All About Kites

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

Table of Contents Introduction.

导言表。

4 History of Kites.

4 Kites历史.

5 Unusual Uses for Kites.

5 Kites的不寻常用途。

7 Make Your Own Kite.

7,让自己的Kite。

12 Glossary.

12 词汇表。

16 Introduction Few things are as bright and energetic as a sky filled with colorful, dancing kites!

导言 没有什么东西像充满多彩多彩的风筝的天空一样明亮而充满活力了!

Each design is competing for your attention—long- tailed dragons, spinning metallic stars, and favorite cartoon characters.

每个设计都在争夺你的注意力 长尾龙 旋转的金属星 和最喜欢的卡通人物

Kites are no longer just simple toys.

凯特斯不再只是简单的玩具

Modern, aerodynamic materials and engineering techniques make new kite designs bigger, lighter, and stronger and allow them to perform like aerial acrobats.

现代,空气动力材料和工程技术使得新的风筝设计更大,更轻,更强,并允许它们像空中杂技表演.

Some kites have made history.

一些风筝创造了历史.

The famous American diplomat and inventor Ben Franklin loved testing ideas.

美国著名外交官和发明家本·富兰克林喜欢测试想法.

He used a kite to prove his idea that lightning was made of electric current.

他用风筝来证明自己认为闪电是用电流制成的.

On a stormy day, he and his son tied a metal key to a kite string and flew their kite high into the storm clouds.

在一阵暴风雨中,他和儿子将一把金属钥匙绑在风筝弦上并高高地将风筝放入了风暴云中.

Just as he predicted, electricity from the clouds ran down the wet string to the metal key.

正如他所预测的,从云中取出电从湿的绳子到金属键。

When he reached toward the key, the electricity jumped from the key and gave him a shock!

当他向着钥匙走去时,电从钥匙上跳出,让他大吃一惊!

Warning: Don’t try this experiment!

警告 : 不要尝试这个实验!

When Franklin tried it again, he was hurt badly.

当富兰克林再次尝试时,他受了重伤.

History of Kites Thousands of years ago, the first toy kites were named after the kite bird, a large, graceful bird with a very wide wingspan.

Kites的历史 几千年前,第一只玩具风筝被以风筝鸟命名,是一只大而优雅的鸟,翅膀很宽.

In imitation, many early kites were shaped like birds, but people continually experimented with kite designs.

在模仿中,许多早期风筝被塑造为鸟类,但人们不断尝试风筝的设计.

Slowly, kites became increasingly elaborate and took on identifiable characteristics and consistent flight patterns.

慢慢地,风筝变得越来越细腻并具有可识别的特征和一致的飞行模式.

Kite flying so captured people’s imaginations that stories were written about flyers.

Kite飞翔如此吸引了人们的想象力,

One famous Chinese legend tells a story about a man who used a kite to attack a fort.

一个著名的中国传说讲述了一个人用风筝来攻击要塞的故事.

Unable to penetrate the walls, he tied himself to a huge kite, flew over the fort’s high walls, and frightened the soldiers away.

他无法穿透墙壁,把自己绑在一股巨大的风筝上,飞过要塞的高墙并吓跑士兵。

Unusual Uses for Kites Fishing: Fish like to chase things in the water.

奇特捕鱼的不寻常用途:鱼喜欢在水中追逐事物.

To reach fish that swim far from shore, some people attach a shiny, baited fishhook to the long tail of a kite.

为了到达远离岸边游去的鱼,有些人在风筝的长尾上贴上闪闪发光的诱饵鱼钩.

The airborne kite skips the bait through the water so the fish can see it, bite it, and be caught and reeled in.

空中风筝从水中跳出诱饵,使鱼能看见,被咬住,被抓住并被卷入.

Weather charts: For years, scientists used a specially built box kite to carry delicate weather instruments aloft—to chart and record wind speeds and air temperatures.

天气图 : 多年来,科学家们使用一个专门建造的风筝盒来携带微妙的气象仪器,以图和记录风速和气温。

Real wind power: Long-distance cargo ships burn large amounts of fuel and contribute to air pollution.

真正的风能: 长途货轮燃烧大量燃料并造成空气污染.

One German shipping company is experimenting with special kites to help reduce both problems.

一家德国航运公司正在试验特殊风筝来帮助减少这两个问题.

The big kite helps to pull the ship so the ship’s engines will burn less fuel every day.

大风筝有助于拉起飞船,使飞船的发动机能减少每天所燃烧的燃料.

As they burn less fuel, the amount of air pollution the engines produce will also be reduced.

由于燃烧燃料较少,发动机产生的空气污染量也将减少。

Not all spies are well-trained human snoops.

不是所有的间谍都是训练有素的人类间谍

For years, armies attached small, powerful cameras to kites to fly over and spy on enemy locations.

多年来,军队将小型而强大的相机固定在风筝上来飞来飞去,并监视敌地.

Armies have also used kites for shooting practice.

军队也使用风筝进行射击练习.

These special kites could twist and dive, dodging bullets and imitating the evasive moves of military fighter planes.

这些特殊的风筝可以扭动并俯冲,躲避子弹并模仿出军用战斗机的避让动作.

Watching a kite sail lightly through the sky still makes everyone smile—just as watching the kite bird did long ago.

看着风筝轻轻地从天而降,

With a little practice, almost anyone can assemble a kite and learn to fly it.

有了一点练习,几乎任何人都可以组装出风筝并学会去飞行.

One day, you may want to test your new kite-handling skills with multiple-stringed stunt kites.

有一天,你可能会想用多弦特技风筝来测试你的新风筝手艺.

Or you may want to participate in an extreme kite sport, such as kitesurfing—where a big power kite pulls your surfboard!

或者你可能想要参加一个极端的风筝运动,例如风筝-一个大风筝拉起你的冲浪板!

Make Your Own Kite You’ll need: • two lightweight, smooth sticks, one 3 feet (90 cm) long, the other 2 feet (60 cm) • a large plastic trash bag, cut open • a long strip of lightweight cloth or plastic for the tail • scissors • strong tape • a very long string Step 1: Form a cross shape with the sticks.

使你自己拥有的基特 你需要:两根轻量级的平滑棍棒,一根长3英尺(90厘米),另一根长2英尺(60厘米)的大塑料垃圾袋,切开一条长条轻量级布或塑料来接尾巴 —— 剪刀 —— 长长的绳子 第1步:用棍子形成十字形.

Wrap tape around the sticks where they meet.

环绕着他们相遇的地方

Step 2: Cut off a 4-foot (120 cm) piece of string.

第2步:截取出一股4英尺(120厘米)的弦相.

Tape each end of the string to each end of the long stick.

将字符串的每端接通到长棍的每端.

This string is called the bridle.

这个绳子叫做被子.

Tie one end of the rest of string to the middle of the bridle.

将其余的绳子的一端绑到绳子的中间.

Step 3: Lay the cross on the open plastic bag.

第3步:将十字架放入开放的塑料袋上.

Cut a diamond shape around it.

把它周围的钻石形状剪了

Make sure to cut the diamond shape wider than the ends of the sticks.

确保将钻石形状比棍子的端部更宽.

Step 4: Fold the corners of the diamond over the ends of the sticks.

第4步:将钻石的角倒入棍子的一端.

Tape the corners tightly to the sticks.

紧紧地把拐角绑到棍子上

Step 5: For a tail, tape the strip of cloth or plastic to the bottom of the kite.

第5步: 对于尾巴,将布或塑料的条条带入风筝底部.

Kite Safety • Remember to choose an open, safe place to fly your kite.

Kite Security – 记得选择一个开放,安全的地方来放风筝.

• Don’t fly your kite near power lines.

• 支助 不要在电线附近放风筝。

Keep away from trees, roads, and airports.

远离树木、道路和机场。

you hear thunder.

你听到雷声。

trip over.

路过。

Glossary bridle (n.)

词汇

a kind of harness that guides movement with ropes or strings (p.

一种用绳子或绳子来引导运动的绳子(p.

13) diplomat (n.)

13) 外交官 (n.

a person who represents his or her government to another government (p.

(p.) 代表本国政府出席另一政府的人(p.

6) fishhook (n.)

6) 鱼胡克 (n.

a curved metal hook put on the end of a fishing line (p.

在一条钓鱼线的一端(p.

7) instruments (n.)

7) 文书(不详)

tools used for making or recording measurements (p.

用于制作或记录测量的工具(p.

7) inventor (n.)

7) 发明者 (n.

a person who invents or creates a new device or process (p.

发明或创建新设备或过程的人(p.

6) legend (n.)

6) 传奇 (n.

an old story that is well known but cannot be proved (p.

一个众所周知但无法证实的旧故事(第2页)。

5) shock (n.)

5) 休克 (n.

a sharp jolt when electric current touches your body (p.

当电流触动你的身体时会发出尖锐的叫声(p.

6) temperature (n.)

6) 温度 (n.

the level of how hot or cold something is as measured on a thermometer (p.

温度计上测得的热或冷的程度(p.

7) When it’s time to test your first kite, pick a breezy day and take it to a flat, open area, even a beach, if one is nearby.

7) 当是时候测试你的第一只风筝时, 挑出一个粗糙的日子,

Look around you to be sure that there are no power lines or big trees to tangle your kite.

看看周围,确保没有电线或大树可以缠住你的风筝.

Make sure that there is nothing on the ground that you could trip over.

确保地面上没有任何东西可以让你过去

Ready to start?

准备好了吗?

Hold your kite up by the bridle and run into the wind.

举起风筝去接她 撞上风来

When you feel it tug, let go of the kite!

当你感觉到它拉起,放开风筝!

Let out a little string, slowly, until you feel the wind pulling your kite.

慢慢地放出一点绳子 直到你感觉到风吹起风筝

Keep letting out more string until your kite is flying high!

继续放出更多的绳子,直到你的风筝飞高!