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Lesson 28 A VISIT TO THE BLACKSMITH’S SHOP

Come,let us go to the smith’s shop.What is he doing? He has a forge: he blows the fire with a great pair of bellows,to make the iron hot.

Now he takes it out with the tongs ,and puts it upon the anvil .Now he beats it with a hammer.How hard he works ! The sparks fly about,pretty bright sparks.

What is the blacksmith making? He is making nails ,and horseshoes,and a great many things.

What are nails and horseshoes made of? They are made of iron.Iron is of great use to us.It is used to make ploughs,wheels ,ships ,steam-engines, and all kinds of things.We could not do without iron.

Steel is made of iron.Steel is very bright ,and sharp,and hard.Knives and scissors are made of steel.

WORDS STUDY:

Forge/f?:d?/ (n)鍛鐵爐；鐵匠鋪； （v）鍛造；偽造

Bellows /’bel??z/ (n) 風箱；怒吼

Tongs /t??z/ (n) 鉗子；夾具

Anvil /’?nv?l/ (n) 鐵砧

Hammer /’h?m? / (n) 鐵錘

Spark /sp ɑ?k/ (n) 火花

Plough /pla?/ (n) 鐵犁 （v） 犁地

Steel /sti:l/ (n) 鋼

Scissors /’s?z?z/ （n） 剪刀

Translation 譯文：

參觀鐵匠鋪

快來，讓我們去鐵匠鋪。鐵匠正在做什么？他有一個鍛爐：他用一個很大的鼓風匣子扇火，把鐵燒得滾燙。

這時候鐵匠用鉗子把鐵塊夾出來，放在鐵砧上。然后用錘子敲打鐵塊。他干得多用力啊！明亮的火星四濺。

鐵匠做的是什么呢？他在做釘子、馬掌，還有很多其他的東西。

這些釘子和馬掌都是用什么做的呢？它們都是用鐵做的。鐵對我們來說用處很大。鐵能做成犁、車輪、輪船、蒸汽機等各種各樣的東西。

我們的生活不能沒有鉄。鋼是由鉄做的。鋼，明亮、鋒利又堅硬。刀具和剪刀都是用鋼做成的。