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兰登《STEP into READING》第3级 Listen up 译文分享
Chug! Chug! Chug! Alec was going to Philadelphia. He was taking his talking machine to the World’s Fair. The United states was 100 years old! There were parties everywhere. The World’s Fair was the biggest party of all. 况且！况且！况且！Alec斯去了费城。他要把他的谈话机器带到世界博览会。美国已经100岁了！到处都是聚会。世界博览会是其中最大的聚会
Excitement was in the air.The whole world had come to visit the fair! Alec didn’t know what to do first. He might visit the Egyptian mummy. Or stroll through the sweet-smelling Japanese garden. Or listen to the musical clocks. It was a world of wonders! 空气中充满了兴奋的气息。全世界的人都来参观展会！Alec不知道先看什么，他可以参观埃及木乃伊，或漫步在香气扑鼻的日本花园中，或者听音乐时钟。这是一个充满奇迹的世界！
A giant steam engine powered lights and elevators at the fair. People were filled with awe to see it working. 展会上有一个巨型蒸汽机来给电灯和电梯供电。人们看到它的运作，心里满怀敬畏
A pickle salesman named Henry Heinz had made a new tomato sauce. He called it ketchup. Soon restaurants all over America would have bottles of ketchup on their tables. Charles Hires had made a drink from roots. He called it root beer. It was a hot summer day. Alec bought a bottle. Yum! 一位名叫Henry Heinz的泡菜推销员制作了一种新的酱。他称之为番茄酱。不久后，美国各地的餐馆都会在桌子上放番茄酱。Charles Hires制作了一种用植物根部榨出来的饮料。他称之为根啤酒。那是一个炎热的夏天。Alec也买了一瓶。好喝！
There were many interesting inventions at the fair. The typewriter. The sewing machine. The calculator. 展会上还有许多有趣的发明,打字机 、缝纫机、 计算机
Alec's talking machine was in a corner up a flight of stairs. It was too hot. No one wanted to climb the stairs. Alec was worried. What if no one saw his invention? Alec的谈话机在一段楼梯的角落里。那儿太热了，没有人想爬楼梯。Alec很担心，如果没有人来看他的发明怎么办？
But one person did climb the stairs. He was Dom Pedro, the emperor of brazil. “What is this thing?” he asked.“Let me show you,” said Alec. Dom Pedro held the hearing piece to his ear. 但有一个人爬上了楼梯。他是巴西的皇帝Dom Pedro。“这是什么东西？”他问道。“让我来展示给你看” Alec说。Dom Pedro把听筒放在他耳边
Alec and Watson loved to show people their invention. Brrriiing! “Hoy! Hoy!” shouted Alec into the receiver. The audience watched while Alec spoke to Watson in a city over twenty miles away. Alec和Watson喜欢向人们展示他们的发明。铃铃铃！“好嘞！好嘞！” Alec对着话筒喊道。观众们看着Alec和二十英里外的城市里的Watson说话，惊讶不已
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