第 3 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑英文绘本：来到美国 Coming to America 来到美国 【本课的单词】 anchor，n. 锚；靠山；锚点 v. 抛锚泊船；〔使〕固定锚 cramped，adj. 拥挤的，受限制的；难分辨的 journey，n. 旅行；行程；历程，过程 v. 旅行，出游 seep，n. 水陆两用吉普车；小水坑 v. 渗透，渗出 settlement，n. 解决；殖民；殖民地；租界；结算；沉降，移民 survive，v. 幸存；生还；幸免于；比...活得长死里逃命 weary，adj. 困乏的；使人厌烦的 v. 〔使〕疲乏，〔使〕厌烦 A person who moves from one country to another is called an immigrant. 一个从一个国家移居到另外一个国家的人叫移民。 A hundred years ago, many immigrants traveled to the United States on ships. Their journey across the ocean took about two weeks. 100 年以前，很多移民都搭载着船来到了美国。要穿过海洋他们需要两个星期的时间。 It was hard to move around on the ships. The space for immigrants was cramped with people and their things. 想要在船上行走是很困难的。人们和他们所带的东西塞满了整个空间。 Everything was damp from water seeping into the ship from outside. Many people got sick. Some people did not survive. They died before the journey ended. 全部的东西都被船上渗进来的水弄湿了。很多人都生病了，一些人没熬的过，旅程还没有结束他们就已经去世了。
