儿童第一本图画书(Child's First Picture Book)
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Child's First Picture Book
CHILD'S FIRST PICTURE BOOK
THE FIRE HORSES stand ready in their stalls, and at the sound of the alarm gong the stall chains are let down and each horse goes quickly to his place at the engine, and the big iron collars are clamped around their necks and off they go to the fire, with the engine, at break-neck speed.::火马站在马厩里准备好了，警报一响，马厩的链子就被放下，每匹马都迅速地跑到引擎旁的位置上，大铁项圈被套在它们的脖子上，它们以极快的速度和引擎一起向火走去。
THE AUTOMOBILE FIRE ENGINE can go to the fires very swiftly. Many times the saving of a few minutes by the firemen in reaching a fire means stopping the blaze before it becomes too great.::汽车消防车可以非常迅速地去救火。很多时候，消防队员在到达火场时节省的几分钟时间意味着在火势变得更大之前将其扑灭。
THE BRAVE FIREMAN rescues many people who are caught in burning buildings, in this way risking his life that others may be saved from the smoke and flames. Many people owe their lives to the bravery of the firemen.::勇敢的消防员冒着生命危险救出了许多被困在燃烧的建筑物中的人，这样做是为了把其他人从烟雾和火焰中救出来。许多人的生命都归功于消防队员的勇敢。
THE HOSE NOZZLE has been taken up to the roof of a building next the one afire and the firemen are sending the water into the upper floors of the burning building. The hose nozzle is very difficult for the firemen to hold.::水龙带的喷嘴已经被带到了火场旁边一栋建筑的屋顶上，消防队员们正把水送到着火的大楼的上层。消防队员很难抓住软管的喷嘴。
THE FIRE ALARM is sounded by a big gong in the station from street alarm boxes near where the fire occurs. The firemen know these alarm stations so well that they seldom look for the address, but dash off quickly to the correct place.::火灾警报由车站内靠近火灾发生地点的街道警报器发出的大锣响起。消防队员对这些报警站非常熟悉，所以他们很少去找地址，而是迅速赶往正确的地点。
THE FIREMEN'S DOG goes to every fire, running beside the horses, barking a command to hurry. He gets to the fire hydrant first and sits there panting until the Firemen come up to attach the hose and turn on the water.::消防队员的狗去每一个火场，跑在马旁边，吠着命令赶快。他先走到消防栓旁，坐在那里喘着气，直到消防队员过来接上软管并打开水龙头。
THE ROUND HOUSE is the place where the railroad engines are kept when they are not working. The engines are turned around on a big turn table so each can be run on the different tracks which all lead to the turn-table in the centre.::圆屋是火车机车不工作时存放它们的地方。发动机在一个大的转盘上旋转，这样每个发动机都可以在不同的轨道上运行，这些轨道都通向中央的转盘。
THE WATER TANK is seen frequently along the route of the railroads and plenty of water must be taken on and carried in the engine tender to make steam which is the power used to drive the big engines.::沿着铁路的路线经常可以看到水箱，大量的水必须被吸收并运送到发动机供应车中，以产生蒸汽，这是驱动大型发动机的动力。
AN OBSERVATION TRAIN is often made up to follow the great college boat races, where the railroad runs along the river bank. Flat cars are used with seats fixed on them for the spectators.::观察列车经常被安排去跟随大型的大学赛艇比赛，那里的铁路沿着河岸运行。平板车是为观众固定座位的。
THE TRAIN FERRY carries entire trains across rivers where there are no bridges. Some of the largest train boats have several tracks and carry a train on each. The boats are tied in slips at the shore so that the tracks meet exactly those on the land.::火车轮渡载着整列火车穿过没有桥梁的河流。一些最大的火车船有几条轨道，每条轨道上都载着一列火车。这些船被拴在岸边的滑块上，这样轨道就与陆地上的轨道完全吻合。
THE STAGE COACH is used in the country where towns are few. The stages meet trains at the stations and take on passengers to be carried to their homes away from the railroad. Some of the stage routes are several hundred miles long.::马车在城镇稀少的乡村使用。驿站在车站与火车会合，并搭载乘客，让他们远离铁路，回家。有些舞台路线长达数百英里。
THE TUNNELS are passages for trains under mountains, hills and rivers. The tunnels are dark but the trains are well lighted. Electric motors are often used, this avoids the smoke of steam engines which is very unpleasant in the tunnels.::隧道是火车在山脉、丘陵和河流下通行的通道。隧道里很暗，但火车上灯火通明。通常使用电动机，这避免了蒸汽发动机的烟雾，这是非常不愉快的隧道。
THE FLAGS OF THE ALLIES
United in defense of Freedom in the great war in Europe. May we honor them forever, and always prove worthy of our flag which we love best.
THE FLAGS OF THE ALLIES
These are truly the Flags of Freedom. The countries represented through bravery and sacrifice have made the world a safe place to live in.
