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ALL NATIONS ARE NEIGHBORS
四海皆鄰居
Our neighbors are those who live near us.
鄰居就是住在我們附近的那些人。
Generally we know them best; often they are our closest friends.
一般來講，我們最了解他們，他們通常也是我們最緊密的朋友。
Have you ever stopped to think that slowly but surely all the people of the world are coming to be neighbors?
你是否曾停下來想過，世界上所有的人一定都會慢慢地互為鄰居？
Swift airplanes and trains, giant steamships, the radio and the telegraph are bringing the nations of the world closer and closer together.
迅速的飛機、飛馳的火車、巨大的輪船、無線電和電報將世界各國越來越緊密地聯系在一起。
The people of Japan suffer death and destruction from a terrible earthquake.
日本人民一旦遭遇一場可怕的地震，飽受死亡和破壞，
In a few hours the whole world knows about it, and nations rush to the rescue with food, money, and messages of sympathy.
不出幾小時，便世界皆知。各國便紛紛奔赴救援，捐贈食物、金錢，表達慰問同情。
Boy Scouts from all over the world meet in a great jamboree, and James Brown from America finds that Ivor Stannik from Poland,
世界各地的童子軍在一個盛大的“聚會”上相遇，來自美國的詹姆斯·布朗發現來自波蘭的伊沃爾·斯坦尼克、
Giacomo Spadoni from Italy, and Ole Sjostrand from Sweden are much like himself and the boys he knows at home.
來自意大利的賈科莫·斯帕多尼和來自瑞典的奧萊·斯約斯特蘭德與他自己以及他在美國認識的男孩很像。
In times of long ago, before the news of the world could travel so swiftly
很久以前，世界的消息傳播得還沒有如此之快，
and people could journey great distances so easily, every stranger was an enemy.
人們旅行得還沒有如此之遠，那時每個陌生人都是敵人。
Tribes and nations were almost always at war.
各個部落和國家幾乎總是處于戰爭狀態。
But now we live so close together that we must be friends if this is to be a happy world.
但現在我們住得如此之近，這使得我們要想創造一個幸福的世界，就必須成為朋友。
We must understand and respect the people of other nations.
我們必須理解和尊重其他國家的人民。
When you read about people of foreign lands, notice that they have qualities that make you want to be friends with them.
當你讀到關于外國人的文章時，要注意到他們身上那些讓你想和他們交朋友的品質。
You may find some of them much like yourself.
你可能會發現他們中的一些人和你自己很像。
In the stories you are now to read, you will visit some young citizens of other countries.
在在你現在要讀的故事中，你將會遇到其他國家的一些年輕公民。
Think of them as distant but friendly neighbors.
把他們看作是遙遠卻很友好的鄰居。
