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The World Map
世界地圖
Jerry was looking at a map. It was a map of the world. The map showed many countries. It showed all the countries in the world. All the countries were different colors. There were red countries, green countries, and blue countries. Jerry pointed at one country. “Daddy, why is this country red? Is it on fire? Did someone paint the ground red? Does it have a lot of tomatoes?” Jerry pointed at another country. It was a green country. “Daddy, why is this country green? Does it have a lot of grass? Did someone paint the ground green?” Jerry pointed at another country. It was a blue country. “Daddy, why is this country blue? Is it full of blue water? Does it have a lot of bluebirds? Did someone paint the ground blue?” His daddy said, “No, the colors make the map pretty. They don’t mean anything.”
杰里正在看地圖。這是張世界地圖。地圖上顯示了許多國家。顯示了世界上所有的國家。各個國家的顏色不同。有紅色的，綠色的，藍色的。杰里指著某個國家。爸爸，為什么這個國家是紅色的？ 這里是不是著火了？人們把地面涂成了紅色？那里是不是有許多西紅柿？杰里又指著另一個國家。國家由綠色代表。爸爸，為什么這個國家是綠色的？那里是不是有許多草地？那里的地面是不是被涂成了綠色？杰里又指著另一個國家。藍色的國家。爸爸，為什么它是藍色的？那里是不是到處是藍色的大海？是不是有許多藍鳥？有人把地面涂成了藍色？他的爸爸說：“不是，顏色讓地圖顯眼多彩。它們不代表任何意思。”
譯文屬可可英語原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
