏达州圣保罗之间的这道锁(左)可以升起或下船,这样可以绕过福特坝(右)并沿密西西比河继续出行.
Boats on this part of the river carry corn and soybeans south.
这条河上的船只向南运送了玉米和大豆.
Much of this food is shipped around the world.
这些食物大部分是在世界各地运送的。
Ground corn pours onto a barge in Iowa.
地上玉米倒入爱荷华州的一艘驳船.
A barge is a large boat with a flat bottom that carries goods.
驳船是一艘有平底船载货的大船.
Compared to semi trucks, barges are a great way to carry a big load!
相较于半卡车,驳船是承载大载的好方法!
Source: U.
资料来源:U。
S.
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Army Corps of Engineers 1 Barge = 15 Train Cars = 58 Trucks Barge Basics More than fifty types of mammals live along the upper river.
陆军工兵1 Barge=15辆火车车=58辆卡车 条形基本 上河沿岸有50多类哺乳动物.
Playful river otters hunt and swim here.
游来游去的河水獭在这里打猎和游泳.
A few miles north of St.
在圣德以北几英里处.
Louis, Missouri, the muddy Missouri River comes in from the west.
路易斯,密苏里州,泥地密苏里河从西入.
It mixes with the clear waters of the Mississippi and passes along its nickname: “The Big Muddy.”
它与密西西比河的清澈水域相混合,并沿着它的绰号“大泥地”相接而来。
The Mississippi grows wide here, too.
密西西比河也长得很大
Eight miles (13 km) north of the St.
圣道以北八里(13公里).
Louis Arch (right), the Missouri River joins the Mississippi (above).
路易·阿奇 (右),密苏里河会合密西西比河(上).
Mississippi River Missouri River For the next 190 miles (306 km), the river runs through areas with many wild animals.
密苏里河 在接下来的190英里(306公里)内,河道流经有众多野生动物的地区.
Bald eagles nest in the tall trees and eat the fish that swim in the river.
秃鹰在高高的树上筑巢并吃在河中游泳的鱼.
The Lower River Next, the Ohio River comes in from the east and joins the Mississippi.
下河下游,俄亥俄河从东部入海并加入密西西比河.
The amount of water doubles, and the river grows wider still.
水量翻了一番,而河道也仍然在扩大。
In many spots, it stretches 1.
在许多斑点,它能伸展出一分.
5 miles (2.
5英里(2.
4 km) from bank to bank.
从银行到银行的距离是4公里。
By the time the river reaches Louisiana, the Mississippi is deep enough in some places to cover the Statue of Liberty.
当河流到达路易斯安那州时,密西西比河在一些地方已经足够深了,足以覆盖自由女神像.
Where the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers meet, they create three state borders.
密西西比河和俄亥俄河汇合的地方,他们创造了三个州的边界.
Mississippi River Ohio River Kentucky Missouri Illinois The Lower Mississippi has no dams.
密西西比河 俄亥俄河 肯塔基州 密苏里州 伊利诺伊州 下密西西比州没有水坝
It does have a system to contain floods, but some floods are just too big.
它确实有一个系统来控制洪水, 但一些洪水只是太大。
In fact, the Mississippi is famous for its floods, which sometimes destroy buildings and even kill people.
事实上,密西西比河以洪水而出名,洪水有时会摧毁建筑物甚至造成人员死亡.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
The Statue of Liberty is 151 feet (46 m) tall without her base and pedestal.
自由女神像高151英尺(46米),没有她的基座和活塞.
At its deepest, the Mississippi is 200 feet (61 m) deep, more or less.
在它的最深处,密西西比河有200英尺(61米)深,或多或少.
The river’s depth changes from year to year.
河水深度逐年变化.
A man rescues his cat after a 2012 flood in the area around New Orleans, Louisiana.
2012年路易斯安那州新奥尔良一带被洪水淹没后,一名男子将猫救出.
His home was flooded by 12 feet (4 m) of water.
他的家被12英尺(4米)的水淹没.
Yet the floods are not all bad.
然而洪水并非都是坏事。
Along the river’s banks, the rich soil that the floods leave behind makes good farmland for cotton and grains.
洪水留下的丰富土壤,
Along the lower part of the river, more cities rise up.
沿河下游多有城市起伏.
From Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, boats carry iron and steel, rubber, paper, and wood.
来自田纳西州孟菲斯和路易斯安那州新奥尔良的船载有钢铁,橡胶,纸张和木材.
They carry farm crops such as cotton from the area, too.
他们也从该地区运出棉花等农作物.
Some items move north, back up the river, and some move farther south.
有些物品向北移动,向河后移动,有些则向更南移动。
New Orleans, Louisiana Several types of turtles call this part of the river home.
新奥尔良,路易斯安那州 有好几种海龟称此地为"河回".
So does the American alligator.
美国鳄鱼也是
Swimming All Summer Even humans swim in the river sometimes.
整个夏天游泳 甚至人类有时也会在河中游泳.
In the summer of 2002, Slovenian long-distance swimmer Martin Strel swam the entire length of the river, from Minnesota to Louisiana, in sixty-eight days.
2002年夏天,斯洛文尼亚长途游泳运动员马丁·斯特雷尔(Martin Strel)以68天的时间游出从明尼苏达到路易斯安那的整个河道.
An alligator rests on a floating log in Louisiana.
鳄鱼停在路易斯安那的浮木上
The Mighty Mississippi Once it passes New Orleans, the Mississippi flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
强大的密西西比州 一旦经过新奥尔良,密西西比河会流入墨西哥湾.
The rain that fell in Lake Itasca three months ago has reached the ocean.
三个月前在伊塔斯卡湖降下的雨已经到达了海洋.
To do that, it has traveled the length of the United States.
为此,它走过了美国的漫长时期。
Someday, some of that water may return as rain to Lake Itasca.
有一天,一些水会回到伊塔斯卡湖
It may make the journey all over again.
它可能会再次踏上旅程
And again.
又复如来.
This satellite image shows the Mississippi River from space.
这个卫星图像从太空中显示出密西西比河.
It runs from the top left, just past New Orleans, into the Gulf of Mexico at bottom left.
它从左上方,刚过新奥尔良, 从左下方进入墨西哥湾。