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History(8.Post邮政)# P+ B- S/ C# O4 t9 v( q
Let’s proceed继续进行; 开始, 出发, 着手 to the main exhibit展览品, 展览, 陈列品 hall门厅, 会堂, 走廊 and look at some of the actual vehicles交通工具, 传达媒介, 车辆 that have played a prominent卓越的, 突出的, 显著的 role 角色; 作用, 任务in speeding up mail delivery 投递, 传送.Consider how long it used to take to send a letter across a relatively 相对地short distance. Back in the 1600’s it took two weeks on horseback to get a letter from Boston to New York, A distance of about 260 miles .Cross a river was also a challenge向...挑战. Ferry 渡运; 运送 service was so irregular不规则的 that a carrier would sometimes wait hours just to catch a ferry. For journey inland内地; 内陆 , there was always the stagecoach驿马车, 公共马车, but the ride was by no means comfortable because it had to be shared with other passengers .The post office was pretty ingenious灵敏的, 聪明的, 精巧的 about some routes路径, 轨道 .In the 19 century, in the Southwestern desert , for instance , camels骆驼; 浮筒 were brought in to help get the mail though . In Alaska, reindeer驯鹿 were used .This practice was discontinued停止, 中断 because of the disagreeable temperament气质, 性情, 性质 of these animals.
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$ s$ n' e* B; }" s$ Q' JWe’ll stop here a minute so that you can enter this replica复制品 of a railway mail car. It was during the Age of the Iron铁 Horse that delivery really starts to pick up. In fact , the united States transported most bulk大小; 大批; 体积 by train for nearly 100 years . The first airmail service didn’t start until 1918.8 C! a, ^- Y! h' N; j8 y
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Please take a few moments to look around .I hope you’ll enjoy you tour. And as you continue on you own , may I suggest you visit our impressive 给人深刻印象的, 感人的philatelic集邮的 collection .Not only can you look at some of the more unusual stamps 邮票issues发行 , but there is an interesting exhibit on how stamps are made.+ @: E5 g* u/ K/ L, c& H
谢谢大家的支持和鼓励,呵呵~~~今天的状态好很多哟,哈哈哈 , ~4 U( \7 U. i" S
等哈回来继续...3 O+ f7 f2 T" U2 G: Z
Biology(4.birds)
- O' E2 P4 G: G- O We’ve just seen two contemporary同时代的 large birds that cannot fly, the emu食火鸡and the ostrich鸵鸟 . Over here is an interesting specimen范例 from the past . This stuffed 材料, 原料animals is not the giant巨人 penguin企鹅 it appears to be, but an auk海雀.This particular特别的 kind of auk is very rare稀有的---only 78 skins are known to exist存在and are not preserved保存, 保藏 as well as this one . The great auk, as you can see , was a rather large bird , and it couldn’t fly either . however,evidence证据, 迹象suggests that the auk was an excellent优良的 swimmer and diver. Unfortunately ,.those abilities did not protect保护, 防护 it from being easy prey捕食 for hungry sailors who years ago sailed航行, 游览the very cold and often icy waters of Greenland, Iceland, and Scotland. In fact , records indicate 指出; 象征that the auk was rather tasty and that its eggs, Excuse me ,that its eggs and feathers were useful as well , Still, it isn’t clear what other factors led to the big bird’s demise 死亡around 1844, the last time anyone reported seeing one .Of course ,we believe it’s important to take extra额外的, 特别precautio预防; 谨慎 to preserve保存, 保藏the remaining剩下, 余留 great auk skins . After all, these specimens should prove 证明, 证实invaluable无价的 for future scientific research . Does anyone have any question before we move on to our next bird exhibit.) \- ]* j9 x" g, R# k& i: H4 Y
嘎嘎,听完了,呵呵 明天再读几遍~~~
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1 p# o& O/ s9 e/ ?. L4 s _[ 本帖最后由 达达摩摩 于 2008-6-6 22:31 编辑 ]
未来,她很美丽~
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