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A BACKWARD LOOK
往期回顧
In olden days when a man made a journey, his return was eagerly awaited by his friends. Journeys were full of danger,
古時候，當有人前往遠方，朋友們會急切地等待他的回歸，旅程充滿了危險，
and people knew almost nothing of distant places and peoples. Many a long hour would the returned traveler spend telling of the strange things he had seen.
人們幾乎不知道遙遠的地方和當地的人們，許多歸來的游客會花費一個小時講述他們見過的奇怪的事情。
Today our libraries are full of books that tell about almost every nook and corner of the earth. Travel stories have always been a favorite kind of reading.
我們如今的圖書館中有許多圖書，幾乎可以告訴我們世界各個角落的事情，人們一直喜歡閱讀旅行的故事。
People who cannot travel like to read of places which they wish they could visit; people who are about to set out on a journey read books about the lands to which they are going.
無法旅行的人喜歡閱讀他們想去的地方的故事，那些即將開啟旅程的人閱讀那些他們要去地方的故事。
You have just read stories of four different countries: Did you meet any boys and girls in these stories that you would like to have for friends?
你剛剛讀了四個不同的國家，在這些故事中，你遇到了想與之成為朋友的男孩或女孩嗎？
You know that thousands of people have come from distant lands to live in America.
你知道在美國，來自不同地方的數千人生活在這里。
It would be interesting to find how many of the parents, or grandparents of your classmates came from across the sea.
想要知道同學的父母或者祖父母有多少是跨越海洋來到此地的一定很有趣。
What countries did they come from? Perhaps some of them came from one of these countries about which you have read.
他們來自哪些國家？或許他們來自你在書本上閱讀過的國家。
The illustrations in these stories give you just a little idea of the things which may be seen in the lands that are described.
故事中的插圖讓你稍稍了解書中描述的土地的樣子。
It would be fun to collect pictures of Spain, Poland, Africa, and Norway. The class may be divided into four groups,
收集西班牙、波蘭、非洲以及挪威的圖片很有趣，課堂可以分成四個小組，
and each group may gather pictures of one of these countries.
每個小組可以收集其中一個國家的圖片。
