Roadside Oddities
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents What Is The Thing?
内容表 什么是东西?
4 World’s Largest Baseball Bat.
4 世界大型棒球蝙蝠.
5 The Corn Palace.
5 玉米宫.
6 Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum.
6 巴尼·史密斯的厕所座位艺术博物馆.
7 Lucy the Elephant.
7号大象露西
8 Boll Weevil Monument.
8 Bol Weevil 纪念碑.
9 Sign Post Forest.
九签后林.
10 Carhenge.
10个卡亨格
11 London Bridge.
11伦敦桥.
12 World’s Largest Basket.
12 世界最大篮板.
13 Stop and Look.
13 停下来看。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 What Is The Thing?
16是什么东西?
Driving between Texas and Arizona, you can’t miss the signs for The Thing.
在德克萨斯州和亚利桑那州之间,
Giant billboards at the side of the road ask, “The Thing?
路边的巨型广告牌问道:“事情?
What is it?”
这是什么? “
They call it the “Mystery of the Desert.”
他们称之为“沙漠之谜”。 “
Whatever else it is, The Thing is one of thousands of roadside attractions around the world.
不管它是什么, 东西是全世界上千个路边景点之一。
Roadside attractions are weird and wonderful.
路边的景点怪异又奇妙
They invite people to stop and check them out.
他们邀请人们停下来检查一下.
Billboards for The Thing make some travelers curious.
"The Thing"的告示牌让一些旅行者感到好奇.
World’s Largest Baseball Bat The world’s largest baseball bat towers over a five-story building in Louisville, Kentucky.
世界最大的棒球蝙蝠 世界最大的棒球蝙蝠塔位于肯塔基州路易斯维尔的一座五层楼上.
You couldn’t use this bat in a baseball game—it’s 120 feet (37 m) tall and weighs more than 68,000 pounds (30,844 kg).
在棒球比赛中你无法使用这只蝙蝠,
It’s a huge replica of the bat used by the famous baseball player Babe Ruth.
这是著名棒球选手贝比·鲁斯(Baby Ruth)使用的一幅巨大的蝙蝠复制品.
After you see the largest baseball bat, you can go on a tour of the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory.
在看到最大的棒球棒后,你可以去参观路易斯维尔斯拉格博物馆和工厂.
The tour shows how the regular-sized bats are made.
巡演展示了常规大小蝙蝠的制作方式.
The Corn Palace At the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, they create art out of corn.
在南达科他州米切尔的"玉米宫"(Corn Palace at the Corn Palace),他们用玉米来创作艺术.
Every year, the outside of the building is decorated with art made out of local grains and grasses.
每年,建筑外出用由当地谷物和草地所制成的艺术品来装饰.
The Corn Palace is also the world’s largest bird feeder.
玉米宫也是世界上最大的鸟类饲养地.
When winter begins, the birds and squirrels eat the murals!
当冬天开始,鸟和松鼠会吃壁画!
Ears of corn make a mural that’s good enough to eat.
玉米的耳朵造出壁画,
Do giants play baseball?
巨人会打棒球吗?
Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum Do you have a spare toilet seat lying around the house?
Barney Smith的厕所座位艺术博物馆 你家里有马桶座位吗?
If so, you can bring it to Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum, open since 1992 in San Antonio, Texas.
如果是的话,你可以把它带到巴尼·史密斯自1992年起在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥开放的厕所座位艺术博物馆.
Barney Smith turns toilet seats into something wonderful.
Barney Smith把厕所的座位变成了美妙的东西
Born in 1921, he has made more than one thousand toilet seat works of art.
生于1921年,曾作过一千多件马桶座艺术品.
They tell stories about his life.
他们讲述了他生活的故事。
Lucy the Elephant In 1881, James V.
1881年大象露西出道,詹姆斯五世出道.
Lafferty built the world’s largest elephant to attract people to the land he was selling.
拉费蒂建造了世界上最大的大象来吸引人们来到他卖出的土地.
The six-story building in Margate City, New Jersey, is covered with 12,000 square feet (3,658 sq m) of metal.
新泽西州马尔加特市的六层建筑被12,000平方英尺(3,658平方公分)的金属所覆盖.
Today, Lucy the Elephant is one of America’s oldest roadside attractions.
今天,大象露西是美国最古老的路边景点之一.
You can still climb inside her.
你还可以爬入她体内
Barney Smith stands in his one-of-a-kind museum (also his garage).
Barney Smith站在他独家的博物馆(也是他的车库).
A big elephant needs a big drink of water.
大象需要一喝一喝一喝水.
Boll Weevil Monument You’ve probably heard of monuments for presidents, but have you ever seen one for a bug?
博尔韦维尔纪念碑 你可能听说过总统纪念碑,
The Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Alabama, is one of the only statues in the world dedicated to a pest.
阿拉巴马州进取号(Bol Weevil Monument)的博尔韦维纪念碑是世界上唯一一尊致力于害虫的雕像之一.
In 1915, the bug destroyed the city’s cotton crops, forcing farmers to grow different types of plants, such as peanuts.
1915年,虫子摧毁了城市的棉花作物,迫使农民种植花生等不同类型的植物.
In the end, growing crops other than cotton helped the people of Enterprise.
最终,种植棉花以外的作物帮助了企业人民.
So they built a monument to honor the weevil.
所以他们建了一座纪念碑来纪念恶魔
Sign Post Forest If you’re driving along the Alaska Highway, you’ll find a forest that isn’t made of trees.
签名后森林 如果你沿着阿拉斯加高速公路行驶,你会发现一个不是由树木所生的森林。
Sign Post Forest in Watson Lake, Canada, is made of more than 100,000 signs.
在加拿大沃森湖签署"邮政森林",由超过10万个标志所成.
It began in 1942 when Carl K.
它始于1942年卡尔·克.
Lindley repaired a damaged signpost.
林德利修复了被损坏的路标.
He decided to add a new sign to the signpost with the distance to his hometown—Danville, Illinois.
他决定在路标上加上一条与家乡相距相去甚远的新标志——伊利诺伊州丹维尔.
After Lindley hung his sign, others did the same, and the tradition continues today.
林德利挂起他的牌子后,其他人也做了同样的事情,而传统在今天继续.
Boll weevil, we salute you!
可恶,我们向你致敬!
Sign Post Forest was started by a homesick soldier.
标志后森林是由一个想家的士兵开始的.
Carhenge In Alliance, Nebraska, you can visit a replica of England’s Stonehenge.
内布拉斯加州卡亨格联盟(Carhenge In Alliance),你可以参观英格兰巨石阵的复制品.
It isn’t built with old stones but rather with thirty-eight old cars.
它不是用旧石头建造的,而是用三十八辆旧车建造的。
Artist Jim Reinders built Carhenge during a family reunion in 1987.
艺术家Jim Reinders在1987年的一次家庭团聚中建造了卡亨格.
Some local folk originally wanted the site turned into a junkyard.
当地一些民俗原本希望这个站点变成垃圾场.
Now more than 80,000 people visit it each year.
现在每年有8万多人参观.
London Bridge In what city can you find London Bridge?
伦敦桥 在哪个城市能找到伦敦桥?
In Lake Havasu City, Arizona, of course.
当然在亚利桑那州哈瓦苏湖市
While a number of roadside attractions are replicas, this one is the real deal.
虽然一些路边景点是复制品,但这一个才是正宗.
The London Bridge was first built in 1831.
伦敦大桥最早建于1831年.
Robert P.
罗伯特·P.
McCulloch bought it for $2,460,000 in 1968.
麦卡洛克于 1968 年以 246 万美元买下了它。
He had to spend another $7 million to have the bridge taken down and rebuilt in Arizona.
他不得不再花700万美元让这座桥倒塌并重建亚利桑那州.
Before builders took it down, each brick was numbered so they would know exactly where to put it.
在建造者拆下之前,每块砖被编号,这样他们就能确切地知道放在哪里了.
Tourists can now stroll across the bridge.
游客现在可以走过大桥。
Inset: Stonehenge is a mysterious ring of stones erected 4,000 to 5,000 years ago.
Inset:巨石阵是四千到五千年前竖起的一圈神秘的石头.
It stands 90 miles west of London, England.
它站在英国伦敦以西90英里处.
Inset: In this 1890 photo, London Bridge still spanned the river Thames.
Inset:在这1890年的照片中,伦敦桥仍然横跨泰晤士河.
World’s Largest Basket When you’re going on a picnic, you often pack a picnic basket, but not one that’s seven stories tall!
世界最大的篮子 在野餐时, 你经常打包野餐篮子,
Employees at the Longaberger Basket Company in Newark, Ohio, get to work inside the world’s largest basket.
俄亥俄州纽瓦克的Longaberger篮子公司的员工们开始在世界最大的篮子内工作.
The building is a replica of Longaberger’s Medium Market Basket.
该建筑是朗加贝格尔的"中市篮子"的复制品.
When it was first built, a local pilot flew his small plane through the handles!
刚建成时,当地一名飞行员将他的小飞机从手柄上飞出!
The giant handles of this basket alone weigh almost 150 tons.
仅这个篮子的巨柄就重了近150吨.
The handles are heated to keep ice from forming.
手柄被加热来防止冰形成.
World’s Largest (You Name It) 1 World’s largest tire, Allen Park, Michigan 2 World’s largest chest of drawers, High Point, North Carolina 3 World’s largest violin, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada • World’s largest artichoke, Castroville, California • World’s largest ketchup bottle, Collinsville, Illinois • World’s largest cuckoo clock, Sugarcreek, Ohio • World’s largest ear of corn, Olivia, Minnesota • World’s largest rubber stamp, Cleveland, Ohio Do You Know?
世界最大的国家 (You Name it) 1 World's最大轮胎 Allen Park,密歇根 2 World最大抽屉胸口,高点,北卡罗来纳3 World最大小提琴, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, 加拿大 ^ 世界最大马先蒿, Castroville, California ^ 世界最大番茄酱瓶,克林斯维尔, 伊利诺伊州 ^ 世界最大卡通钟, Sugarcreek,俄亥俄 ^ 世界最大玉米之耳, Olivia, Minnesota ^ 世界最大橡皮图章, Cleveland, Ohio Do Know?
Not all roadside attractions are made by people.
并非所有的路边景点都是由人造.
General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park is the world’s largest tree by volume.
谢尔曼将军 塞克乌亚国家公园的树木按体积计算是世界最大的树木.
It is estimated to be between 2,300 and 2,700 years old.
估计有2 300至2 700年的历史。
Stop and Look There are many different types of roadside attractions, from giant museums to a person’s garage.
停下来看 有许多不同类型的路边景点,从大型博物馆到一个人的车库。
The one thing they have in common is that they all spark people’s interest and cause them to stop.
他们有一个共同点,就是他们都激发人们的兴趣并促使他们停止。
Do you want to know what The Thing is, off Interstate 10 in Arizona?
你想知道亚利桑那州际公路10号那边是什么吗?
You’ll just have to pull off the road to find out!
也只好让路人知道,